Remind 101 is a must for teachers! Basically it is a free website/app that allows you to send text messages to parents without giving them your personal phone number. I send messages about activities at school, upcoming tests, and even classroom needs. There is no fee for parents to join and no limit to how many parents can sign-up. The only negative I have found with Remind 101 is there is a character limit on the messages, but it is easy to say everything you need to say even with the limit. Here is the link to Remind 101. Simply create an account, make a class, and then provide the number and message code to parents!
To get more parents to sign-up I am going to offer an incentive. We do "mighty money" in 5th grade and I am going to give $1 in mighty money to students whose parents sign-up at meet the teacher. Last year I started using it in the middle of the year and less than half of my parents singed up. Hopefully the incentive will get more parents signed-up and involved!
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