Online Instructional

Strategies for
Pandemic Teaching

Middle School Edition

(Grades 7-8)

By Luz Belen Aguayo

About Me
Graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Concentration 4-8 Mathematics
Currently in Graduate student at UTEP

Teaching Experience:
-3 years in elementary
-5 years in middle school (current position)

Local: Ysleta Teachers Association (YTA), El Paso, TX

YTA Campus Association Representative
TSTA TORCH Leader

Email: luzbaguayo@hotmail.com
Email: lbaguayo25@gmail.com

Twitter @MsLAguayo1
My Classroom
 Establishing Connections
- Build community within your classroom. Students and families
need to know that you care about them. Set your expectations
and communicate them effectively.
- Network with your campus/district colleagues. Every individual
makes a difference! From our Education Support Professionals
(ESPs), fellow classroom teachers, administrators, and school
board.
- As awesome as teaching can be it can get stressful and
overwhelming at times. Make sure to continue your association
membership. They can be a great support system!
- Remember...YOU CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!
 What a typical day looks like…
(repeat 7 to 8 times)

Why you do it:

What you do:
By greeting students at the door you are able to not only
Greet students at the door. Make sure
welcome your students but also assess their demeanor.
to position yourself to where you can
You’re also making sure to monitor the behavior of students
see the students currently in your
in your classroom.
classroom.
This allows for you to take attendance and limits idle time.
Opening: Have a Daily Math Review
Keep it simple one to two problems depending on what topic
(DMR). You can call this whatever you
you are teaching. May be used to pre-assess, or practice, or
want Problem of the Day (POD), or Bell
reinforce previously taught concepts (spiral).
Work, student Check-in.
Main component to teaching. Be ambitious but not too
much. There are so many tools, programs, concepts to
Lesson: More on this later in the
cover, but ultimately, select what works best for your
upcoming slides.
students and yourself.

One of the most challenging components of a lesson but

Closing: Summarizing the lesson or
very crucial.
collect student input.
Lesson

Jamboard: Very interactive for students

Google Forms: Immediate feedback for students and

teachers.
Google Sheets: Try using the QUERY feature to sort
information
 Additional Resources

Google Applications somewhat YouTube (free videos)

similar to Microsoft
Simple screen recording

Ability to edit videos and

add questions. You get a
report on students Great for core contents and some
engagement. electives (limited topics)
Parent/Guardian Communication
Make sure to document!

- Phone call
- Email
- Home Visits
- ARDs, 504s, parent teacher conferences
- Online/Virtual Meetings

- Apps:
 Luz Aguayo
Email: luzbaguayo@hotmail.com
Email: lbaguayo25@gmail.com

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