Everyone’s first full week back to school was a success. I hope the virtual home visits went well and that you feel you have a greater understanding of how you can support your students in VL. Thank you for putting in the long hours on Zoom.
Dave, Elliot and I have been letting you connect with your students and have not joined any morning meetings or specialist sessions this past week. We will start popping into MM and specialist sessions starting this coming week. We do not want to interrupt your meeting so please do not feel the need to stop the flow of your meeting when we join. We would like to say hello to everyone at some point in the morning meeting, but we’ll take your lead on that. Specialists, there is no need for us to say hello during your sessions. We miss working with students so both of us are very excited to join classes.
India celebrates it's 73rd Independence Day this weekend! Happy Independence Day!
We have a lot of important information this week.
Upcoming Week at a Glance
Zoom ID: 914 4022 3536
Password: aisc
Meeting Focus: Back to School Events
We will meet as a large group and then you will have time to plan your back to school event with your team.
**Spirit Day! Please wear a hat to the meeting (can be homemade, virtual, or one you own).
Back to School Events
Our Back to School events will take place the week of August 24th.
Aug. 25: Grades 3-5
11:30 a.m. grades 3 & 4
11:50 a.m. grade 5
Aug. 26: KG-2
11:30 a.m. KG & grade 1
11:50 a.m. grade 2
Aug. 27: EY
12:15 p.m.
Lynn’s and Dave’s Office Hours
Drop in for any reason.
Lynn: 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. (Link) Password: aisc
There will be times when Lynn has a meeting conflict and can’t hold office hours. Please text, email, or set up a meeting if you weren’t able to catch me during office hours.
Dave: 2:30-3:00 p.m. (Link)
Weekly Plans
Just a reminder that the Weekly Plans are a running document. You can simply add a row above the current week in the Independent Learning table. If students need to make up work, all of the past assignments will be on one document.
VL Expectations
As you start to create your schedule for small groups and 1:1, we’d like to clarify the expectations for how many synchronous sessions students will have each day.
Each student will have the opportunity to join a morning meeting each day
Each student will have one 1:1 session per week with either the homeroom teacher, EAL teacher, or Cassidy (for NA/SA based students)
Each student will have the opportunity to participate in a whole class or small group session daily
Counselors - MM, Seesaw Activities, and Office Hours
Both Linda and Michele will start joining MM. They will connect with you about when they will join but you can also reach out and invite either of them to your MM.
Both Linda and Michele will be offering office hours on Monday and Wednesday from 3:00-3:30 for students and parents. The link was included in the Principal’s Blog.
Starting the week of August 24th, both Linda and Michele will add a counseling Seesaw activity for the students. They will add the activity to the grade level weekly plan.
Virtual Mela
The Advancement Office has launched a Digital Program ahead of the 25th Anniversary Virtual Mela on Friday, August 21, 2020 (1:00–4:00 p.m. IST). With activity descriptions and trailers, community partner information and other details, the Digital Program will help you plan your Mela Day so you can experience a birthday like no other at our largest virtual celebration!
Tech Integration
We are working on developing a resource of tech tools and tutorials for teachers to support virtual learning. Watch this space for an update. In the meantime, please don't hesitate to share your discoveries with us!
EYs- Grade 2
How to share Padlet in EYs - Grade 2
Grade 3 - Grade 5
EYs - Grade 5
How to set up Kahoot Asynchronous
Morning Meeting Specialist Rotation
Specialists will start joining morning meetings on Monday, August 17th. You will find the schedule here. We will rotate the schedule every 3 weeks so specialists have the opportunity to connect with different classes.
Faculty Supervision
Here are your direct supervisors for the year:
Lynn will oversee all grades and subject areas but will directly supervise KG, 4, 5, and specialists
Dave - EY, grades 1, 2, and 3
Elliot - will work with Lynn to supervise the specialists
Approving Seesaw Posts
Specialists will start posting Seesaw activities on Monday, August 17th. Classroom teachers, please do not approve the specialists’ posts.
Elliot’s Morning Meeting/RC Corner
Great work keeping momentum and engaging students this week as you build your classroom communities. You know your beginning of the year Morning Meetings are going well when lots of students are sharing and learning about each other!
This week, consider introducing Hopes and Dreams if you haven't yet. This will help increase student voice and belonging in the class environment. How to introduce Hopes and Dreams from the Responsive Classroom website!
REMINDER:
Yearbook - Back to School Photo Scavenger Hunt
The yearbook coordinators are looking for back to school photos from ES students! As you can imagine, collecting photos while we are in the virtual world is a difficult task.The coordinators had the idea of students doing a quick 5-10 minute at-home photo scavenger hunt the first week of school. This could be assigned as a Seesaw activity the first week. Parents, teachers, and students can upload their pictures here. Please provide this link to parents so they can upload photos from the at-home scavenger hunt.
Photo scavenger hunt ideas:
1. A picture of themselves in their front doorway, clearly showing their first-week-of-school outfit
2. A picture of their planned workspace
3. A picture of the place they spent the most time over break, with them in it
4. A picture of something that has made them happy over break
5. A picture of the best view in their house
Have a wonderful weekend!
Lynn, Dave, and Elliot
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