Advice for Parents

Parents Support:

Parents Support -> Start or Continue conversations:

• • • common sense media (great site for lots of areas dealing with phones, computers, movies, etc.)

    • Family media contract - scroll down for 6-8 grades

    • Setting Family Computer Rules and Samples

    • Guide to Contracts and Agreements for Digital Kids

    • 8 Rules for Family Screen Time

    • Protect your kids

    • Designing family contracts for technology use

    • Family Contracts for online safety

    • Parenting in a digital age - setting up a tech usage contract

    • Family rules for internet and technology use

    • Your sphere for parents:  Tutorials to set up controls and other helpful sites

    • Yahoo Online Safety Contract

    • Family online safety contract

  • Contact 6th grade team with questions:

    • Mrs. Manchester-Morgenheim (MS Counselor)

    • Mr. Yau

    • Ms. Ng

    • Ms. Truman

    • Mr. McDougald

    • Ms. Vuong

    • Ms. Pardini

    • Mr. Schroeder

  • Transition sessions with current 5th graders - use technology for all of these (Lead by Mrs. Manchester-Morgenheim)

    • General MS topics

    • Organization skills

    • Good habits for MS

    • Different kinds of communication

  • Develop Relationships / Fresh start

  • Technology boundaries / home usage contracts

  • Commonsense Media - great site to help parents/teachers

  • 5th Grade Parent Orientation to MS Night (Dealing with Transitions) (schedules in May)