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“Get To Know Me!” - Free stories online. Create books for kids | StoryJumper

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“Get to know me!” - Free stories online. Create books for kids | StoryJumper

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This book is about how a classroom is built of many different people but we all come together as a family when in the classroom. It shows that a classroom is filled with diversity but we are all a family no matter the differences because we share a classroom.

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This book teaches children the joy that comes with giving and receiving. It teaches students how to be giving and how receiving can bring us joy. It helps students an important lesson in life that comes with a lot of joy.

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It's about learning to love yourself, respecting others, and how be kind to one another. It helps students learn what respect is, how we should treat both ourselves and the people around us.

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The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

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The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

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This Book is about finding the courage to connect even when we may feel too scared. It teaches children how to use your imagination to connect with someone or to change the feeling of being bored.

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My Food, Your Food, Our Food by Lisa Bullard

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My Food, Your Food, Our Food by Lisa Bullard

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This book is about the food different cultures around the world eat. It helps the students learn about the world around them through food.

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Available by email from 9 - 4 or by phone at 1-855-770-2684
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nsheeran9378@westfield.ma.edu
amoody9096@westifeld.ma.edu
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At the end of every month, a newsletter will be sent home with your child with information on the upcoming month. It will contain any important information and any plans for the month.

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PowerSchool is a website that can help you keep track of your child's grades, attendance, and any communication between teachers, administrators, and yourselves.

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If you do not have a PowerSchool ID

Start the process of creating a PowerSchool ID by starting in your PowerSchool SIS. Contact your administrator if you need the address of your PowerSchool SIS.

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If you do not have a PowerSchool ID Start the process of creating a PowerSchool ID by starting in your PowerSchool SIS. Contact your administrator if you need the address of your PowerSchool SIS.

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This is an educational based game for students to use to help build their math skills. It is extremely engaging for students to practice their math outside of the classroom.

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Teach Your Monster To Read is similar to prodigy but for reading. It is an educational game that helps students practice reading in an engaging and fun way.

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Teach Your Monster: Free Phonics, Reading and Mathematics Games

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Help children learn with our free, award-winning reading, mathematics and phonics games.

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This is another communication platform. It is a two-way text messaging system that helps us communicate in your preferred language about what goes on in the classroom.

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Adoption and usage

Simple, effective, and surprisingly easy to use

With nearly 30 million users in 80% of US schools, the numbers speak for themselves: students, families, and educators love using Remind.

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Remind | Communication Platform for Education

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Remind is a communication platform that reaches students and families where they are and supports learning wherever it happens. Millions of educators, students, and parents use Remind to connect with the people and resources that help them teach and learn.

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This resource is both videos and activities for students or teachers to support any lesson of any subject. It has great activities for teachers to engage their students or a video to start off a lesson.

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PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers

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Inspire your students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards.

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Helps teacher with new and exciting science-related lessons. It gives teachers fun activities, lessons, and videos for students to be engaged when learning about science.

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Share links with up to 35 students

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Share links with an unlimited number of students

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This platform gives new information and new lessons for teachers to use in the classroom. It helps bring fun and new ideas to make the classroom more fun.

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Discovery Education | Your Daily Learning Platform

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Discovery Education inspires educators to go beyond traditional learning with award-winning digital content and professional development. Learn more today!

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This is a website that gives students access to loads of books and videos. You can either use it as a student or as an educator. Students have a larger library and more books to read with the use of this resource.

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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Get unlimited access to 40,000 of the best books, audiobooks, videos, & more for kids 12 and under. Try it free.

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Google classroom is another great source of communication between teachers and students. Teachers can post anything from links to websites for students to assignments for students to complete. It gives students a place that contains all their resources in one place.

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Create learning environments that are easier to manage and support educators and students with connected, safer tools.

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Level up your Classroom with apps

Discover a world of apps that seamlessly integrate with Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education.

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Classroom Management Tools & Resources - Google for Education

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This is an amazing source for communicating with students, parents/guardians, and teachers. Teachers can communicate with students and families about what is going on in their classrooms.

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ClassDojo helps teachers, parents, and students build amazing classroom communities.

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This website gives teachers multiple different kinds of resources to use in their own classrooms. It gives them anything from a lesson plan to a game in any subject you may need. This source is great for new teachers and even veteran teachers.

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World's most popular online marketplace for original educational resources with more than four million resources available for use today.

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a bilingual organization rooted in children's rights, social and racial justice and antiracism, the individual and collective practice of nonviolence and reparenting, intergenerational and ancestral healing, cultural sustenance, and the active decolonization of oppressive practices in our families.

We offer family education and support that is culturally responsive to and for the Latinx community and its allies, trauma-informed, and centered on strengths and advocacy.

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Resource for all families that may face crisis, trauma, or behavior problems! Learn about things that your child may go through or see other people go through and how to help their children cope.

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These resources have been compiled by our Parent Coaching team to help families who may be facing a crisis or who have a problem that requires professional attention.

Bullying Prevention and Awareness

StopBullying.gov

Has information on bullying, how to prevent it and how to stop it. Also has sections for kids, teens, educators, parents and the community on their role in ending bullying, and tips for how to respond.
https://www.stopbullying.gov
Empowering Parents articles on this subject:
Bullying Prevention and Awareness
Depression and other Mental Disorders

National Institute of Mental Health

For parents who need help identifying what depression, bipolar and other mental health disorders look like in a child. Also offers news and latest research on mental health.
https://www.nimh.nih.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Getting information to questions about substance abuse and mental health. News, email updates, and FAQS for parents.
https://www.samhsa.gov
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Has "Facts for Families" in numerous languages on a wide variety of topics, such as various diagnoses, divorce, grief, abuse, internet, school services and video games.
https://www.aacap.org
Empowering Parents articles on this subject:
Depression and other Mental Disorders
Domestic Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Offers information and support for people who are experiencing domestic violence, as well as families of victims/survivors. Has information in English/Spanish, as well as TTY access numbers.
https://www.thehotline.org
Children of Domestic Violence

The aim of this organization is to assist those who have experienced or witnessed domestic violence as children to "reach their full potential and break the cycle of violence." Also offered is a free, interactive online curriculum, "Change A Life," which gives training to adults on how to intervene, offers safety-planning skills, and explains how to build resiliency in children affected by domestic violence.
https://cdv.org
Empowering Parents articles on this subject:
Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders

National Eating Disorders Association

For referrals to treatment centers, general information about eating disorders, videos, books and more.

Help hotline: 800-931-2237
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Foster/Adoptive Parenting

FosterParentCollege.com

Offers training for a nominal fee for foster parents, adoptive parents and kinship caregivers on topics specific to foster parenting such as impact of fostering on kids, sexualized behaviors, house safety and the role of mandated reporters.
https://www.fosterparentcollege.com/index.jsp
AdoptUSKids

Serves families who are starting the process to foster/adopt, waiting for a placement or who are looking for post adoptive resources. Has information by state for both fostering and adoption.
https://www.adoptuskids.org
National Council for Adoption

Offers information and resources about a variety of topics related to foster and adoptive parenting.
https://www.adoptioncouncil.org
General Resources

211

2-1-1 provides free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more.

1-800-273-6222
http://www.211.org
Online Safety

ConnectSafely

Has information for kids, teens and families about how to stay safe online. There is also a breakdown by age of child, information on kinds of risks, a glossary, tools for families and links to kid-friendly sites.
https://www.connectsafely.org/safety-tips-advice
Empowering Parents articles on this subject:
Online Safety
Child and Teen Runaways

National Runaway Safeline

"We are the federally-designated national communication system (hotline and website) for runaway and homeless youth. Youth and family members call 24 hours a day to work through problems and find local help from social service agencies and organizations. Some callers just need someone to talk to; others need help finding a shelter, food, medical assistance, or counseling. Some callers are on the streets; others are struggling with other issues and we work with them to identify options to prevent them from leaving their home, when possible and if appropriate."
https://1800runaway.org
Empowering Parents articles on this subject:
Running Away Part I: Why Kids Do It and How to Stop Them Running Away Part II: "Mom, I Want to Come Home." When Your Child is on the Streets
Substance Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse (from the National Institute of Health)

For those needing help identifying and evaluating if their child is abusing drugs and/or alcohol. This organization also offers free publications and pamphlets.
https://www.drugabuse.gov
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

For questions about substance abuse and mental health. News, email updates and FAQs for parents.
https://www.samhsa.gov
The Partnership at Drugfree.org

Parent Help Line (English/Español)

1-855-DRUGFREE (378-4373)

Focused on parents preventing and responding to their child's use or abuse of substances. Offers blogs, parent guides, screening tips and publications.
https://www.drugfree.org
Smokefree.gov

Offers support and information for people looking to quit tobacco products. Also offers ways to show support to people looking to quit tobacco products.
https://www.smokefree.gov
Empowering Parents articles on this subject:
Substance Abuse My Child Is Using Drugs or Drinking Alcohol-What Should I Do?
Suicide Prevention

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

"The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Since its inception, the Lifeline has engaged in a variety of initiatives to improve crisis services and advance suicide prevention." Has links to phone/online chat support on website. Also has services in Spanish, and services specifically geared to veterans.

1-800-273-TALK (8255)
https://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Younger Children

Zero to Three: National Center for Policy on Infants, Toddlers and Families

Offers information on normal early childhood development and behavior through articles, publications, interactive tools and other parent resources. Addresses common topics such as play, sleep, eating habits, early literacy/language development and challenging behaviors.
https://www.zerotothree.org
Office of Child Development, University of Pittsburgh

Offers Parenting guides in Resources sections; PDF files that deal with common issues which may arise in parenting. Mostly geared to younger kids (birth-6.)
http://www.ocd.pitt.edu
Empowering Parents articles on this subject:
Younger Children
And don't forget these resources

Pediatrician or Family Doctor

For questions regarding toilet training, child's abnormal sleeping and/or eating patterns, etc.

Psychiatrist/Psychologist

For questions surrounding child's medications and behavior.

Police

When child or teen is physically abusive or family is unsafe with the child in the home.

The Department of Child Services/Social Services/Human Services (title varies from state to state):

For questions regarding laws in your state around parenting and childcare.

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Free Parenting Resources - Family Crisis and Child Behavior Professionals

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On this website, you can watch animal webcams, learn interesting animal facts, see and share photos of nature, learn about different countries, and try so many fun science experiments!

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This source allows for students to watch a video and then they will be asked to take a short quiz on the video they just watched!

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Please use their website to assist with your child's typing!

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How do I teach my child to type?

At first, younger kids practice typing on a QWERTY keyboard with a resting hand placement on the home row keys (ASDF JKL:) and proper posture, sitting up straight with feet on the floor. Then they will begin to learn touch typing.

Then, they can move on to basic key stroking from the home row. Soon, kids will gain the muscle memory to move into letter sequencing and typing small words. Once the basic location of keys is mastered, they can start to work on speed and accuracy by doing drills online.

Fluency is the combination of speed and accuracy. This is measured in words per minute or WPM. Kids should strive to increase their words per minute with every typing test. They can learn and practice with all sorts of typing games online.

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Learn to type and improve your typing speed online with our free typing lessons & take kids step by step through our typing tutorials geared to train muscle memory motor skills.

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This is a very good resource if you would like your child to learn another language!

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chillola.com Foreign Language Learning for Kids - Spanish French German Italian and English instruction for Children

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chillola.com is a free Foreign Language Website for Children. Kids learn foreign languages through games and actvities. Exciting website that introduces children to foreign languages. Free foreign language learning site for kids, foreign language activities to help kids learn French, Spanish, German, Italian, and English.

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This allows students to become familiar with computers and their codes! This allows students to strengthen their logical thinking!

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Programming for kids, made with love. Easy to follow lessons focused on student outcomes so you can teach your students to code.

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This website is videos that allow students to become more active! There are so many videos that there is a video that everyone will enjoy!

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This is a site that offers a variety of games for students while they are also learning. Some of these games are educational whereas some of them are simply just for fun! :)

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Cool Math Games - Free Online Games for Learning and Fun

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Coolmath Games is a brain-training site for everyone, where logic & thinking & math meets fun & games. These games have no violence, no empty action, just a lot of challenges that will make you forget you're getting a mental workout!

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This site will act as a tool to connect our classroom to your houses! You will find resources for parents and students, as well as classroom books. You will also find our classroom layout, lunch menus, and student's birthdays. Our contact inforomatiion is under our names if you ever need to contact us, please do not hesitate! Please let us know what you would like to see here! Thank you for visiting our site!

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Technology is a great tool that can be viewed as a benefit to our classroom. Therefore, we will allow our students to use technology to complete their assignments. We will have a set of classroom chrome books. We will use technology as a learning tool!

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Our classroom layout is very important for how children behave and interact throughout the day. Many students work well at tables instead of individual desks as it gives them a chance to work in groups and other students. Having the square rug with flexible seating is important to help accommodate  for all students. Some students require some more individualized time, so the kidney table and round table are  good ways to help focus on those students who may need extra guidance. We have technology available in our classroom, such as two computers, a white board and a Smart board for our students to access online materials. We have two bookstands in our classroom as well, so we can look at books as a class. We provide student storage behind our student tables so it is easily accessible for our students. We have teacher storage next to the teacher desk, which is right by the door. Our classroom layout is designed to keep all students on track and preform to the best of their abilities!

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As a class, we vow to follow these rules each and everyday with a big smile on our face!

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Day to day general classroom schedule ( *subject to change depending on special events* )

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Each day you will have the option between two things for lunch. Snacks and drinks are also provided.

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An example of a lesson plan that we would create for class could be Double-It-Up! Double-It-Up is a great game for students to play with a partner or a group to have them recall some of their basic math facts! During this activity, students are supposed to roll a di or pick a card and then double whatever the number is. ( ex. The student rolls a 5.  Then the student would say double 5 equals 10! ) The students then need to come with a movement or exercise to do that many times ( for the example it would be 10 times ). I like that they are using their recall skills, along with being able to move or stretch. It is important for students to be able to complete basic math problems like this and having them practice it is very important. Making sure students are captivated and engaged is important too, and the movement part of this activity will definitely help with that!

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Another example of a lesson plan that may be featured in our class could be 'Wacky Word Wall Words!' The teacher writes word wall words on index cards and makes the vowels and consonants different colors. The students will need to either hop or squat depending if it is a vowel or a consonants. It is a great way to review for a test or just learn and review important words!  I like that there are different motions and movements that get offered for the students to preform, so the class does not get bored when reviewing words that they are already somewhat familiar with. We like to make sure that as a class we are practicing our vocabulary, but also moving and staying active!

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Hi everyone! I'm Miss. Moody and I am one of your teachers! I am a graduate from Westfield State University, and am from East Granby, Connecticut! When I am not in the classroom, I love playing with my dog and hanging out with my friends! I am reachable at amoody9096@westifeld.ma.edu for any further questions!

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Hi Everyone! My name is Miss Bain. I am a graduate of Westfield State University. I love everything teal! I am so excited to watch your child grow during our time together. I am available on email, dbain9525@westfield.ma.edu during normal school hours!

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Hi, I'm Miss. Sheeran! I am from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and will graduate from Westfield State University! I love spending time with my friends, family, and my cats. I am so excited to be your teacher this year! Email me at any time at nsheeran9378@westfield.ma.edu.

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Everyones birthday in the class so we make sure to celebrate!

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These are the Massachusetts state standards for the curriculum. It is the current curriculum we refer to when creating your student's lessons in the classroom.

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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Current Curriculum Frameworks - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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The goal of the Massachusetts public K-12 education system is to prepare all students for success after high school. Massachusetts public school students are leading the nation in reading and math and are at the top internationally in reading, science, and math according to the national NAEP and international PISA assessments.

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This is an extra website for students to be able to virtually use manipulatives whether they are at school or at home.

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Online manipulatives bring all of the learning and fun without the mess. Our math virtual manipulatives help students grasp abstract concepts through modeling. Literacy virtual manipulatives create a fun space for practicing spelling, rhyming, and more!

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Virtual Manipulatives | Mathematical Modelling | Toy Theater

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Original teaching tools aimed at supporting teachers in the elementary school classroom. Two color counters, 3D dice, probability spinners, graph builders, fraction bars, base ten blocks, and more!