Hello Families:
I was delighted to get out today for a long walk; it wasn’t warm and sunny, but at least it wasn’t raining. Many neighbors were out doing the same thing, including parents with kids on bikes in tow.
Teachers have been assured by Assistant Superintendent Patrick Larkin that Dr. Conti and superintendents from surrounding towns are convening today via teleconference to come up with a more formal plan of learning expectations for students during the upcoming weeks. I have no idea what that will look like, but will certainly be in touch with you as plans become finalized.
In the meantime, I am forwarding links to a couple of other math games from Youcubed. These games include:
1. Fewest Squares – Students draw an 11×13 grid and try to find the fewest number of squares they can use to cover it without overlap or extending outside the grid. Youcubers have worked this question for hours at a time!
2. Poly-Up – Poly-Up is an online platform that pushes students to develop computational thinking skills while helping Poly fix machines.
Finally, here is some exciting news from the Burlington Science Center! Burlington kindergartners were scheduled to experience chick hatching in their classrooms this coming week. Leave it to Miss Pavlicek to figure out how to make that experience possible by live-streaming it from her home next Tuesday!
Here’s a video Miss P. made to let all Burlington students know about next week’s live stream. In addition, here is a link to the live chick hatching stream which will air next Tuesday, March 24, 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Miss P. says that the feed may go live as early as Monday when she will be available for questions, but not much will happen on the hatching front until Tuesday.
Finally, speaking of animals, I have gotten a couple of emails from students who want to know how our class gerbils are doing. Please reassure your child that Miss Pavlicek picked up the gerbils last Friday, and they are all resting (and being fed) comfortably at the Science Center. Stay healthy, and have a good weekend.
Best to you all,
Mrs. Jaffe
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