• Share a choice board (example) with a variety of activity options from which students can choose.

• Provide 3-6 options of activities that vary in skill, ability level, topic or way of engaging (read, watch, listen, do).

• Offer activities tailored to each child’s particular interests. Mark those for families.

• Create a choice board (example) using BlendSpace or Padlet or Google Docs

• Provide 3-6 options of activities that vary in skill, ability level, topic or way of engaging (read, watch, listen, do).

• Offer activities tailored to each child’s particular interests. Mark those for families.

• Offer games that can be played at home to address the content.

• Offer a maker/craft/science exploration activity.

• Include family members in activities. (21 activities with plastic eggs).

• Share interactive websites for math (NLVM , Math Games), science (Phet), ELA (ReadWriteThink) all subjects (Annenberg).

• Offer a maker/craft/science exploration activity.

• Offer activities tailored to each child’s particular interests. Mark those for families.

• Make activities interactive using google slides or PowerPoint SUe has a doc

• add Theresa Wills templates

Make relevance explicit:

• Highlight how a lesson/activity applies in practice (real world). (e.g. osmosis and seed sprouting).

• Relate topic to local cases/applications. (e.g. osmosis and your garden slugs).

• Relate topic to an everyday issue/occurrence. (e.g. osmosis and pruney toes).

• Connect topic to current newsworthy issues and events. (e.g. osmosis to solve the water crisis).

Make relevance explicit:

• Highlight how a lesson/activity applies in practice (real world). (e.g. osmosis and seed sprouting).

• Relate topic to local cases/applications. (e.g. osmosis and your garden slugs).

• Relate topic to an everyday issue/occurrence. (e.g. osmosis and pruney toes).

• Connect topic to current newsworthy issues and events. (e.g. osmosis to solve the water crisis).

• Virtual field trips

Additional Resources:

But How Do We Build Community? Ideas for Virtual and Hybrid Learning

Virtual Learning 33 Ways to Build Relationships

Remote Learning Community Building Ideas