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title: Pixton Lesson Ideas | Inger Utke
description: After realizing at 8 years old that she wanted to be a teacher, Ms. Utke has now taught 3rd grade in Los Angeles (LAUSD) for 30 years. She also has National Board Certification in English as a New Language for Early-Middle Childhood. Inger discovered Pixton when trying to find a way to make math word problems more easily understood by second language learners.
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# Lesson Ideas from Inger Utke

After realizing at 8 years old that she wanted to be a teacher, Ms. Utke has now taught 3rd grade in Los Angeles (LAUSD) for 30 years. She also has National Board Certification in English as a New Language for Early-Middle Childhood. Inger discovered Pixton when trying to find a way to make math word problems more easily understood by second language learners.

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 Science 

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 STEM 

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 Civics 

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 SEL 

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 Special Education 

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 ESL/ELL 

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 World Languages 

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 Math 

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