January 12, 2022 (9:30-11:45am)
I was very curious to see how distanced learning would look for 2nd graders, especially with no less than a little more than 24 hrs to prepare for. It went really well! I was surprised at how attentive the children were and that they all attended (I had asked if attendance tends to go down with distanced learning and they said it typically does). They started with a game where they turn off their cameras and then Mrs. Archer would say something like, “turn your cameras on if you’re wearing blue!” They did this for maybe 3 minutes. Then the teacher spent quite a bit of time explaining to the kids the schedule and how it would work online. Online etiquette was also given a lot of time and she gave the kids plenty of time to ask questions about this. I felt very calm during this class and the rest of the class (a reading and math lesson) went very smoothly and kept the kids involved.