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Wait… Are They Playing Twister?

If you walk past my resource room, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll wonder what exactly is happening in there.

You might see a kid stretched across a Twister mat. You might hear us singing. We might be dancing, jumping, clapping, or shouting out sounds. Occasionally, it probably looks like we’re just having a really good time.

And honestly? We are.

But we’re also learning.

One…

Block by Block: Building Math Minds in Third Grade

In third grade, we have been diving into hands-on math activities. The students have been exploring using manipulatives like base ten blocks to build up to 4 digit numbers. By using these blocks to create the numbers, it is providing a visual model of the representational numbers. We started back with basics with understanding the place value of numbers. Students practiced this by rolling a 10-side…