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Open House/ Meet the Teacher Night

Meet the Teacher Night, Open House, Orientation: Whatever you call it, it’s probably one of the most exciting nights of the year! 

This year, we had an orientation before school started. The students and parents became familiar with the new building and had an opportunity to meet the teacher before the first day. Then, our Open House took place this past Wednesday, almost a month after school started. 

Here’s how I made these nights extra special:

Step One – Share Important Documents

Yellow folder with printable cover with clipart of students and "Welcome to Third Grade" written at the top.

I purchased 15-cent folders at Walmart to insert all of the important documents. On one side of the folder, I added the documents to keep at home. The other side held the documents that needed to be signed and returned. You can download the folder covers for FREE at the end of this post. 

I also included a bag of Starbursts with adorable treat bag tags from The Applicious Teacher.

Step Two – Share Contact Information

Black filing cabinet with a magnetized card containing the teacher name and contact information.

At the beginning of the school year, I like to ensure that parents know the easiest ways to reach me. To share this information, I use a wonderful idea from one of my coworkers: Magnets!!

These are so easy to make. I designed a small business card on Powerpoint and purchased a roll of magnetic tape on Amazon (affiliate link below).


The parents can paste these magnets on their fridge for easy access and even easier communication.  (I do not include my personal number. I’ve learned from my mistakes…)

Step Three – Share Classroom Wish list

Classroom table containing baked cupcakes on one side, paper cupcakes on the other side.

My wish list was displayed on these cute little cupcakes I downloaded for FREE from My Cute Graphics. I added text boxes to the images and inserted my wishes.

Close-up image of the paper cupcakes containing the classroom wishlist items.

Click here to grab the Cupcake Templates that I used.

Step Four – Share a Treat!

Refreshment table set with lemonade, donuts, an attendance clipboard, and a Meet the Teacher Night handout.

A little lemonade and donuts….. and we’re set!

Meet the Teacher Night Printables

Click the button below to grab the FREE folder covers, wish list sign, and lemonade tag.

Back-to-School Night Freebies!

Welcome your students and their parents to your classroom with folder covers, classroom wishlist, and lemonade tag for Meet the Teacher Night!

DOWNLOAD

I would LOVE to see pictures of your Open House or Parent Night events! Don’t forget to share photos and tag me at @SweetToothTeaching.

GOOD LUCK!

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    2. Unknown says

      I love the meet the teacher template you used. How can I buy just the clipart with border? ~Thank you

    3. Anonymous says

      I LOVE LOVE LOVE these ideas and will be incorporating the cupcakes and lemonade. If you feed them, they will come! Thanks for the ideas! (-5th Grade Teacher)

    4. Anonymous says

      The wish list is soooo cute! But the link doesn't work. Can you make it available some other way to print?
      Thanks!

    6. April Raney says

      Love this so much! Thank you so much for sharing and linking some freebies! What a time saver!

    7. Anna Hulsey says

      Seriously! I'm going to be using so many of your ideas! Also, you may want to change the link to the clip artist with the cupcakes 🙂 You put "my cute clip art" but the site is "my cute graphics" and I'm sure other people will want to use it too! Thanks for the freebies!!

    8. Anna Hulsey says

      And for the record– I meant that "Seriously" to be like "OMG" because this was great! Lol! I reread my comment and realized how it could sound! It was good!!!

    9. Unknown says

      I absolutely love this! This is my first year teaching and I get to teach first grade bilinguals! I am super excited although everything needs to be done in Spanish and English! Is there any way I can get the first grade one in Spanish?

    10. Unknown says

      Do you have a general "Welcome" version? I'm a special education teacher and have multiple grade levels in my classroom and would love to have one that says "Welcome to my classroom" instead, that way I can have them on my welcome packets throughout the year when new students are placed in my classroom.

    11. Unknown says

      I'm using the cupcake wish list for my open house tomorrow night! Thank you so much for this wonderful idea!!! 🙂

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