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What math manipulatives would I see being used in a classroom today and why?
Grades K-2
We use many concrete manipulatives in grades K-2 to help students build on their intuitive understandings of mathematics. Learners notice and generalize patterns. These are some of the tools we use in class to help students build the structure of 5 and 10!
Ten Frames
Rekenrek or Bead Rack
Five Frames
Our fingers make a perfect ten!
Cuisenaire Rods (Represent values 1-10)
Snap Cubes
Place Value blocks
Grades 3-5
In these years, learners will be encouraged to move from additive reasoning to multiplicative reasoning, adding equal groups and unitizing groups with the distributive property. For example, thinking of 12 x 5 as (10 groups of 5) plus (2 groups of 5). These tools help build this reasoning of equal groups and how they can be split apart for more efficient problem solving as well as exploring the concepts of fractions, area, and perimeter.
Square inch tiles
100 Bead Rack
Cuisenaire Rods
Grades 6-8
In the middle school years, mathematicians will continue to work with fractions as they move to proportional reasoning, solving algebraic equations, as well as calculating the surface area and volume of 3D prisms.
3D Prisms
Algebra Tiles
Cuisenaire Rods
Virtual Math Manipulative Menu
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