I live in Minnesota, and reality is that severe weather is (sadly) common here during the winter. Snow days are going to happen. As a teacher there are going to be times where I lose a few days between illness and weather conditions, yet my class is still going to have to get through the content and standardized testing.
I am so glad that I can see this now. I can make plans to help accommodate for these conditions. I feel like having online games and activities set up for days kids miss would be a great plan, but then I remember that not every student has computers available at home. Perhaps a good method would be to send home worksheets every month for extra practice just incase a student gets sick or school is closed. I would love to hear other ideas and methods on how to make up for lost class time!
Danielle Gooder
That really is the reality of Minnesota! Unfortunately there will be days that you miss, I was disappointed when there was a snow day on Monday, because obviously I didn't want snow! That also meant one less day with the students though. That is too bad on Veterans Day you only got to spend a half an hour with them!
ReplyDeleteI think it will be difficult when I become a teacher to miss days because of the snow and due to illness. I just have a feeling it will be hard to get the class caught up, but hopefully it will be just fine! It is a really good idea to think about things that you can incorporate when the students miss school due to snow. I really like the idea of sending extra worksheets home on snow days too, makes sense!
I thought that veterans ceremony was kind of cool, but wish it was maybe a little shorter. I saw that the younger kids started to lose focus after 15 minutes. It was really cool how into it they got into the songs that they had to sing. I heard that the St. Cloud school district is trying to set something up on the computer or tablet for students will have to work on if school is closed due to mother nature which I thought could be a good idea to help the students.
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