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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elementary School:  Send on-paper worksheets home.  Preferably a lot of them (but not so many that kids can't also go sledding).  It's a great opportunity to have kids work at their own pace.  Offer teacher office hours (or a required teacher check-in if that's what is required to have the state give 'credit' for the school day.

If it's feasible to send ES kids home with chromebooks (I think that's why MCPS has been relucatant to do virtual til now), then have kids work through Khan Academy lessons at home.  These are adaptable.  Teacher can track the kid's progress and see how much time was spent.  Teacher isn't overwhelmed with a lot of grading on return. The actual work can adapt to the kid's needs so can provide more differentiation than is usual at school.  This could actually make virtual days more effective than in-school days because kids who need more help can get more remedial lessons and other kids can work ahead on challenge problems.

High School:  Regular online zoom sessions a la 2020 but give teachers flexibility to record lessons instead, or only come online to introduce the assignment and then let kids work offline.

In both cases, deadlines should be strong suggestions to keep kids on track but everything is due 24 hours after the return to school -- in case there are power outages or kids have special scheduling challenges during that week (taking care of siblings or whatnot).  Maybe this is set up as actual deadlines during the snowweek, but extensions on request.[/quote]

I just don't understand how someone could write a message like this with a straight face. Really? I really wonder what sort of life you've had.

You want to use virtual days for remedial lessons for elementary school kids? What are you expecting there. Kids from rich families with SAHPs or tutors are going to be fine. They won't even need that. The kids who do are going to be much more likely to be in households with parent support, or maybe simply be at daycare settings or grandparents homes without the means to connect and participate.

Even if they do participate, what do you think expect the teacher to do? A lot of the lessons involve activities by hand or at least on paper. The student can't see what the teacher is doing, and even more importantly, the teacher can't see what the student is struggling with.

You expect young kids to be able to break down a problem, think about what's at the root of their misunderstanding, and articulate a clear question? And then be able to process a verbal response? That's simply not a reasonable expectation for a second grader. Not even an on-grade-level second grader.

Do you really think that would work? Or do you just not care?[/quote]

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