What an interesting end to the school year. Students scrambling to finish assignments and projects before it's their day to venture to school to drop off their books. Teachers making reminders to finish the final assessments so they can begin working on semester grades to wrap up this crazy year.
While I haven't had an alarm for waking up in the morning set since spring break, I have had alarms for waking my daughter up so she can "attend" class. Her school work is done and books returned so now those alarms are off. The only ones that remain are set for me to remember to start class! Only a few more to go before those are turned off too. What kind of alarms will I be setting as school begins? I'll try to not spend too much of my summer thinking about how school will be for 2020-2021. I feel I have a nice system for distance learning, though I really long to be back in the classroom. What a hybrid would look like, I'm not sure. Again, not planning on spending much time worrying about it. Sure, I'll voice my thoughts to those making those decisions, but I'm tired of scheduling and planning. Ready to move to slower paced days! I've got books to read, puzzles to do, games to play with my daughter (a junior?!), movies to watch, fur babies to nap with, yoga to do (14 day streak right now!). closets to organize and a garage to attempt to organize. I hope to visit my family that I haven't seen since the new year, but I'm not sure I'm ready to travel that far. I'm not one to have big vacation plans so no heart break here on postponed or cancelled trips. I'm hoping my students have safe activities to keep them busy during the summer. If they work, I hope they're able to remain safe. Seniors planning to start college may be at home for a semester, may be getting to gather things if their campus will be open, or may be postponing school a year to work. Whatever they're doing, I hope they know they'll be missed. Those farewells the final days of school may be a wave (and a cheesy smile behind the mask!) when they drop off books or pick up awards. They could happen in early August during whatever graduation looks like. Those farewells could also just be one last class Zoom. However it happens, seniors know I'm proud of you and that you'll be missed!
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Some days it seems like we've been doing Distance Learning for more than a few weeks. I've got a pattern down for lesson planning for the week and for when I get my grading done.
Some days this still feels new and strange. It still feels like I'm learning the how to's of Distance Learning. Every day I miss my classes. I miss the students and their smiles and their chatter. I miss those connections. I'm so grateful I have a few students who will show up to "class" early or stay a bit later just to chat. I've heard from students who miss the vibe found in a math class. They miss that structure and have found themselves challenged to find their math groove on their own. I miss that too. I miss the lightbulbs I see that get brighter as students understand the concepts I'm teaching them. Some day this will be over. We'll be better prepared if we ever have to do this again (hopefully no time soon). We'll be back in our classrooms with the smiles and the chatter. We'll be better teachers for having to adapt to a new way of teaching and assessing. They'll be better students. Students who have had to adapt. Students who have had to be away from friends. Students who have had to take on more responsibility for planning out their time and their activities. Some day... |
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