The pandemic continues and a new school year has begun. My district has started the year in person with as many safety protocols as possible in place. Something that I have noticed is we are having more "teacher talk" that usual and classrooms are more silent. In my opinion this is one of the impacts of emergency remote learning. Teachers were thrown into virtual teaching and instruction via Zoom led to students needing to be muted due to background noises as home. In order to manage classroom behavior virtually, students had to wait to be called on & unmute - many were used to various ways of responding rather than being called on one by one. It was difficult to to have students think-pair-share effectively. Yes, teachers found ways to make their lessons interactive such as, using the chat feature & using tools such as Padlet & Jamboard. But, students had less opportunities to have their actual voice heard during instruction.
It is important for teachers to intentionally bring back some of effective strategies that they had in place pre-pandemic. While socially distancing, students should be given the opportunity to share their thinking with a partner. Students can also participate in choral counting & choral responses without the delay on audio. If a district or school has students attending in person instruction, then it's time to acknowledge that some virtual teaching practices might not be the most effective. Let's maximize student voice to help them take ownership of their learning and provide teachers with real-time data as to their current mathematical understanding. It's not about adding more work to a teachers already full plate, but rather tweaking how time is spent during instruction.
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