Distance Learning - Grades 3-5

GRADES 3 - 5 DISTANCE LEARNING PROTOCOL | SCHOOL CLOSED

Daily Online Work

The definition of daily work at FASNY includes both synchronous and asynchronous activities. Live class gatherings are synchronous, when the teacher and students will be working together at the same time, reviewing material, introducing new work, ensuring everyone is on the same page in a given class and building connections. Activities posted on and through Seesaw, Google Classroom, and other sites are asynchronous. Students will be working on their own time, reading and writing, conducting research, engaging in learning apps, reviewing recorded lectures or collaborating on projects with peers. Teachers assess and respond to student work in real time throughout the day in addition to preparing asynchronous activities.

E-learning Platforms

Google Meet sessions

Students will Google Meet everyday. The schedule will be the same as usual. Students will login by following the Google Meet link at the beginning of each session.

Each 30min to 40min period on Google Meet will be followed by independent work in order to limit the time spent on the screen.

Teachers determine the content of each session based on curriculum and learning goals for the students. In 3rd grade, teachers will contact all families with the Google Meet schedule for their class. In 4th and 5th grade, teachers invite students via gmail and put parents in copy for times of sessions.

Specials will also teach remotely and follow their regular schedule. Music sessions will be 30min long in 3rd grade and 35min in 4th and 5th grade, Gym will be 30min long sessions, and art will be 50min periods, from 3rd grade to 5th grade.

Seesaw

Teachers use Seesaw as the main communication website to place activities, lessons, and videos.

Children can post learning on it by using "add a response", leaving "notes" or video and audio messages to let the teachers know what they have completed the required assignments or allow for questions from the student to clarify activities.

Teachers use also Google Classroom, Google Slides, GoogleDocs, Kahoot, Padlet and Quizlet, in order to submit written work assignments or tests allowing the children to share it. Students know how to use these platforms as they were taught in previous years.

Google Classroom sets assignments to encourage and collaborate and support communication with students from home.

Google Slides allows to teachers and students to create presentations.

Google Docs provides real time feedback by using the comment feature to provide quick, in context feedback while the students work.

Google Forms enables teachers to create an online quiz for our "classrooms". It marks quizzes and assessments with a "grading response" to the student.

Google Meet Guidelines

Join from a quiet spot in your home and do not move around
Avoid drinking and eating during class sessions
Mute yourself when you join the meeting
Raise your hand to participate
Watch and listen to the person who is speaking
Stay in the screen frame
Avoid distracting behaviors
Use the chat box for questions to the teacher only
Have your materials near so you are prepared
Make sure your video is on so we can see your happy face!

Please note that students who disrupt an online class may be muted, turned off video or removed from the session at the teacher’s discretion. The integrity of synchronous sessions must be preserved for the benefit of the whole group.

Q&A

Why have you decided to go full class and not stick to small groups?

When planning class activities, we need to keep in mind the fact that students have different levels of autonomy, maturity, and attention spans, based on their age and learning style. With this in mind, we understand that our elementary school students cannot follow what would be an efficient schedule at the middle school. As educators we plan program that is developmentally appropriate for each grade and its' different needs and capacities. For 4th and 5th grade students, a setting as a full class is a possibility. But for 1st graders, as an example, they need to practice receptive and expressive language concurrently in small groups as much as possible. We are adopting the model of full class with longer Google Meet sessions for 4th and 5th graders so that they can all fully participate in whole group sessions. Given the reasonable number of students per class in third grade, we applied the same decision to this grade.

Questions concerning technology

How can we solve problems with our child's Chromebook?

Chromebooks are easy to manage and you can solve most problems by resetting your child's profile. Follow these simple steps:

Log out of the Chromebook (don’t shut down)
At the bottom right, select Sign Out.
Click on the student's account (small drop-down menu at the top right of the student's picture)
Click Remove this account (or delete this account)
Log back in using FASNY email account

Of course, please always feel free to email IT at it@fasny.org or call them at 914-250-0440

What can I do if my children breaks their Chromebook or it is malfunctioning?

Please do not attempt to adjust the settings or fix a Chromebook without the benefit of an IT technician working with you. You can contact Marek Kozlowski or call our IT Hotline at 914-250-0440 and someone will assist you. If your Chromebook needs to be repaired we have a drop box at the Harbor Campus where we will provide you with a loaner and you can drop off the Chromebook that needs repair. There are very specific directions for this process and we must insist you call IT before dropping off a Chromebook to be repaired.

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