First Week Of School! Virtual

[@halleknox2059]

“Cried a little bit” LOL me daily trying to prep for this year

[@kyriocheygaming]

Me everyday in an infant classroom at a daycare 😂

[@xzavierroman3949]

instaBlaster.

[@karaewart850]

I am feeling the same way about math. I am a 4th grade teacher in CA, and math is definitely a work in progress for me too!

[@jeannelle_]

I love your red blouse!! It's so interesting to see what other teachers are doing with distance learning because that's what my school district is going to be doing as well. Love watching your teacher vlogs!

[@beandipshell]

I teach 3rd in Cali. The phone document camera isn’t working for me either. This is a rough time for all of us. Damn you COVID-19. I want to petition the government for teacher reimbursement for all the stuff I’ve bought just to work from home.

[@rhondat5921]

Do you mind sharing your lesson plan as far as teaching virtual rules, routines, norms and procedures? We start on 9/8 and I am freaking out! I don’t know where to start and we haven’t been given any direction. 😩

[@taramcilwain6787]

Thank you for sharing your trials and your successes! You are helping me so much! I can’t believe how much money I’m spending, either! I’m totally exhausted from trying to prep and anticipate problems AND teaching brand new lesson plans because my district is using Eureka this year for the first time.

[@celissatucker3829]

Thanks for sharing ! My district uses both of your curriculums. I can’t wait to see all of your ideas!!

[@thch5645]

After watching this video, I now know it's not just me being hard on myself or not having the right mindset. I'm finding it completely challenging with trouble shooting technology and trying to give a great lesson online to kids with no names but phone numbers. How great to have kind, supportive colleagues that love to give cakes! 💕

[@morgangrassi]

Love your hair! Thanks for sharing the slides you did with the kids.:)

[@mzzzzzzday]

Every time we do something in Zoom I have to tell them....i've literally NEVER done this before lmao. I plug my phone into my imac to use it as a document camera. Sometimes, it works, sometimes it doesn't. The day before school started, it did not work. Like, my phone wouldn't connect. Then it started. I hate having to rely so much on tech because stuff just...goes out all the time.

[@itsferslife]

YESSSSSSSS! EXACTLY!

[@abylynne]

I still use name cards and call on students that way. We are using Google meet so I don't see everyone in the screen. I added student pictures on index cards as well as their names so that I could start identifying their faces.

[@jocelyneponce712]

@avij7 download the “google meets grid view fix” extension! You can see everyone on the screen and yourself. Maybe you have it already, since I’m replying to you all late , but maybe you don’t :)

[@allisontollman]

Hi Fernanda! I l have been totally using the Ipad for Zoom and the good notes app. It's awesome and thanks for sharing. I see you still use the Ipad and in the beginning you show your slides. Are they powerpoint slides you created and uploaded to goodnotes? Can we have access to those powerpoints are they in your tpt? Oh and I can't wait to see your boom card tutorial. Thanks again!

[@firefly930]

Thanks so much for sharing your week. Nervous to start on the 8th, but this makes me feel better! P.S. That red shirt you wore on Friday looks amazing on you! :)

[@ohitsnunu]

We’re using benchmark advance too! It’s definitely ALOT

[@seemeplan]

I used virtual manipulatives and a whiteboard app for math during summer school for the little ones! I found a freebie on TPT! I’ll look for it and link it.

[@nicam5751]

Hi Fernanda! Thank you for this video. Really felt like I was going through the first week with someone who feels the same! I was wondering if you can make a video about making Boom Learning Cards because I also want to use it on my students. Thank you so much! We can do this!

[@jaysiq7210]

Hope you got your document camera :) Once I got mine, was able to figure it out with the app, it was a game changer.

[@allisontollman]

Hi Fernanda! Follow up question, can you please do a tutorial on how you make your powerpoints for the goodnotes and the thumbnails. There are not many youtube videos explaining these. Maybe some of the places you get the clipart and so forth. I would greatly appreciate it! Blessings!

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

It is interesting to see how school is being handled at this time.

[@thatteacherslife]

Hi Fernanda! New subscriber here ! Thank you for practically sharing your life with me. I found this video very useful and plan to implement a few ideas you shared in my Kindergarten classroom. Hugs from Mumbai, India. Arati Shenoy - Teachers Downtime

[@andreaamezcua5502]

Have you tried using dojo! Sorry I’m not sure if you’ve already tried it! Ive seen it helps!!

[@itsferslife]

Yes! I love class dojo! I used class dojo since my first year of teaching. This year since I’m at a new school, I began using classtag since that’s what my teammate uses. I ended up switching back to Class Dojo 😊

[@kristensmith1663]

What did you do or how did you make the templates for your morning message and lessons etc

[@tinak6776]

Thank you for sharing, so helpful. Did you link the All About Me template on TPT? I appreciate the video

[@itsferslife]

In the description!

[@aleahgraceee]

Hey! This may be a very obvious question...but what program were you using on your iPad to share your slides???

[@itsferslife]

Good notes!

[@CBONY11]

How did you edit the about me slides? I brought them from tpt, but some of the boxes won’t move for me 😩

[@itsferslife]

The boxes don’t move- they are no editable I covered them by creating white boxes on slides and adding boxes myself.

[@sadeyescreations1702]

Well hopefully your house guest leave soon so you can set up an office for yourself... i work from home and its so hard not having your own quite space to be able to work from home... i personally can't wait till november.. im so overwhelmed

[@Thetatraderz]

It's not too bad now but we will go hybrid after labor day, should be interesting.

[@mirellagonzalez3747]

Are booms cards an alternative to seesaw? Also what is the main platform your using? Thanks for sharing!! We start our first day Friday!

[@itsferslife]

It’s the alternative I am personally using. As far as platforms, we use a lot but house them all on Clever. We use imagine learning, zearn, boom learning, and zoom mostly

[@DiamondGoddess101]

How did you embed the pictures from the story into your presentation?

[@itsferslife]

Screenshots

[@Born2TeachAndGrow]

Are students not using their own accounts? Could you have parents rename the account to show their students names?

[@itsferslife]

A lot of them didn’t know how.

[@Born2TeachAndGrow]

teaching.nmc.edu/knowledgebase/changing-your-name-in-a-zoom-meeting/

[@itsferslife]

Thank you, but I know how to change it 😊I have taught them how now. This vlog was filmed 3 weeks ago! 😊

[@Born2TeachAndGrow]

That One Happy Classroom oh, sorry lol. I didn’t think about that :)

[@res519]

Could you have each student stand up a name tag in front of them until you learn their names?

[@itsferslife]

This was filmed 3 weeks ago. I know all their names now & recognize their voices 😊

[@lexlou2376]

Can you link the about me

[@itsferslife]

just did

[@Heyu7her3]

Hmm! Are you allowed to go into your classroom to teach your virtual class? 2 people, 2 pets

[@itsferslife]

Nope 😣