Daily Writing and Reading Activities: For Remaining Connected During a Time of "Social Distancing"
Morgan Liegh
It's not enough to leave them inspired. You must inspire them to DO something. -advice from a post-it
A powerful message provided by myPerspectives author and classroom teacher, Kelly Gallagher et. al.:
Years from now, our students’ children and grandchildren will ask them about this moment in time, and I want them to have a record of it. Their history.
The last thing I want to do with my home-bound students is to load them down with brain-numbing packet work. So this lesson plan was designed to honor student choice, student agency, student voice. This is not the time to give students chapter quizzes on their at-home reading of 1984.
We are not suggesting this is THE lesson plan everyone should adopt. We know our kids. We do not know yours. It is where our thinking resides today. Tomorrow, we may shift our thinking as events continue to unfold.
"Years from now, our students’ children and grandchildren will ask them about this moment in time, and I want them to have a record of it. Their history."
Kelly Gallagher
You are invited to use any or all of our thinking. We do not, however, grant permission for this thinking to be sold anywhere. No one should profit from this crisis. Adapt as you see fit. Make our thinking better. Share with others.
We also have a sinking suspicion that this crisis may worsen, and that our students may actually end up being out of school much longer than two weeks. We will be creating digital communities where our readers and writers can maintain a sense of community.
And although I am teaching seniors, many of my colleagues who have shared their thinking in the creation of these lesson plans are planning to use them in other grade levels. They are easily adaptable.
With that said, you can access our plans for our stay-at-home students here:
