E-Learning Experience for the Elementary Classrooms (Grande-Creativi) - Online

The Continuity E-Learning Plan in our Elementary Classrooms will include a list of home learning activities, engagements and/or activities that parents can assist their child in completing.

Learning Experience: At the beginning of each week, Classroom Teachers will post a the Weekly E-Learning Lesson Plan on Seesaw to welcome and to explain the assignments and activities to focus on for the week. Each day, teachers will provide an explanation of the assignments in more detail. All elementary students will participate in Project Work, STEAM, Integrated Literacy, Integrated Math, and Movement. All social learning will take place through the interactions on Seesaw and Google Hangouts. A variety of academic assignments will be included, and some learning activities may include other online resources.

Online Office/Classroom Hours: Students will also be invited to participate in daily optional face-to-face synchronous meeting online via Google Hangouts from 9:00-10:00 am.

Learning Time frame: The Continuity E-Learning Program is designed to take approximately one and a half to two hours a day. It is important to observe your child as he/she engages in the learning activities to know when and how you can help guide and offer support. We also and always encourage you to explore familiar experiences and activities like that of reading for pleasure, journal writing, and play to extend and enhance your child’s learning experience.

Each day students should spend approximately...

• 20-30 minutes of Project Work- Project Work assignments and activities are outlined in the goals of the classroom's current unit of inquiry. Project Work may include research, creative projects, viewing online videos, written work, interviewing, documenting facts and inquiry, collaborating on projects, gathering resources, etc.

• Limitless of STEAM time- Is a creative time for students to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math projects. These projects tend to be creative and playful and a nice break from academic rigor and expectations. STEAM projects can be conducting a science experiment, working with electronics, playing online educational games, building models, creating inventions, painting, or playing board games with your family.

• 25-30 minutes of Integrated Literacy- Integrated Literacy projects can consist of reading, writing, viewing and presenting, and speaking. Students may journal, make a video and present what they researched, read an e-book or book at home, watch an online educational video, write spelling words, etc.

• 25-30 minutes of Integrated Math - Integrated Math can consist of assignments and activities directly related to the current unit of inquiry. For example, if students are studying War and Conflict, they might do a data handling graph to demonstrate the amount of US soldiers who fought in wars between 1950-2000. Our Integrated Math program also has other components of single subject learning using Singapore Math, Khan Academy online, and hands-on math learning.

• 20-30 minutes of Movement- The health of your body and mind also needs to be stimulated and care for during this time. Students are encouraged to move their bodies playing games, sports, dancing, doing yoga, stretching, and other ways to have movement each day in our e-learning program.

It is important to keep in mind that the quality of this experience is closely related to how deeply the child is connecting to the the learning experience, activities, and content. This level of engagement doesn't require a lot of time; it does, however, take care and intention.

Learning Specifics: Teachers will be using Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment, IB Scope and Sequence, and the classroom's current Unit of Inquiry to guide e-learning curriculum and activities to target developmental benchmarks and standards.

Online Educational Content: Teachers will be posting resources from a variety of reputable online educational websites, such as: Youtube Kids, Discovery Kids, Fun Brain, Time for Kids, Make Me Genius, ABCya, BrainPOP, Khan Academy, RAZ Learning, National Geographic Kids, Pinterest, etc.