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CONTINUOUS LEARNING 2020

La Conner Elementary School

How’d we get here?

• March:

Focus for learning was on practice and review Focus for district was on ensuring basic needs were provided

• April:

Focus on gently increasing learning

• 1-2 activities per week for 3 week (Spring Break)

Student access to learning devices and materials

• May & June:

Focus on “Continuous Learning” under these Guiding Principles

• Keeping students at the center, engaging families
• Designing learning for equity and access
• Assess student learning to grow what they know

“Continuous Learning”

What it is What it isn’t

• Recreating the classroom
• nline/virtually
• “homeschooling”
• Hours of screen time
• Covering all content in an area
• Daily assignments or individual lessons

with grades attached

“Continuous Learning”

What it is

• Focused on progress and learning
• Connection and building relationships
• Meaningful and engaging
• Check-ins with families
• Encourages student self-assessment
• Like coaching
• Flexible and student-centered
• Adaptable and appropriate for individual students
• Concept “big-idea” driven
• Active and experience-based
• Reviewing and retaining what’s been gained

What it isn’t

• Recreating the classroom online/virtually
• “homeschooling”
• Hours of screen time
• Covering all content in an area
• Daily assignments or individual lessons with grades

attached

Recommended Guidelines for maximum student commitment each day:

• Pre-K:

30 minutes 3-5 minute chunks

• K – 1st:

45 minutes 5-10 minute chunks

• 2nd – 3rd: 60 minutes

10-15 minute chunks

• 4th-5th:

90 minutes 20 minute chunks

How parents can support student learning:

• Stay in touch with teachers
• Reach out to them for support and guidance; tap into their

professional expertise!

• Identify and encourage your child’s areas of interest
• Look for ways to make learning fun
• Establish a daily routine
• Get up and go to sleep at a consistent time every day
• Set a morning and afternoon “learning time”, with learning

broken up into recommended chunks, separated by play, exercise, chores, etc.

What to expect moving forward:

Learning materials will be distributed and returned every Friday – Pick-up & drop-off @ 10:00am – 2:00pm

• Starting now, more consistently in May
• Teacher contact information and expectations are

posted on their school webpage

• Change... This is all new to EVERYONE, so our best

intentions and plans will need to be adapted as we learn what works and what doesn’t

• Your feedback is CRITICAL!

This is really stressful…

This is really stressful… Try to remember

• This is not the “new normal”, this will pass
• Give yourselves LOTS of GRACE!
• Everyone is grieving and experiencing loss
• You are not “homeschooling”, you are crisis

schooling

• you have a school community who is eager to

support and encourage you and your children!

• If you crumble on the couch one day, your child will

still learn

• In the big picture, these weeks out of school will total

less than 3% of their time in school

• Learning losses will be absorbed over time

QUESTIONS?