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Middleton Teachers Post Videos for Kids Who Are AlmostaThirdGrader.com
The idea is to give kids at the Woodbury elementary a fun way to keep up their skills over the long vacation, according to the Star Tribune.
Teachers at Middleton Elementary School in Woodbury are getting incoming third-graders ready for school with summertime videos at AlmostaThirdGrader.com, the Star Tribune reported:
"... Megan Zachman and her fellow second-grade instructors are churning out videos — 36 of them by summer’s end — for a new website Zachman has launched giving last year’s students a chance to brush up on past lessons and sample third-grade challenges ahead. ...
"For a lesson on algebra, the team used Garry’s dog, Gunner, to develop equations involving missing dog treats and tennis balls. Viewers are told that Gunner, who likes playing with tennis balls, had 25 at the start. An exasperated Garry then is shown holding only four of them. ... 'There are 21 balls in the yard,' the narrator eventually states. 'Good luck, Miss Garry. You’ll need it.'”
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