I want to say this as clearly and concisely as I can. Fuck school right now. Seriously, fuck off with this bullshit. We do not need to spend a single minute attempting to replicate school at home in the midst of this crisis. 
Yes, children need to be occupied and stimulated and safe and secure, but there's nothing about school, particularly not classes over the Internet that achieves any of those goals.
There are many things children can do at home in the interests of learning and they need not look anything like school. School sucks, not because of teachers, who do amazing work under trying conditions but because of what schooling has become, a grim march toward "proficiency."
Here's a writing lesson every single child in the country can do. It will take a decent chunk of time, students will learn a lot about writing and at the end you will have lunch.
Step 1: Ask the child to write down how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. (Feel free to substitute a different favored sandwich.)
Step 2: After child says they're done, get the ingredients for the sandwich and tell them to try to make the sandwich according to the directions. If the child's too young for that, have the adult try to do it. Do exactly what the directions dictate.
If the instructions leave out that you're supposed to use a knife to spread the peanut butter, use your hands. If they don't give an amount, ham it up and use a ridiculous portion. Have fun with it.
Step 3: Once the child (or the adult) has failed to make an acceptable sandwich because of the incomplete instructions, have the child revise the instructions step by step. If they're old enough, they can do this independently. Younger kids you can help them step by step.
Step 4: Once the instructions are revised, make the sandwich. Lunch!
Step 5: While eating, talk about the importance of thinking about your audience and meeting their needs before starting to write.
Step 5: While eating, talk about the importance of thinking about your audience and meeting their needs before starting to write.
The child has just been introduced to the rhetorical situation and they may never forget it. I did this in Mrs. Goldman's class in third graded. Here's a picture of me trying to make my sandwich. Look at how freaking entertained I am. That's the day I became a writer.
*third grade. Even professional writers make typos, particularly when they're irked about ed tech companies trying to capitalize on a crisis by drawing children into their online schooling.
