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Happy Numbers Welcomes Guest Bloggers!
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Professional Development

Happy Numbers Welcomes Guest Bloggers!
Happy Numbers is all about helping real teachers and students in real classrooms. That’s why we welcome your input! Are you a blog writer with an idea for a post about math? A teacher who wants to share a classroom experience with Happy Numbers? Send us your proposal!
Happy Numbers team · 01 Nov
Going from Concrete to Visual Representation: Combinations to 10
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Kindergarten
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Grade 1

Going from Concrete to Visual Representation: Combinations to 10
Every year when I start things rolling in my third grade classroom, I am amazed at the levels of abilities of my students. There are always a handful of students who, for whatever reason, are lacking number sense in big ways. This handful of students typically struggles with making combinations to 10. So I do what any teacher would do best, I re-teach, and re-teach, and re-teach...
Happy Numbers team · 01 Nov