Scenario 1: Your class is meeting at the school building but you have a student or students engaging in At-Home Learning.
Provide your students who are at home with the Heggerty video links for the days of in class instruction they will miss.
Scenario 2: Your whole class is in At-Home Learning and you're unable to teach.
Provide your students who are at home with the Heggerty video links for the days you will not be instructing.
Scenario 3: Your whole class is in At-Home Learning and you're able to teach.
Use a combination of synchronous and asynchronous instruction. Meet with each student in a small group at least once a week for a synchronous Heggerty lesson. This will give you the opportunity to observe each student's PA skills each week. The students who are not meeting with you in a small group will be given the asynchronous link for that day's lesson.
Scenario 4: Your class is meeting at the school building but you have a substitute covering your class.
Talk to your building administrator or grade level team. (Ideally we would like students to have access to the videos.)
Heggerty instruction through a synchronous Google Meet will look similar to Heggerty instruction in your classroom. You will still meet with your students daily for the 10-12 minute lesson.
Begin Now- Set up a strong Heggerty routine in your in person classroom NOW, those expectations and routines with carry over into At Home Learning.
Visuals are Key- Continue to use the Heggerty hand motions found in the Heggerty manual. Need a refresher of what the hand motions should look like? They can be found on the Early Literacy Site.
Consistency is Important- Having the same time, routine and expectation for Heggerty each day will help your student know what is expected of them.
Monitoring Students- Hearing all students at a time online may be challenging, try have only have few student turn their microphones at once.
Tool4Reading Lip Cards- Use the lip cards as a way to show students the position of their mouth when needed.
Reflect- For teacher reflection, go back and re-watch your recorded Heggerty lessons; it allows you to see what the students hear and see (it’s different than what we think in the moment)
The video is designed to support parents when using Heggerty Lessons at home with their own children. The video examples the why behind Heggerty and models the hand motions that are used in the program
This video provides parents with an example Kindergarten Heggerty lesson.
This video provides parents with an example 1st/2nd Heggerty lesson.
Uppercase Letter Cards
Lowercase Letter Cards
Vowel Team Cards
Blends/Digraphs Cards
If your whole classroom is in At-Home Learning, then your Heggerty lesson should be taught synchronously. However, if you a few students in quarantine, you may want to record your lesson. Here are a few guidelines and helpful tips.
To ensure we are not breaking copyright laws, never share your videos publicly. The videos should be kept in google drive and only made available for the students who need to view the videos. Ensure you are sharing the videos through the student's ogdensd.org email address.
Set an expiration date on the video. Have the video expire on the student's expected return date.
Use Loom or Google Meet to record your video. Click here for more information.
ECRI instruction through a synchronous Google Meet will look similar to ECRI instruction in your classroom. You will still meet with your students daily for the 30 minute lesson. Slides can be found on the Early Literacy Site.
Begin Now- Having a strong ECRI routine in your in person classroom is essential, those expectations and routines will carry over into At Home Learning. What to see some example of ECRI routines? Click Here.
Consistency is Important- Having the same time, routine and expectation for ECRI each day will help your students know what is expected of them.
Monitoring Students- Hearing all students at a time online may be challenging, try to have only a few students turn their microphones on at once.
Decodable- Sending home paper copies of the ECRI decodable is still very important. If at all possible, ensure your students still have a paper copy of the ECRI decodable in front of them each day.
Flipgrid- Consider using Flipgrid as a way to hear individual students read their decodable after the 30 minute Tier 1 instruction is complete. Want to learning more about using Flipgrid in your At Home Classroom? Click Here.
Reflect- For teacher reflection, go back and re-watch your recorded ECRI lessons; it allows you to see what the students hear and see (it’s different than what we think in the moment)
If your whole classroom is in At-Home Learning, then your ECRI lesson should be taught synchronously. However, if you a few students in quarantine, you may want to record your lesson. Here are a few guidelines and helpful tips.
To ensure we are not breaking copyright laws, never share your videos publicly. The videos should be kept in google drive and only made available for the students who need to view the videos. Ensure you are sharing the videos through the student's ogdensd.org email address.
Set an expiration date on the video. Have the video expire on the student's expected return date.
Use Loom or Google Meet to record your video. Click here for more information.
Wonders instruction through a synchronous Google Meet will look similar to Wonders instruction in your classroom. You may also find that some Wonders instruction will be given asynchronously.
Begin Now- Having a strong Wonders routine in your in person classroom is essential, all or parts of this routine may follow over into online learning.
Your turn practice/leveled readers/Literature Anthology- These resources can be assigned through Wonders ConnectEd. (note: once pages are assigned in Wonders, students will have access to the full book; you'll want to make sure you label what page numbers they are expected to cover)
Recording- The easiest way to listen to your students is having them record assigned tasks in their Wonders ConnectEd dashboard.
Flipgrid- Consider using Flipgrid as a way to hear individual students read their text or respond to other ELA questions you pose. Want to learn more about using Flipgrid in your At Home Classroom? Click Here.
How to videos- Once in ConnectEd click on Resources, then Professional Development, then Digital Help. There are videos that document how to use ConnectEd as a teacher and as a student.
Kindergarten Practice
1st Practice
2nd Practice
K-2 Practice
K-2 Practice
K-2 Practice
K-2 Practice
To ensure we are not breaking copyright laws, never share your videos publicly. The videos should be kept in google drive and only made available for the students who need to view the videos. Ensure you are sharing the videos through the student's ogdensd.org email address.
Set an expiration date on the video. Have the videos expire on the student's expected return date.
Use Loom or Google Meet to record your video. Click here for more information.
Assign Book- Use Learning A-Z as a way to assign text to your students.
Audio Recording- Learning A-Z has the option to have student record their reading. Use this option as a way to listen to your students read.
Raz-Kids
Assign Digital Skill builders- Use Lexia Core5 as a way to assign next level skills to your students. Want to know more about Skill builders? Click Here.
Assign Lessons- You can pull up lessons for any Core5 level that can be delivered individually or with small groups in synchronous meets. Want to know more about Lexia Lessons. Click Here.
Resources- after logging into myLexia, click on resources, then Core5 Resources Hub. You'll find the entire online library of Lexia resources for teachers, students, and parents.
Statia Davey- daveys@ogdensd.org
Heather Hudson- hudsonh@ogdensd.org