Memo to

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Memo to Parent/s
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Objectives
Memo to Parent/s

• Inform parent/s about their childs progress in
  the areas of
• Writing
• Behavior/Study Skills

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Memo (Overall Appearance) Professional letter

• No pictures, cute sayings, etc.
• Proper margins
• After the typing of your name, sign it
• No, Sincerely, at the end your name will be at
  the top
• Center letter so that it is not all at the top

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(No Transcript)
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Memo (Overall Appearance) Professional letter

• Proof read
• Have someone else proof read
• One page only

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The memo needs to include.
Memo to Parent/s

• To The parent/s or guardian of ______
• From Type your name then Sign you name beside
  the typed name in your best penmanship
• Date ______
• Single space, double space between paragraphs

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The letter needs to include.
Memo to Parent/s

• Paragraph 1
• Information about you (keep it simple)

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Memo to Parent/s
The letter needs to include.

• Paragraph 2 Writing skills
• What the student can do?
• What are the students writing skills?
• What you worked on with the student?
• What do you see are writing skills that will be
  strengthened?
• Use the information from 61 Traits

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Remember the other aspects of language arts

• How did the student do in
• Discussions
• Listening
• Reading
• Visualizing

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The letter needs to include.
Memo to Parent/s

• Paragraph 3 Behavior of Student
• What are the positive behaviors?
• Are there behaviors that you see need to be
  strengthened and are common with others in class?
• Group work Completion of projects
• Individual work
• Willingness to try something new

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The letter needs to include.
Memo to Parent/s

• Paragraph 4 Finally.
• Summarize any positives?
• Encourage parents to be involved.

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One letter to me to determine the letter
pattern
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• Watch for the over use of very
• He is a very good student.
• She does a very nice job of working with others.
• Because he is so very nice I am sure that he has
  very wonderful parents.

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The Do Not Page

• Do not use exclamation points!!!!!!!
• Wow! Your x-rays were outstanding!
• Do not use contractions
• Avoid using terms like Christmas, Easter,
  birthdays, etc.

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Added comments

• Prepositional phrases at the beginning of a
  sentence needs to be followed by a comma
• The word that is frequently not a necessary word