A Day in the Life

What does a Day in the Life of an Online Educator really look like in the classroom? GCA teachers share class recordings to provide examples for online class engagement and instruction.

Elementary

Kindergarten-5th Grade

A Day in the Life of an Online Elementary Educator

Our Elementary teachers share tips for educating in an online environment and answer questions you may have about how to make online learning work for your students. Learn strategies for organizing your day with ideas on setting up a daily flow of activities and how to make the most of your time. Receive tips and tools for communicating with your students and keeping them engaged.

Presenters: Paige Bedgood, Elementary ELA Chair | Rachel Robertson, 2nd Grade Teacher | Whittney Harper, 5th Grade Math Teacher | Pam Freed, 5th Grade ELA Teacher

Recording Link (53 minutes)

Presentation slides

Kindergarten

1st Grade

Fluency - small group

1st grade teacher, Anna Hart, holds a small group session for students to work on improving their reading fluency. The theme is military boot camp and is a total of 9 days.

Recording Link (34 minutes)

Compare & Contrast

1st grade teacher, Anna Hart, teacher her students about comparing and contrasting characters using Charlie the Ranch Dog in this whole group ELA lesson .

Recording Link (28 minutes)

Telling Time

1st grade teacher, Anna Hart teaches a whole group math lesson about reading and writing time to the hour.

Recording Link (26 minutes)

3rd Grade

RACES writing skills

3rd grade teacher, Lisa Clements holds a whole group English/Language Arts class focused on using the acronym RACES to encourage writing skills. Ms. Clements is able to give constructive responses as the students move through the writing process.

Recording Link (38 minutes)

4th Grade

Light reflection & refraction - whole & small group

4th grade teacher, Kascha Adeleye reviews light reflection and refraction. Scientists worked together in small groups in Breakout Rooms to complete a group Google Doc review activity which had fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and graphic organizers.

Recording Link (26 minutes)

Math review & practice - whole group

4th grade teacher, Jessica Beaverson teaches her students a lesson in Math - whole group review/practice. Students who were close to mastery had independent time in wowzers while a small group of students for practiced geometry vocabulary in a breakout room.

Recording LinK - Whole Group (52 minutes)

Recording Link - Small Group (11 minutes)

EIP Math

4th grade EIP Math teacher, Taunya Smith uses a math game for independent practice during class. During this game students practiced measuring angles using an online protractor.

Recording Link (44 minutes)

5th Grade

The Spanish American War with props

5th grade teacher, Jaime Conner teaches her students about The Spanish American War. This recording features how the use of props will help make a online lesson more interesting!

Recording Link (40 minutes)

View Jaime's tips for maintaining calm when dealing with the stress of change as well as some tricks to being a more “interesting” online teacher.

Recording Link (8 minutes)

Informational research & writing

5th grade teacher, Pam Freed discusses identifying and using research materials in preparation for informational writing.

Recording Link (1 hour 4o minutes)

View Pam's tips for how engagement activities that are done in a brick and mortar classroom can be accomplished in the virtual environment including interactive warm-ups and tickets out the door.

Recording Link (30 minutes)

Middle School

6th - 8th Grade

6th - 8th Grade

A Day in the Life of an Online Middle School Educator

Our Middle School teachers share tips for educating in an online environment and answer questions you may have about how to make online learning work for your students. Learn strategies for organizing your day with ideas on setting up a daily flow of activities and how to make the most of your time. Receive tips and tools for communicating with your students and keeping them engaged.

Recording Link (53 minutes)

High School

9th - 12th Grade

9th - 12th Grade

A Day in the Life of an Online High School Educator

Our High School teachers share tips for educating in an online environment and answer questions you may have about how to make online learning work for your students. Learn strategies for organizing your day with ideas on setting up a daily flow of activities and how to make the most of your time. Receive tips and tools for communicating with your students and keeping them engaged.

Presenters: Presenters: Laura Burch, ELA Teacher | Deirdre Daniels, GCA Teacher of the Year | Jean Perpich, Physical Education Teacher

Recording Link

Presentation Slides

Want more?

We are in the process of adding more resources and information for you. If you need something that isn't listed here, fill out the form below to let us know how we can help.

Menu