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My EA and I are in the process of getting our google classroom set up to post prerecorded videos of us saying "hello", reviewing various skills, and do read aloud. Other support services (speech, OT) will also be posting in my google classroom..

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weekly google classroom send out, email blasts every mondays, postcards sent out every two weeks. Check in with inclusion on thursdays. Weekly choice boards sent out to all parents each monday.  

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weekly google classroom send out, email blasts every mondays, postcards sent out every two weeks. Check in with inclusion on thursdays. Weekly choice boards sent out to all parents each monday.  

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Thursdays at noon for all students and 2pm for individual dropins. 

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Thursdays at noon for all students and 2pm for individual dropins. 

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Putting all emails in a drive file for distance learning

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(Mikeila) Weekly 1:1 Webex/google hangouts sessions

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(Mikeila) Weekly 1:1 Webex/google hangouts sessions

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Newsela articles in different reading levels, adding sped only resources ( leveled reading, smaller writing requirements, reduced reading requirements, extra resource for explanation), Google forms with clues. printed packets for no access kids - kelly stobie 

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Newsela articles in different reading levels, adding sped only resources ( leveled reading, smaller writing requirements, reduced reading requirements, extra resource for explanation), Google forms with clues. printed packets for no access kids - kelly stobie 

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I email and call parents. EA's follow up later in the week.

For each, I set up two- 30 minute sessions. Reviewing activities that we learned in the classroom. Sometimes

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(Robyn) Required Communication Log- upload to ECSSS

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(Robyn) Required Communication Log- upload to ECSSS

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We collaborated with our Counselors at PHKai to have a short lesson completed on Fridays.  Participants use their "Choose Love" shirt as well during our google office hours.

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Approximately 50%+ General Ed., 38% SpEd. utilizing an inclusive distance learning platform.

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Approximately 50%+ General Ed., 38% SpEd. utilizing an inclusive distance learning platform.

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Google meetings provided to students every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  

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Google meetings provided to students every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  

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Providing parents the options various learning activities.

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Sharing with parents with what is happening for the week.

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I made a spreadsheet to document when I first tried to reach out to parents and then when they first communicated with me.

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I made a spreadsheet to document when I first tried to reach out to parents and then when they first communicated with me.

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Virtual field trips are a great way to expose kids to new places all from the comfort of home. In this age of technology, so many museums, zoos and aquariums have set up virtual tours and webcams of their facilities. Now more than ever, is it easier to visit destinations around the world from the comfort of your couch.

In light of recent events, families are finding themselves in the position of not only being at home with their children for an extended period of time, but educating them as well. Unlike a school vacation, places like zoos, aquariums and museums are closed in an effort to keep people from congregating. Travel is also on hold. Virtual field trips are a fun and educational way to visit places virtually and keep "travel" going.

I've rounded up 20 virtual field trips that you can take with your kids. There are also lesson ideas, activities and book suggestions to extend the learning for each type of destination.

Art Museums

Visit some of the best art galleries in the world virtually. From Paris to New York to Amsterdam, kids can see priceless works of art from the world's most famous artists.

Activities and Resources

Choose a favorite painting or sculpture and create a copycat piece of art.

Research an artist. This is a great book about some amazing artists kids should know about https://amzn.to/38QWQGf (affiliate link).

Choose a piece of art to focus on. Describe it, tell why you chose it and how it makes you feel.

Choose 2 works of art to compare.

Zoos

Zoo webcams have allowed visitors to drop in on the habitats of some of the zoo's favorite animal exhibits. Here are some highlights. Want more? Here is our complete list of virtual zoo field trips.

Activities and Resources

Aquariums

Just like with zoos, aquariums have used webcams to let you visit their exhibits virtually. In addition, some aquariums have set up virtual tours led by their staff to give visitors a more in depth look at their facility.

Activities and Resources

Travel the World

In this day and age, it is easier than ever to travel the world without leaving home.

Activities and Resources

Plan a trip to a new destination. What would you do, see, eat?

Make a travel brochure for the destination you visited.

Write a postcard from that destination. Include details about the place and what you can see there.

More Stuff to Do at Home:

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20 Virtual Field Trips to Take with Your Kids | Adventures in Familyhood

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Virtual field trips are a great way to expose kids to new places all from the comfort of home. In this age of technology, so many museums, zoos and aquariums have set up virtual tours and webcams of their facilities. Now more than ever, is it easier to visit destinations around the world from the comfort of your couch.

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In the past weeks, I have finally found consistent feedback from parents and a schedule with my students to do online review.

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With such a rapid shift to online school, there were bound to be some mishaps ... and lessons learned. We turned to our community of teachers to ask what they're learning themselves about remote learning. Here are our favorite dos and don'ts of teaching online:

DO: Be prepared.

"Make sure you have good lighting so your students can see your face clearly; face an open window or put a lamp next to your laptop." -Scoon

"Check your background for anything you don't want to be visible in the video, or blur it if possible." -Cara

"Have a practice child who will log in and check links to make sure they work." -Beth

"I always send my students some activities to print in advance so they're not looking at the screen for the whole lesson." -Viral

"Make sure you clear your web browser before you do a screen share video." -Erin

"Start your meeting with everyone muted and ask them to sign into the chat box by answering an opening question (like a drill and you can take attendance this way also)." -Christina

"Hit record on all live webinar sessions. Tell the students and parents their session is being recorded, too. This will help them refer back to the video if they forget what you reviewed in the session with them." -Todd

DON'T: Overwhelm students.

"Assign way less work than you think you should. Students are going to take much longer to complete it due to tech issues, stress, and the challenge of having to learn mostly on their own." -Greta

"Give them less than a normal in-class day. They're going to be relearning how to schedule and manage their time so they'll be overwhelmed." -Skye

"I found using the chat box helpful for kids to type 'Q' if they have a question, and 'me' rather than raising a visual hand." -Lora

DO: Collaborate.

"We're lucky that kindergarten this year has five teachers, so we each take a designated day and write up the lesson for that day and share with the rest. That way we have a full week, and since we worked together, we know it will flow with what the last person did." -Kyoko

"Reach out to your community partners. A lot of internet providers are providing free internet to students right now and many are even supplying laptops and tablets." -Emily L.

DON'T: Make assumptions.

"We have to take into account that a lot of kids have other responsibilities when they're at home: other classwork, chores, helping with siblings, etc. It's not like when they're in our class and we have them for that allotted amount of time." -Emily L.

"Understand that some students haven't gotten the district access they were supposed to have to do their work."-Sarah

DO: Build community.

"I'm giving my students social time before class starts so that they can catch up with friends, show them their cool stuff, and be silly." -Angelica

"I do a daily question that is more meaningful to my students so we can start conversations. Discussions and building relationships were a big thing in the classroom." -Emily S.

DON'T: Expect perfection.

"Be patient. You may spend some time looking at their nostrils as they try and figure this out." -Gregory

"Remember that connections do break, especially if you're trying to remain online for an extended period of time, like an hour or more. Don't be surprised when it happens, but just take it as being a normal drawback of teaching online, like having a bee fly into the classroom." -Rick

DO: Give some grace.

"Allow yourself (and of course your students) plenty of grace. Many students have taken on additional responsibilities to help out at home. Many of us teachers have, too. Be mindful!" -Jennifer

"Our students are under a lot of stress just like we are. Just like this isn't a vacation for us, it's not a vacation for them. They are scared." -Emily L.

"Laugh at yourself and make mistakes. The kids need to know you are still the same person." -Dawn
What lessons have you learned from teaching online? Come share in our Plus, The Next Weeks of Online Learning Don't Have to Be Perfect. WeAreTeachers Helpline group on Facebook.

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With such a rapid shift to online school, there were bound to be some mishaps ... and lessons learned. We turned to our community of teachers to ask what they're learning themselves about remote learning.