Subject: Re: [MK8] How's it going?

I think probably people are just getting used to whatever their new
situation is. I'll tell y'all what's happening at my school.
We began Aug. 6th. About 1/3 of our students are virtual students. The
rest are hybrid and attend 2 days/week. The A group attends
Monday/Tuesday, the B group Thursday/Friday. Wednesday mornings are
reserved for staff development. Wednesday afternoons are for the teachers
to check in on students.
Because of having fewer students, each hybrid class has no more than 10 in
each class. Students leave the classroom only for restroom breaks.
Everyone wears masks and the students have desk shields.
Special subject teachers pre-record our lessons and send the links to the
classroom teachers. The students get 2 special classes/week, since they
are technically only in school for 2 days. I have so far done 3 lessons.
There was a 2-week gap between Lesson 1 and Lesson 2, a one-week gap
between 2 and 3. I do a PreK video, a K video, and a 1st grade video -
decided to make my life a bit easier and combine 2/3 and 4/5. No singing
allowed in my district, so my main focus has been rhythm, with some
listening activities with Carnival of the Animals. I include at least 2-3
out-of-your-seat activities in each 30 (ish) minute video.
Each of the specialists is assigned to a grade level to serve as an
interventionist/sub. (No outsiders allowed in our buildings, so no subs.)
I am assigned to 2nd grade. Two of our 2nd grade classes have only hybrid
students. Two other teachers have hybrid 2 days and virtual 2 days. One
of the latter had surgery and I subbed for her virtual class for 3 weeks,
plus another day when she had a doctor's appointment. One of the other
teachers was absent for 2 days and I subbed for her hybrid class. Then she
quit and now the art teacher is filling in because she recently got a SpEd
endorsement added to her license. She will probably be there until January
because the principal has a candidate in mind but she won't be available
until after December.
It's my 32nd year of teaching and I did consider retiring, but I'm not
quite ready to go yet. We'll see how I feel in May...
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 6:02 AM Juli Salzman wrote:
> I have wondered the same thing, Chris. I guess everyone is busy.
>
> Sent from my iPhone or Carrier Pigeon.
>
> > On Sep 16, 2020, at 5:25 AM, Chris Badger
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm on digest but I haven't noticed much traffic on the email list-- or
> > even the forums that just got started.
> >
> > I hope people are just busy...Thanks to Plank Road and all the members
> who
> > make this list a valuable resource. :)
> >
> > I'm going to browse the Idea Bank and see if my question has already been
> > answered.
> >
> > Happy Wednesday, every one!
> >
> > Chris Ann
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Tina Morgan
tdmorgan7@gmail.com
Pre-K-5 General Music
Cook Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School
Columbus Junior Girlchoir Director
Columbus, Mississippi
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