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By Michele

I send home a newsletter each week, I include students who get 100% on their spelling, and kids who have no missing assignments/straight A's. I also make up stuff to make sure that everyone gets there name in the leetter
once a month or so. I have gotten super feedback from parents, and it only takes a few minutes of my time. I just use our word program, and put CLASSROOM NEWS on the top, and the date below. Then I go and make a table with two columns, and just write in those. If I don't have much information, I just add pictures, or lmake the type REALLY BIG to take up lots of space.:o) I know other

teachers who actually shrink down their students work and include that, but that is just too much work for me.

As for the different languages in your room, I'm lucky, I just have Spanish speaking parents, but I have had my students translate the newsletter as a part of their daily work( I have to get stuff ready earlier for this, but it's learning for them too.) With so many languages, it would be difficult to make sure the kids are actually writing what you wrote though, how about adult translaters, or upper grade volunteers (from your local highschool?) I live in a tiny town, and we have high school kids come down for stuff like that.

Good luck, sorry this is so long! :o)