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VR teachers are GREAT! Everyone has been so flexible and creative with their lessons! You guys are doing an AWESOME job! And, you all have so much love and compassion for your students!

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Sandy:  Hmm...Counselor Appreciation was 2/1-2/5...not sure when you created this padlet...

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Sandy:  Hmm...Counselor Appreciation was 2/1-2/5...not sure when you created this padlet...

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Are the doors to the office going to remain locked? forcing us to continue to walk around the building should we need something?

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I never in a million years imagined that I would be teaching this way, nor did I imagine that kindergarteners would be interacting, engaging, and learning in a virtual environment. I will definitely continue to use google slides and some of the awesome apps we've been introduced to such as flipgrid and peardeck.

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February is Black History month, Dental Health Month and American Heart Month
But the 2nd week is also Chinese New Year...

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Chinese New Year 2024 - Year of the Dragon

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Discover the traditions and taboos, dishes and drinks that are part of China's most important holiday, the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival.

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Getting kicked out of Google meet at home, slow internet connection, having to run to school during my break only to have that internet buffering a video I was hoping to present.... and getting charged and extra $30 for extra usage.

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Fat Tuesday!!!

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Getting a look at our student's home life has been an eye opener. Seeing how hard many of them are working to make sure their child has opportunity to learn has been important while trying to help them navigate the digital platforms. Many of our families are juggling so many things, though we had an idea before, we can now actually see their struggles as well as their accomplishments.

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We did readers theater. I had three groups of students practice for three days during their independent time in breakout rooms. I had one student tell me before the performance that she was super nervous. I told her to turn off her camera and just read like she does in class. She was so great and at the end of their play, she turned her camera on!

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I am concerned with the snowball effect of a positive case. One person testing positive can shut down a whole grade level for two weeks.

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I will bring the flipped classroom into a physical classroom. I will make videos and give students front loaded stuff, if they are capable of it before lessons. This way I can meet everyones needs in the classroom.

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I have many concerns about the schedule.
I would also like more tights and loose guidelines about how to set up my own learning environment and what other supplies, besides what is in the buckets will be provided for us.

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I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around how to teach both virtually and in person.

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I need a framework to support Hybrid teaching. I don't know that I'm confident enough to share PD at this point.

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Ventilation is something I am concerned about.  We have only one small window and anyone who has been in our classrooms at beginning of winter or beginning of summer knows that proper ventilation and circulation are major issues. I need to know we will all be safe.
I am also concerned about how we will teach 3 different learners effectively - cohort A B and 100 Virtual.

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I will definitely continue to use google slides to build lesson framework. It ensures that I stay on task and hit major content. I will also use choice boards for additional resources, perhaps for homework extensions vs paper packets. I will also continue to focus on SEL in the morning and at the end of the day... even though we're virtual, I believe giving kids those opportunities still helps them feel connected.

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President's day (Abe's birthday), Valentine's day, Mardi Gras, Chinese New Year, Kindness day.

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Updates we didn't even know about. Making sure everyone was able to pick up their materials....

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Students are taking responsibility for their own learning and work. We are building relationships, being silly, looking forward to being in school, being together, getting creative with what to do virtually, etc. We have even baked together! I love getting messages from parents telling me the appreciation of making it "different" for their kids. Its pushed me and my students to be creative problem solvers. 'Rona what?!

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I agree with Tay. A specific and detailed schedule for everything is needed to reduce spread of the virus, transition times, bathroom times (that one student that should've went but didn't went and now needs to go...). Specific information for parents of the PIP or Online, lunches, break time for teachers, planning times to balance the two models, affirmation of CLEAN spaces, etc. Lives are literally at risk. Roulette anyone?

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I've shared with some teammates the use of Pear Deck, and using it in our daily slides. I've started exit tickets so I can see my students, their thoughts, their writing, their comprehension etc and go from there.

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My morning séance...Fred?? are you there Fred?? Give me a sign if you can hear me Fred?? For the love of all that is good Fred... let me know you are here!!

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Ultimately the safety of everyone. I would hate to bring the virus home and spread it to my family and it being one of the "unfortunate cases", or one of my own students get it and suffer/pass it to their own parents/grandparents, and it be the worst case scenario. As for teaching the cohorts, I know we'll figure it out, we've made it this far....

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Taking time to be silly and have fun. Laughing, sharing, and just hanging out and getting to know each other. Not every lesson has to be serious. Our reader's response last Friday was to illustrate on a pear deck how the animals of the island helped the robot with her garden.. (they defecated on it for her) We not only learned the scientific word for 'poop", we had a heck of a good time illustrating animals fertilizing a garden.

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I think I will continue to use the digitized stuff but within centers in the classroom, such as the spelling tests and website practices. Google classroom would be great for students to monitor what needs to be done or is missing if they're absent. I will also continue to check in with them overall as students, even if they're "happy", they've learned to stuff a lot of feelings deep down unfortunately.

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Clear and solid schedule and expectations communicated to parents and teachers.

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6 Ways to Jam on Jamboard: Using the Digital Whiteboard in a Hybrid Classroom

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The popular Google app facilitates meaningful collaboration for both remote and in-class students.

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Susan B. Anthony Day!

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I have concerns about how we will accommodate the needs of our special education students who split their day between multiple teachers.

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Please check out EdTech's YouTube site w/recorded hybrid trainings:

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Please check out EdTech's YouTube site w/recorded hybrid trainings:

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Wifi connection. Google Meet keeps changing the template so I can’t always see my kids. They can’t see me. That’s been a hot mess.

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I never envisioned myself teaching as I am now. Once we are back to "normal" I will continue to use many of the digital tools I use now. Tools such as Google Classroom, Padlet, Pear Deck, and Flipgrid.

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I have more relationships with families than before. I used to have relationships with only a few. But being able to meet, see extended family members and work with them to support their learner has been a blessing!

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President's Day

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A detailed schedule for both students online and those in class. They have to look different, and it would be easier to hand a parent “here’s what time you need to get on from home”. We need a schedule with built in transitions, restroom breaks, time between lunches to clean. It can’t be at the teachers discretion because there’s too much at risk for families, staff and students.

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I’m in multiple Facebook groups that have ideas and strategies regarding hybrid.

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I am really worried about teaching the cohorts and those who are remaining completely remote. It just seems like too much to handle and efficiently do. Will there be a remote grade level teacher?

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I will definitely continue my read alouds and checking on my kids as a whole child and not just academically. I did this before but covid taught me the true importance of this.