Distance Learning and forging ahead

What an interesting day today. My first time experiencing a course held via Google Hangout. Due to the social distancing it was the right decision and we still got to see everyone's faces.
Firstly in regards to my project - after my very recent parent conferences and the gathering of PAT data, I am even more certain of the need for my tool. When presented with their child's reading levels, the ESOL families were asking how they can help at home with reading comprehension. As they are ESOL speakers themselves it is a big ask that they create and ask inferential comprehension questions when their child reads to them, they need access to these kind of questions and answers.
Now in light of the current situation I have had to revisit my Crazy 8's and look at what I can develop without the student input that I had hoped to include.

This will no doubt look like inferential questions in response to journal stories set at the levels 18-25 initially (this is the area they start to struggle with as inferential comprehension is required) I am thinking my prototype will be a site with links to the questions set as levels. I would like to start with a Screencastify of how to break down an inferential comprehension question by focusing on the keywords, demonstrating how to skim and scan for the keywords in the text and read around for the clues to what the author has implied but not written. I would like to include kahoots and hopefully some role play videos (if my two daughters can be persuaded with the lack of student contact)

DISTANCE LEARNING - what that will look like for me.
Having spent the day doing distance learning I can see that the students will face many problems like finding a quiet place to work, making sure they aren't being interrupted by siblings or competing with the TV. My initial worries about Google Hangouts have been totally replaced by enthusiasm for the use of this tool with my students. I think it's important for the students to maintain contact with us and seeing our faces will give them a sense of reassurance.
We have followed the Manaiakalani 'Limit the Links' advice, our sites are linked to our website, we will use Google Hangouts, literacy and numeracy tumbles,  fitness challenges, isolation challenges, Art  tasks, mini inquiries, coding and blog logs. I have full confidence in my team being able to roll out an interesting and fun learning programme. We are setting up the school owned chromebooks to go home to those families that need a device.
These are unchartered waters but I think that Manaiakalani schools are ahead of the game in distance learning. Bring it on!