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Bridges eNewsDecember 2010 
Greetings!  

In this issue we offer more tips and supplemental activities from the Bridges Blog including Number Corner exercises from fellow teachers.  We invite you to start off the new year by sending us your ideas and suggestions for implementation.
 
Best wishes for a great 2011. 
Frazer Boergadine
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Bridges Blog Digest 

Reader Question: How Many Student Contact Days?  Bridges Blog readers respond to question about school days.  More >

Promoting Critical Thinking at Home  With cutbacks in school days and funding, some parents wonder about doing more with their students at home.  More >

Holiday Math Game Countdown  Online calendar from the NRICH Web site provides interactive math games.  More >

Supplemental Activities Become Work Places  Guest Blogger Maggie Englund discusses the Bridges Grade 2 supplemental activities she uses in the classroom.  More >

 

Visual Fractions Online   Grade 4 supplemental online tutorials use visual images to help learn fractions.  More >

Fact Strategies Button Chart  Shelly Scheafer shares her use of the large addition chart for Grade 2 students.  More >

Oregon Math Standards Bridges Charts  Instructional Math Coach Teena Staller created charts showing Oregon Math Core Standards addressed in Bridges.  More >

Highlights 

Special Offers  Student books (non-perf pages), Spanish Home Connections, and transparencies.  More >

BER Presentations by Barb Blanke  Dr. Blanke will give her workshop on strategies for teaching grades 3-6 math at various locations across the country.  More >
    
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