Hello Mrs Sykes

Don't you just *love* these Bright Ideas?!? Reminder Bracelets - Have you used these?  Seriously, I had a principal recommend them to me when I taught 3rd grade.  So fast, easy, and effective - and I use my leftover construction paper scraps, so it's even environment-friendly. When I first started teaching, I called home about everything.  Really.  "Hello!  I'm Pumpkin's teacher.  Please send in..."  Ick.  What an awful impression that makes, especially around the beginning of the year.  Reminder bracelets are fast and free. They aren't necessarily cute, but they really don't need to be.  Students don't particularly like to wear the construction-paper fashion statement, so I just make them while everyone is packing up. Viola!  The permission form/picture money/fund-raising/random paperwork gets returned.  I keep a little checklist to keep track of what the reminder bracelet is for, and record it neatly  stuff it in my "communications

My kiddos always have trouble remembering to go back into the text for evidence to support their reasoning.  Here's a quick little poster I created to remind them to "GBITT."  Click the picture to download free from my Teachers Pay Teachers store . Click to Download this Poster for Free Enjoy!