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Note: The PDF now includes links to Weekly Check-Ins as well!
One of the hardest parts about distance learning is not being able to see and talk with our students on a regular basis. Even if you are doing video conferences, it is hard to know how students are doing and if they need help. One option is to have daily check-ins using Google Forms. This post shares free daily check in google forms for distance learning and some tips for how to use them.

About the Daily Check-In Google Forms

These daily check-in Google Forms are one way to check in your with students on a daily basis. The responses can also be shared with special education or any support staff who serve the students.

I have included two check-in forms for you: one for the beginning of the day and one for the end of the day. You can send both of the forms or choose to only send one.

Beginning of the Day Check-In Form

This form is designed to check in with the students before they begin their assignments (but after they locate them).

The form asks the following questions:

How are you feeling today?

Do you have anything to tell me? This can be about school or life.

Were you able to find all of your work for today?

Do you need any help getting started with your assignments?

What questions do you have about your assignments?

End of the Day Check-In Form

This form is designed to check in with the students as they finish their learning for the day.

The form asks the following questions:

How are you feeling now?

How did you to do today?

How do you feel about your assignments today? (This is a linear scale with "I didn't understand anything" at one end and "I understood everything" at the other end.)

Do you have anything to tell me? This can be about school or life.

Note: There are now links to Weekly Check-Ins included in the PDF download as well!

Modifying the Check-In Forms

After you copy the forms to your drive, you may go in and modify any of the questions and/or add new questions. These screenshots are also included in the free download.

Assigning the Check-In Forms
If you need help assigning these check-in forms to your students, click here to grab a free guide to help!
When assigning the forms, I recommend you make a new copy for each week (you can keep the responses organized using the spreadsheet that Google Forms generates).

Another way to send the Check-In Forms to your students is to link them via a Google Slides Template. Here is an example template. The link to copy this template can be found in the section titled Get the Free Daily Check-In Google Forms and Slide Template Here.

Viewing the Responses

You can easily view the responses by generating a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet is automatically sorted by date and time so you can keep your responses organized. You can also sort the responses alphabetically by student name.

***Get the Free Daily Check-In Google Forms and Slide Template Here
****Click here or on the image below to grab the PDF with the links to each Google Form and the Google Slide Templates (and tips for copying/modifying the forms and viewing the responses).
Note: make sure you copy the forms to your drive. If you manipulate the link, you will be compromising your students' data. YOU MUST COPY THE FORM TO YOUR DRIVE AND CREATE A NEW FORM THAT IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS!

Note: There are now links to Weekly Check-Ins included in the PDF download as well!

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How to Assign Google Forms How to Create Google Form Assignments Viewing and Analyzing Responses in Google Forms How to Assign Google Slides How to Have Students Show Their Math Work Digitally - Free Student Google Slides Guide Tips for Distance Learning Planning
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Main Idea Differentiated Practice - These are perfect for assigning differentiated reading practice (texts at two levels to your students). Text Structure Differentiated Practice - Another option for differentiating your reading practice easily. Reading Test Prep Task Cards - This is perfect for reading review! It includes 8 Google Forms in all (with 8 questions per form).
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Free Daily Check-In Google Forms for Distance Learning

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Filed Under: Classroom Management and Organization, Digital Resources Note: The PDF now includes links to Weekly Check-Ins as well! One of the hardest parts about distance learning is not being able to see and talk with our students on a regular basis.

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I recently saw this idea and thought it was really cool! At the beginning of the year, students make a poster introducing themselves using numbers! Shoot, you could do this activity at any point in the year, not just the start of the year. For example they might use shoe size, weight, height, number of siblings, birthday, class number, number of pets they've owned, etc. Here comes the challenge (for upper grades): then students use sticky tabs to cover the actual numbers (written in standard form) and instead write an equation. See the examples below:

Then display the posters and see if kids can figure out who is who. This is especially fun if kids have completed the poster as a homework assignment (so kids don't see them making it). Either way, it's a great way to build number sense and reinforce the idea that a number can be written many, many ways. Enjoy!

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I recently saw this idea and thought it was really cool! At the beginning of the year, students make a poster introducing themselves using numbers! Shoot, you could do this activity at any point in the year, not just the start of the year. For example they might use shoe size, weight, height, number of siblings,...

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Do you feel like you are pulling teeth trying to get students to answer a question during lessons? When teaching, I often felt like I was talking to an imaginary classroom with imaginary students. I would ask a question and wait for a response to what seemed like forever (more like 10-15 seconds). Finally, one brave student would attempt to answer the question but stumble with forming their response, and we are back to the awkward silence. There are several reasons why students may experience challenges with expressing their ideas verbally in math class.

We are going to assume that students have something to say but don't know how to say it. Have you ever had a thought or feedback advice in a meeting but stumbled with formulating it into a clear, coherent statement? I sure have. Sometimes many ideas are running through our heads, that it becomes difficult to focus on the central concepts or to link the thoughts in a conversational manner. When most people experience frustration, confusion, or overwhelm, they shut down and say or do nothing. We can help students overcome this challenge by providing sentence starters.

As mentioned, students may struggle with expressing their ideas or linking related thoughts verbally. Sentence stems/starters is an instructional technique that helps students effectively communicate by offering students the opportunity to answer questions in the form of a complete sentence. Sentence stems help students get started sharing their ideas through speaking or writing while relieving the pressure of thinking about how to form a thought.

Sentence stems can be used when students are:

engaging in a math discussion with a peer.

practicing the use of academic language.

sharing their thoughts on how to solve a particular problem.

reflecting on a math concept recently learned.

How to use sentence stems in math class?

Step 1:

Share a list of sentence stems with students in advance. I have seen teachers post a few stems in their classrooms in a visible place. Some teachers choose to have students put sentence stems on the front or back of their notebook for easy reference. Either way, students need to know how to access this support tool when needed.

Step 2:

Model how and when to use sentence stems. Just because most middle school students have seen a fill in the blank type sentence does not mean they understand the purpose of a sentence stem. Take time to review some sentence stems and share examples of when to use each stem. Model asking a question and using a sentence stem to respond.

Step 3:

After modeling how to use sentence stems in math class, allow students to practice having conversations with the starter phrases. Start with simple non-academic phrases such as "I like to ____ on the weekends because ____" to provide a low barrier to entry for participation. Transition students to using sentence stems in an academic context by finding a math problem that has multiple ways to solve it. Ask students to use the following sentence stem "One strategy I could use to solve this problem is to ____" to draft a response.

Step 4:

It is not enough to introduce sentence stems one time and expect students to use them without prompting. Teachers must consistently encourage students to refer to their resource when necessary.

Start by introducing a few sentence stems to your students. Save the infographic below for immediate access to twenty-five sentence stems to use in your math class.

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25 Sentence Stems To Encourage Math Talk - Fly Math Club

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Explore these patterns with your students and watch their natural tendencies to see patterns morph into powerful algebraic thinking and reasoning. It’s an ideal routine to foster mathematical practice #7 - look for and make use of structure.

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