Distance Learning - The Quest to Bring Joy

First I want to acknowledge that this is hard. We are living through collective trauma and all the emotions, good and bad, are valid. I want to make sure that my students have a safe place to discuss all of the hard bits of this while also having a space to experience and relate joy.

I've been working hard to take away the hardship from my kids and replace it with moments of joy. Whether it's something ridiculous like my insistence on coordinating my outfits to my Zoom background or my giddiness making a video with changing green screen backgrounds, I want this to be as fun as possible for my class.

So as we get comfortable idea with this distance learning being permanent for the rest of the year, I am creating activities to keep our beautiful classroom community as strong and connected as it was. I'll be updating throughout the day but here is one small simple and silly thing we are doing, daily themes! (Not new, I didn't invent it, but if you need a free, editable calendar, here you go!)
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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Distance-Learning-Theme-Days-5414450