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PTA Take Your Family to School Week Grant Money Available

PTA Take Your Family to School Week Grant Money Available

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WooHoo!  Free Money! Okay, so technically there’s a little work involved.  But the kind of money we’re talking about here is definitely worth the effort. The PTAs Take Your Family to School Week is sponsored by the AXA Foundation and includes 45 $1000 grants.  One of them could be yours if you take action before October 28, 2011 by completing the short application. Of course, we’re going to want you to use that money to purchase our Nifty Numbers Family…

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A Twist on the Estimation Jar

A Twist on the Estimation Jar

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Teachers often use the estimating jar as a way to promote good estimating skills in their students.   Throw a little candy in that jar and now you’ve got students excited and motivated to do math!  The following activities are a twist on the traditional estimating jar and have been done with second through fifth graders. I introduce the estimating jar, filled with Hersheys kisses, by asking students to give a reasonable estimate as to how many kisses they think are…

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