Text Discussion in a PreK–1st Grade Virtual Bible Classroom

ABSTRACT This study examines a Pre-K–first grade full-time synchronous remote track in a Jewish day school. In the fall of 2020, Hassenfeld (Fifth Author) remotely taught biblical literature to Pre-K–first grade students. Through our analysis of two months of classroom transcripts, we sought to understand, first, the nature of student-to-student text discussion on Zoom, and, second, whether students were able to use one another as a resource during this isolating time. We found that students were able to form a unique intellectual and social community in this virtual learning space.