<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-260dbeb3-7fff-021e-9ed1-3bd22bee9a79"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Families,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What a rollercoaster of a week.  I heard from teachers that in spite of technical challenges there were many good parts of the week - especially connecting with their students.  And that each day got a little easy and a little smoother.  I’m reminded that kids aren’t the only ones who like routines and structure; I have learned over the years that teachers (and principals) do, too.  In time, each of us will find a new rhythm to our day. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Speaking of routines, I especially miss greeting your children and you each morning and touching base before we begin our busy day.  One task for me this week is to figure out how to migrate some of my routines to Google Classroom.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As we move to online learning, teachers are being mindful of the length of class meetings and live screen time.  We want all siblings to be able to participate in their class meeting times as much as possible.  To this end, teachers are trying to create activities and assignments that can be done off-line and Teddy, Mara, and Emily will mostly post recorded meetings and lessons in their classrooms.  Beginning tomorrow, teachers will take students’ attendance by asking your child to indicate, “I am here today” through a Google Form. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am sharing a </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">compilation of resources that may be helpful to you:  </span><a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FFT-COVID&data=02%7C01%7CDSpielberg%40schools.nyc.gov%7C1e62520a15284f2dba4108d7d24675e7%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C637209072376687297&sdata=m9O2trx74l5fmlWo%2BfAWHKoYpYowVKIhhL6kHgfP9d8%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/FT-COVID</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope you and your children are continuing to manage during this very trying time and get some restful moments this weekend far away from your devices. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With love,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dyanthe</span></p></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://tnsny.org" target="_blank">tnsny.org</a><br>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