;
Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016
11
shared her email address with him because she was interested in receiving
complimentary handouts and additional information about his manipulatives.
In late October 2013, Dana sent Jim an email because she had some
additional questions about his manipulatives. Dana told him that she was
very interested in using some of his manipulatives to meet the needs of her
students' challenging learning and processing deficits. Dana informed Jim
that she wanted to get some of the 11" regular student manipulatives for her
students first because she felt that their needs were a top priority.
At the beginning of April 2014, Dana invited Jim to her classroom for a
"quick refresher" during her planning period on how to use the manipulatives
more effectively with her students. In addition to Dana, her interpreter, and
Jim, she felt that it would be beneficial for her paraprofessional to be present.
Jim seemed to find this setting more conducive to explain his manipulatives
to her team rather than in an exhibit hall at the conference. The
demonstration lasted about 30 minutes and all of the professionals asked Jim
impressive first-time questions about the Fractions 16th manipulative.
Dana believes that her classroom revolves around students meeting
20
