Distance Learning is almost over! So exciting! I now work with 3rd and 4th graders in school four days a week for the whole school day. We have a check-in on Fridays. Students are supposed to do their work on their own on Fridays.
I never realized how fatiguing zoom teaching was until it was over. I could hardly walk upstairs after teaching much less go for a walk or bike ride. Now I am riding to school at least 3 times a week. As we are nearing a month less of school I see the light at the end of the tunnel.
What is amazing is how many students with special needs did better at home than at school. Those students that struggle with ADHD or ADD were able to concentrate at home and complete their assisgnments. Many of my students improved more than a year in reading and are doing better in math than when they left. They are shocking me.
Having an online option may be a good opportunity for many students to learn and excel. But the social thing about school is important also.
