Rain day

Hello,

Our first indoor recess. Also our first lockdown drill. Lots of questions there. Lots of reassurances.

It was also the first day for our Bowdoin College student volunteer. Jason will be coming in for math class every Wednesday. Jason is an econ/math major from Connecticut. I love seeing these college kids getting involved in public education. We need Bowdoin caliber kids to join the ranks of the teaching profession. Ahhhh... I can dream.

We worked on PMDAS in math. Still some work to do there.

We drew some atoms in science class. Not bad at all. They are piecing all of these lessons together to gain some understanding of a very tough subject to wrap our heads around. Great question of the week: "If atoms are mostly space, how come we can't put our hand through, like a wall?"

I'm trying to nail down the Plimoth Plantation date. It is tough because it takes time to get possible dates from Plimoth, and then those dates disappear before I can get bus confirmation. I'm hoping to hear from Concord Trailways today before our latest date fills up. Costs change depending on driving times and days of the week, so it isn't simple for the buses to just give me a quick yea or nay. I will give you the date and rates as soon as I know.

Guitar club is going strong. I hope you aren't tired of hearing some of the same songs over and over. We will start changing over some of the numbers to notes pretty soon. We wanted the kids to get going quickly, but the more I see and hear, the more I realize that we can switch over how we refer to the strings and notes that we are playing in a way that will benefit them in the future. Either way, my fingers are sore.

Have a good night.

Mr. Shea