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We know children are naturally fascinated by trains. Take advantage of this fun event in your classroom this month with a high-leverage math tool, Ten-Frames Trains. Make the concept of ten concrete for your learners with these fun, interlocking "train" cars that hold 10 counters per train. Connect trains together to work with numbers to 20 and beyond.
Every year around this time, my family is getting ready for back-to-school night. Now that I have children in high school, junior high, and elementary school, it’s always fun to see how this event is handled at the different levels. When I was teaching high school, we were very structured, with parents moving from class to class as though on a regular schedule; I think we had each group for ten minutes, just long enough to quickly review the syllabus and policies and send them off to the next class. Regardless of the structure of back-to-school night at your school, there are a few things you can do to make the evening more engaging for students and their parents. A good place to start is having some manipulatives you’ll be using during the year out for parents to handle. Things like Unifix Cubes, Pattern Blocks, Ten-Frame Floor Mats and Fraction Tiles are always good choices.
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