Teacher Talk!

Hello and welcome to our first teacher talk.

I will be making one of these every Sunday going

forward so we can all make sure we're prepared for

the week.

The first thing we're gonna talk about is our goals

for the week.

So I want by the end of the week for

all of your students to be able to find their

class work on their own, Um, they're going to create

their own learning space where they can focus every day.

Um, and they're also gonna work with you their families

to create a schedule and practice using it.

So those are the main things will be doing.

There will be other things as well.

Those are big goals for the week.

I want to give you a sense of the schedule

for those goals.

So on Monday, they're going to be creating their own

learning space.

That's a place in their home or whatever home they're

working in during the day where they always know they

can go to focus and learn.

On Tuesday, we're gonna be talking about how to organize

our supplies so that you can find them right away,

and you're not running around looking for a pencil or

paper on Wednesday.

We're gonna be making a schedule.

Scheduling is gonna be really important for students going forward.

Um, and since they're at home, they're gonna have to

learn how to set their own because I won't be

there to keep track of the schedule for them and

tell them when it's time to move on to the

next thing.

On Thursday, they're going to try that schedule out and

see how it works.

Like what They remember what they forget, what worked for

them, What did it on Friday.

We're going to reflect on those schedules and think about

what we need to change or do differently for the

coming week and what we liked about.

I wanted to share a video with some brief reminders.

In this video, you're going to see three things that

are very important.

The first thing is that everything you need is on

the classroom website, and this video is going to show

you how to get there.

The second thing is that if you get lost, you

can always click on the red question marks that I'm

pointing to right now in our virtual classroom.

Eso help you understand what that pages for to help

you understand new work that I've posted on.

And I also want to make sure that everybody knows

that starting on Monday, we will have a morning meeting

every day at 8 30 That's very important, because that's

where we're going to get to know each other and

start building our classroom community.

Um, and it's also where I'm gonna be.

You just walking students through their work in the schedule

for the day.

So to use, make sure your student is logged in

to zoom at 8:30 a.m. starting tomorrow on Monday.

So now here's a brief video about the website and

how to use it because we have some new folks

joining us who might not know.

Okay, well, that didn't work.

So we're gonna have to get creative.

So I have the video on my phone screen, and

I'm gonna hold that up so that you can see

the video I created because the link is not working.

In my presentation over the weekend, I added a link

to the class website Everybody's bookmarks bar.

The bookmark bar is right under the Google search space

at the top of the screen, it will appear as

a purple or blue square, with East open pride written

next to it on your screen in the same place

you see mine here.

If you click on that link, it will take you

directly to our Web page.

Please use the Web page for everything.

Your student uses a needs and clothe first.

Like you see, it is a class zoom link.

If you click on that zoom link, it will take

you to our zoo meeting.

Another important thing on the class website is the virtual

classroom. The most important thing to remember about the virtual

classroom is that if you need help on any page,

there is a red question mark that could explain to

you how to use that pig.

X work can be found by clicking on this chalkboard

that says classwork and calendars again.

There is a red question mark here that you can

use if you're not for how to navigate this page.

Click on it and it will take you to a

video link.

Additionally, every day's work has a red question mark next

to anything we're doing that's new.

If you or your student clicks on that red question

mark, it will take you to a video that shows

you how to get to that new work.

On Friday, the third thing students were asked to do

was go to Google classroom and complete any work they've

missed throughout the week.

This is something that we will do on Friday every

week. If you're not sure how to get to Google

Classroom. Since it's one of the first times were using

it for this purpose, you should click on the as

you concede it takes you to a video that I

made that shows you how to get Teoh Google Classroom.

Please make sure you use that red question mark tools.

Whenever you want to get back to the main page

of our virtual classroom, you can click on my motive.

In addition to the virtual classroom, our website also has

a student work tracker.

H. One of your students has a number and Onley.

Your family knows that number.

During the week, I will post all of the assignments

that they've been asked to do for class.

If they have a green sea, that means they completed

their work.

If they have a red eye.

That means the work is incomplete.

It did not get turned into me.

If they have a new orange F, that means they

did their best to complete the work.

But there's something that needs to be fixed.

Um, so please make sure that you're checking the student

work tracker every day.

I updated at five o'clock.

All right.

Thank you so much for watching that with me.

Now, I would like to talk to you about some

different expectations that I have for how things will work

in our class this year.

The first thing I want to talk to you about

is my expectations for communication.

So for adults, my classroom is a judgment free zone.

So the more information you can give me as a

teacher about what's going on in your lives and with

your family, whether use of the exciting, like a new

pet or a new birth or something, you know, sad,

like a loss in the family.

The more I know, the better I can do my

job if you're struggling with something or some part of

online learning.

Um and you do don't communicate that to me.

so we can find a solution.

Because I know all of our goal is to make

sure that your student has the best learning experience possible

on that same note, please make sure that you report

all technology and Web issues immediately.

So even just last week, we had a link that

wasn't working on.

And I didn't know about that till almost noon.

Eso a lot of students were unable to get to

the work.

Sometimes there are things that work on my end but

don't work for you as the user.

So Well, I'm still figuring this out.

I need to know about that right away so that

we can make sure that we get everything working on.

Students are able to complete their work independently without needing

help. Um, for students, my expectations around communication line up

with our values.

So with the value of love, any time a student

is, um, commenting online or posting online in our classroom,

Um, I just want to make sure that those posts

are positive and supportive.

Um, inappropriate.

And I know that won't be a problem, but I

just like to say it up front so that we're

all on the same page with our value of community.

I want all of my students to participate.

Their voice is essential to the work that we're doing

on, and I want to hear from them.

I want to hear what they're thinking with our value

of curiosity.

I want them to ask all the questions If we're

learning about something they're really interested in, and they want

to know more.

I want them to ask me if there's something that's

confusing, that doesn't make sense.

I want them to ask me.

It's going to be so important to be curious this

year. Um, with that real in this piece is a

lot like, um, with my parent communication.

If there's something your student EADS, I want them to

tell me that's also part of having hustle because they

need to learn how to advocate for themselves as learners.

I'm in order to bring, you know, that passion.

So they're learning every day.

Um, so those are kind of my expectations around communication.

Next, we're gonna talk about attendance In order for your

student to be counted present, they need to be on

time to meetings.

So, like for class meeting at 8 30 every morning.

Your student needs to be logged in on time, and

their work needs to be completed at the end of

each day.

Um, if either of those things doesn't happen, if they

miss a meeting or if they have incomplete work, I

have to count them.

Is absent for the day.

Um, an excused absence is again, like, let me know

what's going on.

Text or call me the same day.

Preferably, you know, like right after during a meeting, if

they miss it or during the day about, like, work

completion of, like your Internets not working or something.

Text or call me the same day to tell me,

like what the issue is and why your student was

able to attend.

If you know, ahead of time that there's gonna be

something coming up that makes it so your student can't

be in class.

I need to know that as soon as you do,

so that I could be flexible, maybe move some things

around so that they can still participate and get their

present marking for the day.

Yeah, and please reach out with me.

Toe. Excuse me.

Please reach out to me with other questions you have

about that right student work.

This one is very brief.

I just want to make sure that we realize that,

like in this class, we love mistakes, and I want

students to make mistakes.

I'm glad that a lot of you are available.

You know, like parents, older siblings, grandparent's other people in

the home.

So help students with work.

But I really do want to make sure I'm seeing

their work.

The reason why this is so important is because the

only way I know what they're learning is by seeing

what they can do on.

So once you get them set up on the site,

once they start to understand some of the different tools

we use a little bit better.

I just really want to encourage you, like when you

see them making a mistake, let it stand.

You know, I don't feel like you need to step

in and fix it for them because that's a big

part of our learning and third grade we're going to

make mistakes, and that's part of the process and part

of that love and community that I tried to build

with my students.

is around accepting and normalizing those mistakes.

I'm not feeling bad about them.

Not making other people feel bad about, um so yeah,

don't be afraid to let your student make mistakes.

I encourage it.

Here are the best ways to contact me.

Um, that's my school email at the top there.

So feel free to send me a message of email

Is something you prefer.

This is my phone number.

And I've also been using the talking points after to

send out group notifications.

Eso Those were the things you're gonna wanna have saved

and ready to go so that we can be in

clear communication about your students learning.

I am so excited for this year to get off

the ground and get started.

I really appreciate all of your hard work and your

patients So far, this is new for all of us

are all going to make mistakes.

And we're all going to be learning and growing together.

Feel free to reach out to me in any of

these places.

If you have questions between now and tomorrow at 8

30 and I will see all of your students Beautiful

shining faces for morning meeting at 8 30 Okay, Have

a good rest of your Sunday

Teacher Talk!

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