When students miss class, they miss more than content — they miss the shared sensemaking and community that make learning meaningful. This video explores practical, teacher-tested strategies for helping absent students rejoin the learning story — without recreating everything they missed.

Learn how simple, consistent systems like daily logs, summary videos, organized digital materials, and personalized messages can help students catch up and feel connected again. These approaches build on the embedded supports in the OpenSciEd curriculum and form the second layer in a multilayered approach to supporting absent students.