"I love connecting with my second grade families! I wish that I could communicate more often to the parents about what their child is learning in English Language Arts. However, as a teacher, that often doesn't even make it on my to-do list."
With FASTalk, text messages are automatically sent to families in their home language. It is already aligned with our curriculum, Expeditionary Learning, to not only give them a slice of what is taught, but also ways to interact with their child to further their education. For example, we are learning about plants and compound words, so one of the questions sent home asks, "
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“Anything that strengthens the school-home connection is valuable, and this is so easy to use!”