Teaching made easier

Classroom Management with Google Meet  This is a potential plan that you could use. Feel free to have a different plan in place. The most important thing is that you have a plan, that you follow it consistently with all students.  You may have a student who needs something different due to an IEP or other behavioral challenge. In that case, create a plan specific for that student and ensure that you teach it to the student as well. (You need to teach it at least twice as many times as you teach the regular plan. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up for frustration.) Rules:  Listen and follow directions  Stay visible and on screen if possible during lessons Use digital hand raising to be called on (or an actual hand if that does not work) Be kind to your classmates and your teacher  Guidance:  Reminder or reteach if necessary.  Place in waiting room for 5 minutes and try again.  Place in waiting r...

This is a philosophical post. These are my thoughts at this moment about fear and COVID on a personal level. Everything has changed so quickly. Normal and not normal seemed all switched around. My parents have been up here for almost 3 weeks. So crazy. Three weeks ago I thought I was being overly cautious telling them to wear a mask to the airport. (My parents live in Mexico and agreed to come to the States during Covid. They quarantined when they got here and are thankfully healthy.) Now I only go to the grocery store with a mask on. What a difference. So strange. And so normal. The fear is something new, and yet familiar. The fear of touching something or getting infected. This particular fear is new. (Having fear is old. I used to hide under the stairs to eat during school because I was so afraid of join in a table during lunchtime. I still have daily panic attacks every year for the first few months about teaching. Not fun and so predictably annoying. Especially be...