It’s been a little while since our classroom’s last blog post. Over the winter break case numbers of Covid-19 increased in our province and the Omicron variant seemed to take over. As an educator I really wasn’t sure what coming back to school would look like. A few days before school was set to start again, our government announced that there would be a week of remote learning for students and critical worker children would be able to attend school. The week was to help teachers and schools get ready for a return to code orange, while at the same time teaching remotely and in person. Those students that attended school helped me figure out our new classroom set up, test out our new supply system, and practice our code orange procedures.
During that week students (both remotely and in person) practiced their number sense, create some art projects, read and wrote daily, and learned about snow through a mini science unit. This encouraged those at home to get outside and play in the snow! We conducted experiments to determine what snow was made of and how much water is actually in a cup or snow. Students created their own STEM sled project and learned about the water cycle through our daily story time and science videos. We even created our own fake snow to play with in the classroom after playing in the real stuff outside.
After a week of remote/in person learning it was time to get outside and have some fun. We took the crazy carpets outside to the hill. I encouraged those that were at home to get outside play in their backyard too.
Sledding with the CSW students
Everyone was back at school on the 17th. The classroom looked a lot different and how we’re having to do things at the moment is challenging, but these kids are amazing. They are rolling with it and are just happy to be around each other again. So…we’re back at it. Taking one day at a time, getting back into our daily routines, and learning along the way.
We look forward to sharing our learning with you. Stay tuned. Take care!
