Table of contents for November 2025 in 3D

Welcome to another inspiring edition of 3D Magazine, your trusted monthly guide for understanding and supporting students with dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and dyspraxia. This month, we focus on practical strategies that help neurodiverse learners build confidence and success in both academic and daily life. Inside this issue, you’ll discover new ways to make learning accessible through multi-sensory teaching methods, fine motor skill activities, and creative classroom adaptations that promote inclusion and independence. Each article is carefully crafted with expert advice, evidence-based interventions, and parent-tested tools to strengthen focus, improve coordination, and boost self-esteem. Whether you’re working on handwriting support for dysgraphia, visual-spatial reasoning for dyscalculia, or motor planning for dyspraxia, our resources aim to make every learning moment engaging and empowering. At 3D Magazine, we believe that every child learns differently,…

How far it is from one point to another is the distance traveled. How long does it take? What is the speed traveled? This will tell you the distance. People most often travel by car. But you can figure out the distance traveled using a bike or walking as well. "Let's review how to figure DISTANCE." HELPFUL HINTS The speed traveled is measured in miles per hour (mph). Sasha's car is traveling at 65 mph. How long it takes is measured in minutes and hours. Minutes are converted to percentages of an hour. Since an hour is 60 minutes • 15 minutes is 25% of 60 or .25 30 minutes is 50% of 60 or .5 • 45 minutes is 75% of 60 or .75 It took 2 hours and…

1. Create an Energy Audit (pg 5) ° When is your energy high? Low? ° Create a daily, weekly, and monthly/yearly energy audit, because our energy shifts as the year progresses 2. Prioritize using the Eisenhower matrix (pg 6) ° Urgent/Important: are the priority ° Not Urgent/Important: schedule for the future ° Urgent/Not Important: delegate to someone else ° Not Urgent/Not Important: remove completely or move to a future management cycle 3. Pick a time management routine ° There are a variety of routines, depending on your task and difficulty level ° Experiment to see what works best for you ° Set timers to help keep you on track ° Move away from your work on your breaks-go for a walk, do a chore, etc ° Some starter routines: work…

Elapsed time means the amount of time that has passed. There are 60 minutes in an hour. Between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., the elapsed time is 1 hour or 60 minutes. "Let's review how to figure ELAPSED TIME." HELPFUL HINTS a.m. = time from immediately after midnight until immediately before noon p.m. = time from immediately after noon until immediately before midnight 60 seconds in a minute • 60 minutes in an hour • 24 hours in a day 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. is 12 hours • 1:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. is 12 hours Elapsed Time 20 minutes Elapsed Time 35 minutes Elapsed Time Practice 1. From 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 am., what is the elapsed time? ____________ 2. From 6:35 p.m. to 11:00 p.m, what is…

Mrs. Johnson is a retired computer consultant who volunteers at a local mission. She needs a schedule to keep her organized. Part 1 Directions: Read the paragraph below and create a table titled “Mrs. Johnson’s week” on a separate sheet of paper. Mrs. Johnson just retired. She worked as a computer consultant for almost 30 years. Now that she has retired, she’s decided to set up a new schedule for herself. She has breakfast every day from 8:30 to 9:30, then she spends the rest of her morning in the garden. Every day she prepares lunch in the kitchen at 12:30 and eats it in the computer room at 1:00pm while chatting with her friends online. During the week she spends 2 hours each afternoon at the George St. Mission…

"He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom." -P.G. Wodehouse Objectives: 1. Students will illustrate emotions using words. 2. Students will practice figurative language skills using analogies. 3. Students will identify an emotion based on an analogous description they hear. Instructions: 1. Analogies explain an unknown using a known. In this activity, the unknown is that the emotion is not known by the hearer. The known is the scenario or personal experience. 2. Print and separate the emotion cards, placing them in a container for the students to draw (print as many cards as there are students) 3. Students should not reveal their selected emotion to anyone else. 4. Each student will offer an analogy to communicate…

There are different types of measurement: length • weight • capacity • time There are different types of measurement tools: tape measures • rulers • yardsticks scales • measuring cups &, spoons • clocks "Let’s review how to figure MEASUREMENTS." HELPFUL HINTS Measurement Practice 1. How many pounds is 24 ounces? _________ 2. The board is 30 inches long. How many feet is it? _________ 3. How many ounces is 2½ cups? __________ 4. A room is 12 feet long × 14 feet wide. How many square feet? _________…

Name: _____________ ESTIMATE how long it will take to complete each task. Then, do each task and write the actual time it took to complete. • How far apart are the estimated times from the actual times? • What may impact the times being different or similar? • What helped (i.e. planning) & what hindered (i.e. disorganization)? Name: ANSWER KEY What Time Is It? ESTIMATE how long it will take to complete each task. Then, do each task and write the actual time it took to complete. • How far apart are the estimated times from the actual times? What does that tell you? 30 seconds - 46 seconds = -15 seconds 120 seconds - 60 seconds = 60 seconds 60 seconds - 90 seconds = -30 seconds The task…