Discussion Sentence Stems
This resource provides sentence stems for accountable talk that students can use for discussions in person, remotely, or in a hybrid model.
December 2, 2020
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7 Simple Signs for Classroom Management
Examples of nonverbal hand signals students can use to communicate their needs and ideas in an unobtrusive way, both in the classroom and remotely.
December 2, 2020
Explanation of Wait Questions
This video gives additional information and framing around Wait Questions, along with two other types of questions you can use with remote synchronous instruction: Speed Questions and Verbal Questions. These same techniques can be used in person as well as when implementing hybrid learning.
December 2, 2020
Choice Board: The 2020 Election
This choice board from Seesaw focuses on the 2020 election. Explore the following for additional ideas: Choice Board: Indigenous People of the Pacific Northwest and Choice Board: PNW Folktales & Story Elements.
December 2, 2020
Token Board Template
This template can be edited to support all grade levels by offering different prizes, illustrations, and other incentives for positive student behaviors.
December 2, 2020
Amtrak Car Breakout Room Teacher Slides
When implementing a variety of breakout rooms, it is important to be clear and consistent so that students know what to expect. These two slides describe the various Amtrak Car breakout rooms and cover the expectations for specific student actions and opportunities for engagement.
December 2, 2020
Virtual Classroom Culture
This daily lesson slide deck shows a virtual replica of a classroom to ensure consistency and build a strong classroom culture in a visual manner.
December 2, 2020
Visual Virtual Classroom Background
This slide deck shares various virtual classroom backgrounds used for an elementary, bilingual classroom. It also includes a “star student” slide that the teacher uses as a background once a week to announce and celebrate their classroom’s exemplary student.
December 2, 2020
Color-Coded Google Assignments
This screenshot shows how one teacher color-codes all of their assignments so that students can quickly scan and find assignments based on the days they were in person, in remote learning, and/or missed class entirely.
- Monday: Red
- Tuesday: Orange
- Wednesday: Green
- Thursday: Blue
- Friday: Purple
NOTE: To ensure accessibility for all students (including those that have difficulties perceiving color), it would be beneficial to assign shapes, alongside colors, to each day.
December 2, 2020
GoGuardian Weekly Checkpoint Document
This screenshot of a teacher’s view of GoGuardian shows how helpful color-coding different sections and tasks in a virtual notebook or checkpoint document can be to ensure all students are on task and at the right spot in one glance. (NOTE: This color-coding is for the teacher and not the students.)
December 2, 2020