Place Value Manipulatives and Supplies

Funded Aug 26, 2015

Thank you so much for contributing to my classroom project. The manipulatives and games were all related to our first unit, which centered around place value. I was able to use the materials to help foster a deeper understanding of the content. We will continue to use the manipulatives throughout the entire year and the workshop games will provide engaging ways for the students to practice the previously taught skills.

The writing utensils have been a HUGE asset to the classroom as it helps students annotate their work and explain their thinking. It also gives them the opportunity to critique each other's work, which is a focus of the Standards of Mathematical Practice of the Common Core State Standards.

The students were thrilled when we started to use the manipulatives. Place value blocks are commonly used to help understand our base-10 numeric system, but the manipulatives we received through the project gave students another way to explore. It was also helpful that the charts, cubes and disks were all color coded using the same system. They LOVE playing with the workshop games during independent time. They even take them out during free time, which makes me feel like I'm tricking them into doing work ; -)

It is my hope that I can get acquire specific manipulatives and workshop games for every unit. I make sure to research thoroughly which manipulatives will help the most with understanding the content and also are the most versatile. Thanks again for your support.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Poist