Teaching During a Pandemic
It’s nothing like teaching in a classroom.
I will never complain about how loud a class gets again – I miss the noise.
I went to school all Summer last year so I would be ready for this year. It helped. I also applied to a program which gave me a very generous grant.
With the grant, I was able to give students a bag of supplies to build their projects. Over 350 families came to my house to pick up their supplies. I didn’t have anyone not come. *And everyone had the same supplies to build with – which was awesome!
In their bag was LEDs, coin batteries, a motor, contruction paper and a lot of other general supplies. For 10 weeks, students built projects in their Zoom room with their friends. Then they shared videos of them with their classmates.
I had 100% attendance every day at 8:00 am. My students are amazing and resilient.
While I rarely mention that I am a teacher, this year was a lot harder than other years.
Hugs,
marlene
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