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I love this project.  It is really thought provoking and really emphasizes the power of observation and taking note of what's going on around you- not being egocentric.

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Today I dove a little deeper into synchronous teaching. Over zoom, I taught a student how to post a song to the J.O. kelly Expression Wall. I could not screen share because he was on a phone; however, inspired by Langston, I just held my phone up to the camera and walked him through it. Checkout the beautiful song he chose.

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I went up to the school and collected a few books on various levels. I'm trying to record my chapter book reading. So I'll keep you posted on how that goes.

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Resources he mentioned but didn't list on his resource page:

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Resources he mentioned but didn't list on his resource page:

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1. Noredink is a writing app
2. Edpuzzle-you can stop a video and embed questions in it for your students.
3. Rubrics instead of grades that track their progress towards a goal. He mentioned: cultofpedagogy.com and GRIT which is for the students to self-assess their progress.
4. OER Commons for teaching ideas.

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His webinar was full of good information.  He had teachers who signed up for the webinar submit what was working, then he curated all of the resources and presented them.  There were people from all over the world participating!  Over 300 participants.  When Charlene shares the video it'll be worth the watch.  It's short, too he  kept it to around 45 minutes.  As Charlene said we were like squirrels trying to Google his apps, etc. Hopefully, I was successful in putting his link down below to his resources. I checked the link, it works even though it looks like a weird gray rectangle with more shapes within....

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I was on a conference with students when the governor made his no more school decision. And I had to fight tears because they were just so sad, and I had students DM-ing me on instagram asking the same thing. And it was just hard. But since then I've been like super charged. I have felt motivated. I've been reading a lot of PD and watching various zooms and listening to various podcasts all regarding students and parents and virtual teaching.

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A take away I had is that kids are already ahead of teachers with technology, so we should set them free and see what they can do. As teachers we have to encourage them to fuse analog with digital so they can communicate and share what their reading and writing life is like.

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A take away I had is that kids are already ahead of teachers with technology, so we should set them free and see what they can do. As teachers we have to encourage them to fuse analog with digital so they can communicate and share what their reading and writing life is like.

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One of my take away was providing prompts to family's is a good way to get family's started on the journaling process.  Making sure students know that poetry, letters, lists all of the different writing students have done so far this year can be used in a pandemic journal.

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I learned that students can take charge of several areas of virtual learning. These areas include creating video Book Buzzes, being Virtual Reading Buddies (via phone, Zoom, snapchat, whichever vehicle is available),  sharing ideas for building their lives as readers during Emergency Remote Learning time.

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I am so excited about the pandemic journal and having the opportunity to team teach with Social Studies. Like others have stated, I really like the guided questions as it will give them great support each day.

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Advice to schools on how to structure time for teachers, stuents, and families

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Advice to schools on how to structure time for teachers, stuents, and families

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The take away would be for me- digital journals vs paper/pencil journals. Handwritten journals really capture the personality of the writer.

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1) I am looking forward to checking out Libby! It sounds amazing!
2) I like the idea of having students upload book talks. I know we pushed this heavy at the end of last year so maybe that’s something we can do in the last round of AMI packets. They can make some book tik tok talks, haha :)
3) Futuristic thinking, this whole AMI process and is giving me a glimpse and ideas into how we can better stay connected with our students and their learning over the summers to come to avoid the summer slide :)

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I have been recording my mini lessons via zoom, and I really like the screen sharing method! I have mainly been explaining the assignment in the mini lesson but plan to start modeling more using the screen sharing method! I also hosted a Kahoot during our team time zoom. It was fun!

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Several of you inspired me to learn a new platform called Flipgrid. I am NOT proficient yet at using it but I am going to continue to mess with it!  I can see why it is a favorite platform for many teachers!

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From watching this webinar, I did an online chat with Ms. Loch at the Springdale Public Library and we are scheduled to zoom tomorrow at 11:30 to discuss how to get your public library card online and access Libby.  I plan to record the zoom and share out across all our platforms so our kids can have even more options for reading.  ---Padgett

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Here is the link to ALL the resources mentioned in this ZOOM

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Here is the link to ALL the resources mentioned in this ZOOM

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https://padlet.com/molly_picardi1/DigitalReadingLife

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I really miss my kids.  When we did the Zones of Regulations, most of them were truly sad that their year was over in the classroom.  Even though we have heard from several of our kids, many are still not connecting which makes me very sad. This was a special group this year and it was cut short so suddenly.  I really miss my Advisory students, many  in need of daily support, often that just being a hug and affirmation.  I worry about some of those students.  

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I really miss my kids.  When we did the Zones of Regulations, most of them were truly sad that their year was over in the classroom.  Even though we have heard from several of our kids, many are still not connecting which makes me very sad. This was a special group this year and it was cut short so suddenly.  I really miss my Advisory students, many  in need of daily support, often that just being a hug and affirmation.  I worry about some of those students.  

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I follow this teacher on Instagram, and I really like how she makes her Pandemic Journal. She shows everyday of her journal on Instagram. Maybe our kids could use some of these ideas too!

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I am continuing to be forced to grow my tech skills, which I must say has been a win-win.  I have been watching tutorials this week on how to maximize my ZOOM for mini-lessons. Using this technology to embed my own example of an interview along with revised documentation and being able to share that on "shared screen" has taken this long distance teaching to a whole, new level.

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I am continuing to be forced to grow my tech skills, which I must say has been a win-win.  I have been watching tutorials this week on how to maximize my ZOOM for mini-lessons. Using this technology to embed my own example of an interview along with revised documentation and being able to share that on "shared screen" has taken this long distance teaching to a whole, new level.

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My take-away is the "Donors Choose' where you can actually have books sent to kids; that sounds awesome!  I also noted that they shared how we need to get out of the box and not just think of the written text, but use the video clips for our IEP's, and have students use written expression in other ways that are more relevant to them, other than just writing a summary, or a narrative.  Again, it pointed to student-choice as long as the content is viable that they share.  They had so many great ideas, i.e. "Book Buzz."  I would love to see some of them take off and run with their own ZOOM Book Clubs and share the clips.  That would be awesome!

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My take-away is the "Donors Choose' where you can actually have books sent to kids; that sounds awesome!  I also noted that they shared how we need to get out of the box and not just think of the written text, but use the video clips for our IEP's, and have students use written expression in other ways that are more relevant to them, other than just writing a summary, or a narrative.  Again, it pointed to student-choice as long as the content is viable that they share.  They had so many great ideas, i.e. "Book Buzz."  I would love to see some of them take off and run with their own ZOOM Book Clubs and share the clips.  That would be awesome!

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I'm going to look into their suggestion of going to Donors Choose to get printed books delivered to kids' houses, especially if they don't have wifi.  I'm also going to suggest to Ms. Ford if they can make our school a wifi hotspot, so when kids come to pick up their lunches, they can use their smartphones to connect to the internet and download stuff from us.  That way they're not using up too much of their phone's data, and they can use their phone off-line to read books, etc.  They're already out in public picking up their food, so they wouldn't have to make a special trip to a Springdale Park hotspot, and possibly it would be easier since their using their school Google sign-in.

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This is from their Kinder Unit, but some of the suggestions could work for our kids to do to share the books they're reading, even with their younger siblings.

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Video lessons along with a living PowerPoint. I’ve been trying to include examples of jots that aren’t perfect and show a variety of methods from the menu. I used Google translate to message several parents in Spanish. I know it’s not perfect but I was able to connect with two students we haven’t had contact with since school let out!

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I truly have been trying to not feel the sad emotions of going to digital learning the rest of the year. As a first year teacher, it feels disappointing to know I won’t see my first class again as a group. Similar to Melissa and Margo, I’ve struggled with the lack of student engagement. I want to provide everything we can go then but it’s hard when it constantly feels like they don’t see it or interact. I’ve been taking small victories when they come and trying to enjoy our team meetings!

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I wonder about how we could as a school do a grant to really build home libraries to our students... I think doing a go fund me. I also like the mobile book library idea. I wondered if we could, logistically do a mobile book library for our students to return and check out books. I also found the list of book buzzes. I think that would be cool to try instead of the menu of choices. Also getting a video like the dog one and having them write about it would be super awesome. I think it would take a lot of participation, which I personally haven't had a lot of. But I think for even in class that would be a cool add in for writing about "reading"

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I love seeing teachers from all over the country come together on these zoom meetings. They discussed the Libby website (free e-book check out) that some of our  KMS teachers have mentioned, using google forms to ask students what they are currently reading (or post on classroom), audible.com is free right now. So is PebbleGo and RAZ I believe. They discussed expanding our definition of text since there is "uneven access to physical books/ digital text."  Short stories, graphic novels, pixar shorts. Kids can read on a phone (since most people, though not all, have phone access).Can do book clubs. Can do a digital reading graffiti on your google classroom where kids post quotes from books or other notes. Visually artistic way of sharing ideas. Or kids can take pictures of themselves with their books to post. Kids can video themselves giving book talks or they can host a zoom meeting. Can link a padlet to your google classroom. 

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I love seeing teachers from all over the country come together on these zoom meetings. They discussed the Libby website (free e-book check out) that some of our  KMS teachers have mentioned, using google forms to ask students what they are currently reading (or post on classroom), audible.com is free right now. So is PebbleGo and RAZ I believe. They discussed expanding our definition of text since there is "uneven access to physical books/ digital text."  Short stories, graphic novels, pixar shorts. Kids can read on a phone (since most people, though not all, have phone access).Can do book clubs. Can do a digital reading graffiti on your google classroom where kids post quotes from books or other notes. Visually artistic way of sharing ideas. Or kids can take pictures of themselves with their books to post. Kids can video themselves giving book talks or they can host a zoom meeting. Can link a padlet to your google classroom. 

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Trying to be more engaging with read alouds (facial expressions, questioning, sometimes my kids will be on the videos, focusing on  vocabulary). I am enjoying the continuity of reading a chapter a day. 

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Trying to be more engaging with read alouds (facial expressions, questioning, sometimes my kids will be on the videos, focusing on  vocabulary). I am enjoying the continuity of reading a chapter a day. 

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I agree with Melissa. I am feeling a similar way. Plus on a personal note it is hard to balance everything. Being a single momma and helping my struggling fifth grader who has autism and my temperamental kindergartner while trying to do my best with work can be anxiety- inducing. But just trying to go day by day. 

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I agree with Melissa. I am feeling a similar way. Plus on a personal note it is hard to balance everything. Being a single momma and helping my struggling fifth grader who has autism and my temperamental kindergartner while trying to do my best with work can be anxiety- inducing. But just trying to go day by day. 

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Curious to know more about this. I have not heard this term before.

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Not specific to kids with IEPs but true for all...

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Not specific to kids with IEPs but true for all...

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The beauty of recorded minilessons is kids/parents can watch over and over & on their own time.
The beauty of our 'office hours' is kids/parents can get some coaching specific to their needs.

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I'm excited about the Pandemic journal! 

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I'm excited about the Pandemic journal! 

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I'm most excited about the students writing their own pandemic journal. I look forward to creating my own to share with them. I think the sentence frames provide great support! (I worry they might only write one sentence...)

I think my SS team teacher and I might record our mini-lessons together. For the Venn diagram, maybe we will both personify a different pandemic.

Also, to supplement the articles and make the topic more engaging, I plan to link Brainpop videos (In a quick search I found videos about Black Death and COVID-19... Still looking for the 1918 Flu.)

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2 weeks ago I think a lot of us had maybe never heard of/ used zoom. Now look at us! We're participating in zoom meetings with our colleagues and students. We're recording our mini-lessons to provide asynchronos learning experiences for our students. We are lifelong learners!

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The articles are not at the end of the packet, like Charlene already said. Maybe we can post them to G. Classroom and then send out a robo call telling kids they are there. Also, I like the guiding questions each day for the journal. I think this will really help them.

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Libby is an app that links a public library card and lets kids check out books virtually. I just checked out Crazy Rich Asians for myself. The books are checked out for two weeks and then are returned. Lots of choices! Audiobooks, print books, etc.

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I tried video minilessons, followed by examples of possible student work.

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Ineffective...I can't get past the idea that I'm not connecting with very many students on a daily basis.  I feel that these good ideas we have aren't reaching our students.  Yes, the effort is worth it for one...but I worry about the others, and I feel like I'm not making much of a difference.

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Ineffective...I can't get past the idea that I'm not connecting with very many students on a daily basis.  I feel that these good ideas we have aren't reaching our students.  Yes, the effort is worth it for one...but I worry about the others, and I feel like I'm not making much of a difference.

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Banked videos can be turned into QR codes and put into books in our classroom libraries.

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Analog vs Digital
A digital version could be on a padlet

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1. Are you safe?
2. What is your access like?
3. Determine where the student is (acdemically)
4. What do they need (instructionally)

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This time is a great opportunity to get parents involved. When you do a demonstration video, know the parents may be watching and learning as well. This is our opportunity to educate parents in "how they can help their kids". 

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This time is a great opportunity to get parents involved. When you do a demonstration video, know the parents may be watching and learning as well. This is our opportunity to educate parents in "how they can help their kids". 

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1. Students are doing school when it works for them.
2. Additional outside/run time is crucial.

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Never underestimate the power of a PHONE CALL. Go back to what works. 

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Never underestimate the power of a PHONE CALL. Go back to what works. 

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This week I am trying/ posting poetry read- alouds and tucking in a wellness tip--which I am now calling a key-note--in at the beginning.
I am also noticing when kids are on instagram and hitting the video chat button.  It calls them and we can see each other; three have answered.

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this is an opportunity to teach kids to understand life is not binary.  There are beautiful and difficult parts.  Literacy/ journaling can help us manage and process life.

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Reading Level of Directions should be checked.  If too high, 2 choices
1. Change the directions (this isn't really applicable to our situtation)
2. Voiceover, Screencastify, Gestures, etc.

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box breathing to dissolve a chatty mind.

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box breathing to dissolve a chatty mind.

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Recorded "The Wonky Donkey", uploaded it to YouTube.  Laughed my way through the whole thing....multiples tries to record it--I didn't have my glasses on, my nose kept itching, a cat jumped in my lap and knocked the book flying...then the misery of trying to upload it on a very slow internet.  I'm guessing they slowed it down today because this isn't usually a problem.

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Recorded "The Wonky Donkey", uploaded it to YouTube.  Laughed my way through the whole thing....multiples tries to record it--I didn't have my glasses on, my nose kept itching, a cat jumped in my lap and knocked the book flying...then the misery of trying to upload it on a very slow internet.  I'm guessing they slowed it down today because this isn't usually a problem.

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As I was watching this video, it brought to mind a FB post by a friend of mine...she wrote that the "Governor says we have to do this home crap through May but I'm not sure that Evan (her 13 year old son) and I both are going to come of us this gig alive" then her friends and her post their angst about these times and trying to help their kids with work. You might think these are middle class SES people, but my friend flies around in her family airplane. That kind of money...and they are all suffering the same way... So I took some of the journaling ideas as I was watching the video and texted them to her. She said she tried journaling, but it was pretty dark...and I told her that was okay- she was writing about what she was filtering during the day. Her daughter was keeping a journal of her experiences so she asked her daughter if she would share any of her journal writing with her...and she did. My friend texted me back and said I learned a lot today...

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After this zoom, I am thinking more about....

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After this zoom, I am thinking more about....

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Reading - Inhaling
Writing - Exhaling

Promoting Gratitude Journaling during Challenging Times

Writing Letters helps kids to take action AND stay connected

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Read to Learn Grants: Books can be delivered to kids homes

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Reading is much more universal than just print!
Quick Google Search: Award Winning Pixar Shorts (kids can read video narratives)

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I notice the daily reading with WAR menu is missing from Day 21-30. Hmmmmmmmm

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I notice the daily reading with WAR menu is missing from Day 21-30. Hmmmmmmmm

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SeeSaw keeps popping up as a platform teachers are using with success. Has anyone had experience with SeeSaw?