Abstract :
It didn´t seem like math today. My teacher changed the rules. She said, “No pencils, paper, or books. We´re using other tools.” We all had apples, pumpkins too. Now what was going on? My teacher cut and made us count. (The morning had quickly gone.) We guessed, then counted all our seeds. Two thousand was the score. Oh no, I guess I told you wrong: Two thousand thirty-four! — Second grade class, Jay Elementary School, Jay, Maine, versifying on a successful new method of teaching in which students handle physical objects to learn concepts.
