a parent teacher partnership is strengthened as teachers utilize the following informal communication methods with parents:

• daily conversations
• electronic communication and use of technology
• telephone calls
• personal notes
• bulletin boards
• daily news flashes
• news letters
• traveling backpacks, libraries, and other circulating materials
• classroom displays
• parent suggestion boxes and other evaluation methods
• Which 2 methods of informal communication would you think are most effective? Why?
• Which two methods are you least likely to use? Why?"