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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1st grade

30 min M-TH live with teacher  morning meeting/read along style. Teacher engages kids in activities and asks thought provoking questions. It seems like the kids love it as just about entire class attends.

Each day as well the team of teachers has prerecorded lessons in Math, LA, Writing, and Science/Social studies with  classwork to go with it via google classroom and flip grids. New material!

Mclean pyramid ES.[/quote]

This sounds similar to our DS second grade class. Most of the daily live class meetings are about 30 minutes long. Occasionally they go 45 minutes. Our Principal was clear that an hour of live instruction for K-2 was not likely going to work well. The kids normally spend 15 minutes on something and then have some type of movement break or group work that allows for moving and not having to be 100% focused. This is developmentally appropriate for the age. There is no way to do that via a live chat. So they are not counting on using the full hour because the kids cannot maintain focus for that length of time.

We do have new assignments and a daily schedule that includes math, science, social studies, LA, and language immersion. On top of that, DS has music, art, counseling, PE, and AAP that are recorded but have assignments that he can turn in.

He is busy with his school academics about 3 hours a day. We get regular feedback from his teachers on the work we submit. It feels right for the situation and he seems to be doing pretty well with it. We can call in for office hours if we think he needs help with something or if his teachers were to ask us to contact them.

South Lakes Pyramid. [/quote]

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