Remote-specific articles

KQED Mind/Shift • Six Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms

The Conversation • 5 Reasons to Let Students Keep Their Cameras Off During Zoom Classes

MindShift Podcast • How Culturally Relevant Teaching Can Build Relationships When Students Are Home During Distance Learning

Classroom Maintenance

UConn School of Education: PBIS Tips for Teaching Remotely

(Example behavior matrix templates)

Edutopia: Proactive article about Extending Classroom Management Online

Each of the icons below links to an activity idea roundup per grade span. It provides a new resource every week as well as a new activity to try for each learning block/period.

This started as a first-week-of-school project with different activities for each period/block of the day, but I will be providing a new activity per period/block each week. They might not be brand new activities, but I will vary them by period so that kids (and you) aren't doing the same activity six times a day! Each document has a Table of Contents at the beginning for you to see all weeks up until that point, with the most recent on top.

Teaching Tolerance & NCTSN: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus

List of Resources for Mental Health & Coping during COVID-19

Morningside Center: Guidelines for Talking with Students About the Coronavirus

Teaching Tolerance: Rethinking Family Engagement During School Closures

Specifically, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, and INCLUSION:

Morningside Center: Coronavirus: Countering Biased Responses

Teaching Tolerance: Digital and Civic Literacy Skills

Teaching Tolerance: Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus

ADL: The Coronavirus Surfaces Fear, Stereotypes and Scapegoating