• The originally scheduled March 24th round 4 will be moved to March 31st due to a large number of juniors taking the in-school SAT. Both round 4 and round 5 will take place on March 31st. The theme for the round 4 competition is PSAT & SAT. The theme for the round 5 competition is Statistics in Sports. The final round will be recorded and posted on the website for all to view.

• You may use the Quizizz from the competitions with your classes the DAY AFTER the round is over.

• Please reach out to the team you will be competing against on March 31st and enter Zoom information into the FORM.

  • • ROUND 4: WCT Arenstein - Rubix Cubes v. NT Antoine - Owls @ 8:45AM

    • ROUND 4: PT Fam - Wolves v. PT Koltsova - Dragons @ 9:15AM

    • ROUND 5: Finals (Teams TBD) @ 10:00AM

In last week's newsletter, the department members were asked how they encouraged quiet students to participate. Thank you to all who contributed to the discussion. Here are a few of the suggestions:

• Jeeyoun Shin (and others) "Some students prefer to leaving a message on the chat due to loud background noise. I let them share their answers or thoughts on the chat. "

• Luis Rodriguez: "...I usually allow other students to assist the student in question and follow-up with them afterwards...."

• Elisa Tejada: "... So what I did was that I changed the breakout rooms to be smaller (max 3) and always the same students...."

• Christine Lopez-Cassano: "Chats do become difficult, as the teacher, to constantly observed the chat, so I have begun to assign students to help."

• Kevin Jagniatkowski & Peter Gambino: "They know that if I call on them, they generally have the correct answer already written so the fear of being wrong is usually gone and they aren't afraid to speak." "For example saying, 'Carlos, I like the answer you posted. Can you explain how you got it?' "

• Claudio Bernal: "I randomly select students using a spinner with their names at https://wheelofnames.com/ "