Dear Parents and Guardians,
I am excited to take on this new adventure with all of you. I have discussed with the students already but I would like to discuss this with everyone involved in the child’s life. Starting after March Break we will be having a ‘flipped classroom’ for math. With the Flipped Classroom essentially the students do the homework at school and the lectures/ lessons at home. Each week there is going to be three videos for students to watch that are going to be embedded on our class blog. Students will be given a schedule and the schedule will also be posted online to keep track with what they should be watching. Every weekend, Tuesday night and Thursday night students will be asked to watch the lessons on their own. The days following the lesson we will be doing exercises, projects, assignments and discussion in class on lessons viewed previously. Having the students do their ‘homework’ at school and ‘lessons’ at home I believe we can get some meaningful work and learning completed.
This is something new to teaching and many of you may be concerned. Many of you may be questioning; ‘Is my child going to learn everything they need to?’ I believe the answer is YES! I have been doing some extensive research and here are some websites that have information and stats about the successes with the flipped classroom.
What I am asking of YOU the parents and guardians is that you join your child as much as possible while viewing the lessons at home. Also, engage with your child in a conversation after you watching the video to help him/her think and question their understanding and learning.
I think this opportunity will be very positive for you and your child. It is a great way to stay involved in your child’s schoolwork. Now you will know when you ask your child ‘What did you learn at school today?’.
I understand that not everyone may have access to a computer and internet at home. You may want to consider going to the library or community center with your child. I will also be downloading the video onto a USB. So if you don’t have internet but have a computer your child can sign out the USB for at home viewing. Lastly, I will be having computer lab openings for students and their parents every Monday morning from 7:45am to 8:30 am, Tuesday afternoon from 3:10 pm- 4:00 pm and Thursday afternoon from 3:10 pm- 4:00 pm. I hope one of these will be helpful to you if you are in need.
If you have any other questions or concerns. Please call me at the school.
Thank You,
Miss. Zwier
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