Reflection One

As I have started working on this project, I have thought about what will be useful to another second grade teacher and the families of their students. I want to make sure that I am investing time looking into the appropriate resources for not only remote learning but for writing. My hope for when this project is finished is that I can use it for my own teaching purposes, but also to share with my coworkers or other educators. I think that the materials that I have found so far are easily read by families of students and a good quick read for busy educators who might be working quickly to change from in-person to remote. I knew right away that I wanted to create a project about remote learning for writing because I struggled so much teaching that last year. I could not see what students were doing when I asked them to independently write. I had to decide which students I would work with first. Would it be the student physically in front of me asking for help or the student virtually in front of me on my computer screen? I had to engage the students at home who could not see my heart map I drew on the whiteboard to inspire writing in the style of Cynthia Rylant. After reflection on how that all went, I knew that writing would be my focus for the next school year and for this project.