Last month, our district decided to make Wednesdays virtual for all students. The hope is that this would give us a chance to dedicate more of our time to collaboration, planning, online lesson creation, and more time to work directly with our virtual learners. September 30th was our first virtual day.
It was a weird day.
The added bonus of this virtual day was how big of a difference it made for teachers Tuesday evening. Instead of Tuesday evening being filled with stress, anxiety and the pressure of trying to get everything done, it was an evening that felt a lot more calm. I was able to fold a ton of laundry and spend some quality time with my kids and our four kittens.
During the day, I had two great Zoom meetings with my fifth graders. The first one included the reading of the amazing new picture book Hello, Arnie by Laurie Keller. Our afternoon Zoom was a math work session. I invited all the kids to do some extra practice problems with me. It was lovely to be able just hang out and talk decimals with them. They seemed happy. That made me happy.
As I packed up to head home on Wednesday afternoon, I only have two days left this week, and I actually feel sort of ready for it. I appreciate our principals fighting for us to get this time, and I’m thankful that our school board agreed to giving it a try. Based on the comments I saw on Facebook, a lot people were not fans of kids learning virtually on Wednesdays.
This year is wild and crazy, so it was lovely having a little bit of time to explore new virtual teaching techniques, connect with all of my students, and have a little bit of time to breathe.
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