Distance learning for elementary students

Distance learning for elementary students

EASIER FOR SOME GRADE LEVELSTHAN OTHERS.23ABC'S DANIELA GARRIDO JOINS USTO TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGESOF TEACHING YOUNGER STUDENTS ATA DISTANCE.DANIELA?GOOD MORNING,KEEPING A 6 YEAR OLD ENGAGED INA VIRTUAL CLASS CAN LOOKDIFFERENT THAN KEEPING ATEENAGER ENGAGED IN AVIRTUAL CLASS.WE SPOKE WITH A KINDERGARTEN,FIRST, THIRD, AND FIFTH GRADETEACHER ON THE CHALLENGES OFTEACHING YOUNGERSTUDENTS AT A DISTANCE."ITS HARD WITH OUR KIDS ON ACHROME BOOK SO THATS THECHALLENGING PART"FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS,TEACHING THROUGHDISTANCE LEARNING IS ALL ABOUTKEEPING THEIR YOUNGERSTUDENTS ENGAGED IN CLASS.MELISSA RAMIREZ/THIRD GRADETEACHER:"TO MAKE IT FUN AND ENGAGE WITHACTIVITIES BEING FOCUSED ANDATTENTIVE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IWANT TO MAKE SURETHEY'RE PLAYING ATTENTION"ACCORDING TO FIRST GRADETEACHER, LILIANA DIAZ, THECONCERN SHE HEARS MOST FROMPARENTS IS THAT THEIRSTUDENTS MAY NOT BE READY FORFIRST GRADE AFTER FINISHINGKINDERGARTEN AT A DISTANCE.LILIANA DIAZ/FIRST GRADETEACHER:"NO ONE FINISHED THIS SCHOOLYEAR IN PERSON SO THERE ISGOING TO BE SOME LEARNING LOSS"HER PLAN IS TO MEET HER STUDENTSWHERE THEY ARE AT AND HOPEPARENSWILL ALLOW THEM TO WORKINDEPENDENTLY AS MUCH ASPOSSIBLE DURING DISTANCELEARNING."IT'S GOING TO BE STEP BY STEP,I'M NOT JUST GOING TO TELL THEMTOGO TO A WEBSITE..

A LOT OFCHROMEBOOK BASICS, READ OUTLOUD, AND I'M GOING TO STARTWITH A SCAVENGERHUNT"THIRD GRADE TEACHER MELISSARAMIREZ SAYS HER FOCUS THISYEAR IS TO HELP HER STUDENTSBECOME MORE INDEPENDENTLEARNERS."THEY'RE GRACEFULLY COMING OUTOF THEIR SHELL INTOA NEW INDEPENDENT APPROACH" SHEPLANS TO USE ZOOM TO TEACHLESSONS, GOOGLECLASSROOM TO ASSIGN TASKS, ANDHAS CREATED A THIRD GRADEWEBSITE FOR PARENT AND STUDENTRESOURCES."FOR THE FIRST WEEK WEESTABLISHED A SET OF ACTIVITIESTHEIR ESSENTIALLY ICEBREAKERS TOGET TO KNOW THESTUDENTS"FIFTH GRADE TEACHER ILEANAANGULO IS HOPING SHE CANMAKE THE LAST YEAR OF ELEMENTARYSCHOOL EXCITINGFOR HER STUDENTS.ILEANA ANGULO/FIFTH GRADETEACHER"ITS ALSO THE YEAR TO PREPARETHEM TO BE MORE INDEPENDENTBECAUSE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THEYWILL WORK MOREINDEPENDENTLY"FOR HER FIFTH GRADE CLASS, THEREWILL BE THREE CHECK INACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAYAND BECAUSE HER STUDENTSARE OLDER SHE IS FOCUSED ONLIMITING DISTRACTIONWHEN THEY ARE WORKING ONASSIGNMENTS."THE WAY I'M GOING TO MONITOR ITIS WITH GOGUARDIAN AND THAT WAY I CANMONITOR THE SCREEN AND SEEWHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND ALSOLIMIT THEM FROM ACCESSINGOTHER SCREENS"TEACHERS SAY ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEGOALS FOR THEIR GRADELEVEL, THEY'RE LEARNING TO WORKWITH DISTANCELEARNING IN EACH GRADE AS THEYGO ALONG.THEY PLAN TO WORK CLOSELY WITHPARENTS TO HELP ADDRESSANY LEARNING BARRIERS THEIRYOUNGER STUDENTS MAYEXPERIENCE.LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH CHIEFMETEOROLOGIST ELAINA RUSK FOR