August 25, 2021 · curriculum
A virtual example “Shelfie” my co-teacher made last Fall. ORGANIZATIONAL Online calendar template for planning: while paper planners are wonderful, this past year I realized having everything online helped me feel reassured and less helpless when we had to suddenly quarantine or wait for test results. It’s also less to keep track of and carry back and forth, and especially useful if you are co-teaching as you can easily share the document and track changes in real time. I personally use these online calendar templates and turn them into Google Docs, but many different formats or platforms would work depending on what is easiest for you. My co-teacher and I really like the commenting and tagging options on Google Docs. I would be lost without my calendars as they have EVERYTHING on there from basic lesson plans to students’ birthdays to my dentist appointment. Anecdotal notes: as
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August 24, 2021 · tools
A slide with some of our thoughts on Virgil, a character from Erin Estrada Kelly’s Hello Universe Some of these tools are ones that I have used for years, others I really grew to appreciate during the pandemic when teaching solely online, when teaching in a hybrid model, and when teaching with students distanced from me and each other. I also found many useful when simultaneously teaching students in the classroom and online (over Zoom). I’m fortunate that my school has accounts at many sites and sets them up for us, but all of these sites offer a free option so students could use them at home or with whatever technology is available to them. Epic : Epic is a digital library for kids. It includes virtual leveled books, audiobooks, “read to me” books, and videos. There is a great nonfiction collection which would really work for students doing research at home. They do have limits on how
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