Writing Videos for Distance Learning
Our school opened on August 3 in Distance Learning. And even if we are able to go back in person, some families will opt to stay home all year. To support children’s continued learning, the teachers at my school are producing and sharing more than 1,500 instructional videos. I volunteered to produce some of the writing videos for distance learning.
I’m having so much fun doing it! I am producing Shared Writing videos for 1st graders or older children who are still emergent/reluctant readers. Then, I also produce Writing Workshop videos for 2nd graders and higher.
I made the first set of videos this week. I’m interested to see how my own child responds to them! (Tate is a 2nd grader, so he will be assigned my videos. Henry is in Upper Elementary, so they are using a different set of videos). Henry has dyslexia and has always been a reluctant writer. Tate was a prolific writer the past couple years but is now becoming more reluctant. I’m not sure why.
Ooh, I hope I didn’t turn him into a reluctant writer by teaching him handwriting. He first learned to write in cursive and had beautiful handwriting for his age. But when he moved into 1st grade he wanted to switch to print. He never learned proper letter formation so he just made it up on his own. It was completely illegible! So then we went through and learned all 26 letters. Now he likes writing much less!
I have no idea! Just doing my best over here.
I look forward to making the next set of Writing Videos for Distance Learning next week!
4 Comments
Allyson
That’s great about the videos! How’s the transition to distance/online been going emotionally for the Faculty/staff/students/your kiddos? We’re about to start next week, so reading updates like this from others who have started school already is beneficial. Also, hopefully this will be helpful info and not “overstepping”…if you haven’t yet researched dysgraphia (Aka Specific Learning Disability in Writing, a fine motor/brain based learning disability) for both boys, you may want to look into it. Some folks with dysgraphia do much better with the physical aspect of writing cursive. Others have a tough time with all writing (typing, printing, cursive, talk-to-text, etc.). Dysgraphia and dyslexia are very closely related (along with dyscalculia). Siblings of individuals with dyslexia also have increased risk of having learning disabilities, but sometimes it gets missed due to signs/symptoms presenting differently. Hope y’all have a great Fall semester!
Sara Cotner
Hello, Allyson! I don’t consider your comment overstepping at all! Both Henry and Tate have switched from cursive to print. We are doing a lot of text-to-typing with Henry. It’s definitely something we are keeping an eye on. Thank you!
Luisa
Thank you so much for sharing these videos! I plan to use some with my students and will share with my educator friends.
Sara Cotner
Of course! Any time, Luisa!