Hello Centennial Families,
Welcome back to Centennial Elementary for the 2020-21 school year!
Below you will find our current distance learning schedule. It will begin by outlining our daily schedule and then will follow with a glossary of distance learning terms.
This daily schedule will begin after Fall conferences, the students day will begin at 9:00 AM and end at 3:00 PM.
Most students will likely have live Zoom meetings with their teachers every day in small groups. In addition to the scheduled live sessions every day, students will have some independent work. This may include watching a short instructional video or completing work left over from their session with the teacher.
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHEDULE 2020 - 2021
Daily Distance Learning Schedule
- 9:00-9:30 a.m.: Morning Meeting - Synchronous
- 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Core Instruction - Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Time (scheduled small groups)
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 12:00-12:30 p.m.: Social Skills - Social Time Synchronous and Asynchronous
- 12:30-2:00 p.m.: Core Instruction - Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Time (scheduled small groups)
- 2:00-3:00 p.m.: Teacher Office Hours ~This will be scheduled asynchronous learning time for students
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- Synchronous: Live session in Zoom (whole group, small group, individual) where teachers and students interact in a live way.
- Asynchronous: Independent work time for students. Watching pre-recorded content, working on classwork either digitally or paper pencil work.
- Morning Meeting: Whole group meeting for morning check-in. Content can include, but is not limited to: SEL learning, Weekly Second Step lesson, Number Corner, community-building activities, attendance taking, etc.
- Attendance: Prior to the morning meeting, students/families will log into the OSD Portal to complete the attendance check in.
- Core Instruction Time: (Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Second Steps) Small groups work in Zoom with classroom teachers, focused on one content area at a time. Core time is regularly scheduled and consistent for families, and may be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning. Students are practicing new skills with teachers during core instruction time. Whole group instruction can happen, but all students must be present or have access.
- Intervention/Enrichment Time: Small group time. This is time for Special Education, LAP, EL, Intervention/Enrichment, etc., to pull small groups of students. Classroom teachers and support staff are also pulling a small group of students.
- Specialist Time: Music, PE, Art, Library. Classroom teachers are not required to attend. Sessions will be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous time. Teacher Librarians will begin the year developing a plan for book reservation and check-out before providing instruction.
- Office Hours: Time for teachers to connect one-on-one with students or families to support their educational journey. Priority given to those furthest from educational justice.
- Flipped Classroom: Students engage in new learning through pre-recorded videos prior to attending a live session with the teacher. During the live session, students spend time applying the skill they learned in an asynchronous setting.