Tupelo Distance Education - airing June 19

June 19, 2020

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>> happy friday morning, welcome to another distance learning.

I am honored to be join by rhonda evans, a kindergarten teacher.

You have been in the district 16 years.

>> yes.

Michigan state graduate.

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>> you are going to kind of explain what you are going to teach this morning.

What those who are watching can anticipate, things like that.

>> okay.

So i came up with this idea for this lesson.

Once we started discussing about distance learning, kindergarten.

How can we get them to sit in front of a computer.

This is all new to parents.

What can we have done to make it more active and engaging for the parents as well as the students.

Different strategies in the distance learning classroom.

>> perfect.

First couple of weeks, was it kind of a trial and era this is what works, this didn't work.

How was the process in you finalizing your lesson plans.

>> first week we had a week to get the lesson together.

I had to do a lot of research and talk with other kindergarten teachers to see how can we get this rolling and make it comfortable for the parents because it was a short notice.

That is what we came up, making sure the lessons were handled.

Anything engaging to get the minds going and make them have fun actually learning.

>> how much time did your students spend?

How did you i guess, what was your expectations on the students?

>> for kindergarten, across the district, everybody wanted to make sure the lessons were 20-30 minutes.

So with that they had lessons everyday.

Math lesson, 20-30 minutes as well as ela.

>> did you check participation?

>> i did.

Out of 17 students i had 14 students engaged.

Working in google meets.

>> did you do it all at once or depending on the kid, morning session, afternoon session?

How did you teach virtually?

>> kindergarten different than the other grades.

Post lessons friday, time to look over, get activiies and materials.

Google meet thursday and friday, talk about lesson and do extension activities.

>> gotcha.

Did parents have a lot of questions it was new to them as well.

>> absolutely.

On the first google meet, they were worried how they are going to submit the lessons.

Once i talked about and explained what was happening and hands on experiences, then they took it and flu flew with it.

>> awesome.

Let's learn today.

>> engaging kindergartens all the interactive videos especially with jack hartmann.

>> very popular video series online.

>> yes, jack hartmann lafr laugh what i want to talk about is giving parents different ideas they can use at home.

So they don't have to go out and buy things.

Hands on experience, they could use sugar, salt, rice, alphabet cereal, shaving cream, anything that is ma anybody la tif for the students.

Then we'll talk about using lessons back to life.

Like i told you entire kindergarten was hands on experience.

>> how long would it take on average doing their own individualization as opposed to you reading it and telling them to make the transition to the next stage, pretty quick?

>> when they enter kindergarten, how to visualize, how to see.

A lot of our art plans, what makes you see this?

How do you know this is what this is?

They are able to take different strategies and skills and implement and come up with visualization.

We'll talk about auditory interactions.

Very important for kindergarten.

Learning videos like jack hartmann.

I have one video here.

It is called mr. jack hartmann.

It is going to have movement.

They are doing syllables.

Anything to keep us in the city limbs here at home.

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>> when you have them listen, do you go back and then just, do you talk to students about what they have seen.

What is the process.

>> setting up the lesson for the students.

Getting them involved and the experience before we start.

Video first.

Then going into the lessons.

Those are the minds you can relate to the song.

You would be singing the song in your head.

Then we have sight words.

My kindergarteners think i can sing.

We have site words because they have to continue to learn site words.

I have to think about what can we do to continue their distance learning.

>> can you explain?

>> do, do, it, was.

Those are the very first words that start them beginning to read.

>> got you.

>> i have to think when we first did the lesson plan how am i going to get the students still learning site words.

At the same time having fun.

I went back to youtube again.

It is my friend.

Parents can use it at home.

Jingle bells, old mcdonald.

You wouldn't believe all the different songs.

Two letter word, six letter word.

Even songs for eight letter words.

I have parents that can send me pictures and videos.

That was probably the funnest part of the lesson for them.

>> if you are watching, kids are participating in this, parents, take pictures, put it on twitter.

#tpsd.

Let's see what kind of interaction we get.

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A do wish i could sing.

>> actually do you know what tune that is from?

>> i don't.

>> hi ho cheerio.

All of those fun songs.

They know the tune.

I know my classroom when i would give like a quick assessment to see if they can spell the words and you can see them tapping their hands.

>> all right.

We are going to take quick break and continue learning site words.

This is distance learning 101.

>> welcome back to a kindergarten teacher.

We have had fun with our site words and music kids are going to resonate to.

Will be familiar with.

So now let's go on to the next which is fun.

>> yes.

Movement and engagement.

A lot of students are at home.

Sitting at the kitchen table.

We have to get them enjoying the distance learning.

This is where we come up with the idea of scavenger hunt.

Gets the parents involved as well.

As i told you earlier, my dad took over with his daughter and running to find different things.

Still good when the participates are involved.

Giggle and share different things.

Whoever is in a house hold.

Present that summer slide.

Doesn't cost anything we can pull it up just start working.

First one is alphabet scavenger hunt.

They will all come back.

They will share.

Begins with sound.

Now it changes for them they have to visit the letter and think about the sound.

Can you find something in your kitchen that has the letter c on it.

Actually being able to see it.

>> got you.

There is another letter scavenger hunt.

Find something that moves that starts with the letter c.

Not only are they having something that begins with letter c.

It has to move.

So yes.

We know in kindergarten, we have to continue working on the listening skills.

A lot of the of scavenger hunts.

For example, find something yellow that starts with a ba sound.

Different ways to get them interactive and continue to work on skills and implement standards into those skills.

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This is my favorite one it is called winding scavenger hunt.

I had a few parents get confused.

Riming can be hard.

For example, find something that rhymes with move.

She is seeing the word m-o-o-n.

Book and moon does not rhyme.

Parent said oh.

She was looking for letter patterns.

>> there is a difference.

>> we appreciate that concept.

Then we have one i really loved using during our distance learning.

Which is our literacy -- find something that has three syllables.

Name an object we see, i name three more words that began with the same beginning sound.

Can you find three objects?

>> different ways i said to get them active and engaged in their learning process.

>> i wouldn't be able to implement the scavenger hunt at the beginning of the year.

It has to be a progression.

Actually when i am looking for a scavenger hunt, i am looking for the hunts that are going to work with our not only advanced students be strategic students, our basic students.

Circle triangle square.

We even have skravn scavenger hunt rainbow.

Find something yellow.

Can you think of an animal brown.

Find a square in the kitchen.

Can you think of a square in the kitchen?

>> cutting board.

>> a lot of the of the students thought about the squares on the floor.

We are taking these standards and skills and relate to real life experiences.

>> that is something we will all see something different.

Nobody has the same answers.

This is the very last scavenger hunt i did with the students as we reviewed.

It is with adding and subtracking.

Find two pencils and one crayon.

Here is the next part of the question: how many items do you have now?

So now they have to come up with additional sentence.

2 plus 1 equals 3.

How did you know perp we were adding.

Being able to do that vocabulary and that academic vocabulary for those students works wonders.

So you are accomplishing all of those at once.

>> are you going to make chocolate chip cookies.

You will spread it out.

D-o.

Do.

Can you take your two fingers and write the letter d?

Two finger technique.

Helps them with forming the ben sill.

So you write the letter o.

>> what is the magnet thing you did?

Very good.

D-o.

Do.

That is one way to use the sand or sugar or salt.

>> that is going to help us remember it.

>> then sensory for those students.

We can't forget.

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That is one of the ela lessons we use.

I am big on reading.

I really like this one.

The students will guess the mystery letter beginning sounds.

So put on all of those items. what sound does all of those words make?

P.

And pa.

>> letter p.

What we just did not only teaching to scan, i also hit the biggest m cat standards.

That is one of the ones students struggle with.

They have too find all the pictures common.

>> thank you so much for coming in and i'll clean this up.

We'll take care of the sugar.

Hope you are having a great summer.

Don't forget take pictures