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  • Mayberry Street Elementary School
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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During these uncertain times, it is important to look at the many needs of my students. Academics is not always first and foremost. I want to be cognizant about how my students are doing emotionally. Everyone's lives have been turned upside down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important that the students' emotional needs are tended to as well. I want to ease my students' anxiety about their safety and their families' safety when they have to go out. My students have been learning about empathy through Second Step and Sanford Harmony. As much as parents are trying not to show the stress they might be feeling, many times the students will pick up on it. I want to sew masks so the students will have them for their families. This, in turn, would provide a little relief and comfort for my students. No one knows for certain when schools will reopen and what it will look like. Wearing a face mask could or may be recommended for quite a while. When school does resume, I would like to continue to make masks to share with other families at our school and for the homeless. The students can apply the math skills they have acquired. They can measure the material and elastic to the nearest fourth of an inch, half of an inch, or inch. The students can use a frequency table or tally marks to keep track of how many pieces of material and elastic we have, to determine how many masks can be made. They can also use multiplication to determine how many pieces of elastic are needed to make a set number of masks. Together we will get through this!

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During these uncertain times, it is important to look at the many needs of my students. Academics is not always first and foremost. I want to be cognizant about how my students are doing emotionally. Everyone's lives have been turned upside down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important that the students' emotional needs are tended to as well. I want to ease my students' anxiety about their safety and their families' safety when they have to go out. My students have been learning about empathy through Second Step and Sanford Harmony. As much as parents are trying not to show the stress they might be feeling, many times the students will pick up on it. I want to sew masks so the students will have them for their families. This, in turn, would provide a little relief and comfort for my students. No one knows for certain when schools will reopen and what it will look like. Wearing a face mask could or may be recommended for quite a while. When school does resume, I would like to continue to make masks to share with other families at our school and for the homeless. The students can apply the math skills they have acquired. They can measure the material and elastic to the nearest fourth of an inch, half of an inch, or inch. The students can use a frequency table or tally marks to keep track of how many pieces of material and elastic we have, to determine how many masks can be made. They can also use multiplication to determine how many pieces of elastic are needed to make a set number of masks. Together we will get through this!

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