What will Remote Learning Look Like?
Your child will have a daily check-in meeting with his/her teacher. During the learning blocks, your child’s teacher will offer a variety of activities – both synchronous and asynchronous.
| Synchronous Learning | Asynchronous Learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synchronous learning is remote learning where everyone from a given group is online at the same time using tools such as Zoom or Google Meet | Asynchronous learning is remote learning where students access lessons or independent learning tasks at any time during the day. |
| What does this look like? | Checking in with students regarding their social emotional wellness, building community, and establishing personal connections.
Participating in direct instruction of standards. Engaging students in discussions to ensure understanding of information. Previewing or explaining assignments or expectations of learning tasks. Answering student questions about one of the recorded lessons. Conducting small group instruction. Modeling or sharing examples of final products. |
Viewing instructional videos of lessons in a content area.
Listening to read-alouds and answering questions. Engaging in online discussion by reading and posting responses (i.e., via SeeSaw, Padlet, Flipgrid, etc.) Reading posted literary selections and responding. Responding to and collecting student work. Recordings of performances submitted by students. Completing independent learning tasks and assignments. |