Beginning next month, Cynthia Hockman-Chupp, MLC's Bridges Blog host, will take over authorship of this newsletter. I have enjoyed my time working with educators to bring Bridges to life in the classroom and wish you all the best this school year.
Amazing Classroom Story... Q&A with first grade teacher Shelly Scheafer from Bend, Oregon about Bridges in her classroom and a great story about teaching fraction supplements. More >
Managing Manipulatives Portland Public School teacher Mary Harbolt suggested a great idea for encouraging student clean up of manipulatives. More >
Magic Square Math Check out this book and some square-related activities. Students will be amused as Ben Franklin creates magic math squares to entertain himself. More >
All Smiles for Tile Patterns Students from a fifth grade class in Evansville, Wyoming, wanted to share their enthusiasm for algebraic thinking through their tile patterns. More >
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