We are inspired by our Mount Vernon Community of students, families, and staff who are showing great resilience, determination, and creativity to stay connected with one another and to support student learning. Their efforts to continue to make Every Day Count during this unprecedented time are amazing! Teaching & Learning staff are excited to share resources and ideas for staying connected and supporting student learning. Students are likely to hear from their classmates, teachers, and school sites with ways to stay engaged. Maintaining our sense of community supports our social-emotional health and will help each of us to remain engaged in learning. We hope you engage with and enjoy the ideas we post on our Every Day Counts! student learning blog. Stay tuned--we plan to begin posting on Monday, March 23rd! Many of the resources we will be sharing are available to all students via the MV TECHSMART K-12 DIGITAL LITERACY site.


Thursday, June 11, 2020

6-12-2020 Never Ending Pasta

pasta-passOn September 15, 2016, Olive Garden again offered a $100 pass for never-ending pasta, bread sticks, salad and coca cola soft drinks.  The 21,000 patrons who quickly (in less than a minute) bought all of the passes will be entitled to as much pasta as they like (with toppings) from October 3 to November 20.  Ask the class to consider these questions:

  • Is this a good deal for patrons?  What are the pros and cons?
  • Will Olive Garden go broke?
  • Is this good for the restaurant chain?
  • Is the pass priced correctly?  If not how much should it cost?
  • How should we start answering these questions?  What information would be useful?

What information will you gather in order to analyze the money-making, money-saving, or money-losing potential of this Pasta Pass?

The activity:  all-you-can-eat-pasta2016.pdf

Yummy Math

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6-11-2020 Learn How to Make a Paper Balloon

Practice the art of Origami and learn how to make a paper balloon.  


Find out more about this activity and learn more about how different shapes are used in architecture at this link.  

  • How could you decorate your balloons? 
  • Try different sizes. 
  • What other shapes can you create with Origami? 
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

6-10-2020 MVHS Teacher Mr. Zickler read "In the Night Kitchen"

Listen to the story "The Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak read by MVHS Teacher Mr. Paul Zickler.  


Voices of the Children is sharing videos of local community members reading their favorite children's books some in English and some in Spanish.  Check out the growing playlist here.  

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Monday, June 8, 2020

6-9-2020 Microns and Masks

How big is one coronavirus? How big is a micron? How well do these masks protect against the virus? What can you observe about the size of particles mentioned? Why are we wearing masks?

Click on this link to see the resources and do the activity.  HowBigMicron.pdf

Activity from YummyMath


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Sunday, June 7, 2020

6-8-2020 Reading the ABCs from Space

Take a tour around the earth and spot the letters of the alphabet made by land forms and man made objects.  As you explore, what else can you discover?  

Can you find the first letter of your name? 
What countries did you discover? 
How were the different letters formed?  Mountains? Islands? Canyons? Rivers? 



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