Photo Record of Mathematics Manipulatives
for Elementary Schools

This is a "suggested" list of manipulatives and the numbers that may be adequate for your school/ classroom.  It is provided for information purposes only.  Items currently available for order may not be exactly as shown.

If you discover a problem with information provided, please contact tmcclare@staff.ednet.ns.ca
 

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Required texts for Elementary Schools

Foundation for the Atlantic Canada Mathematics Curriculum

Atlantic Canada Mathematics Curriculum Documents  (APEF)

Other Resources Originally Provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Education

Mathematics A Teaching Resource - Grades Primary to Nine
(One set of Grades Primary to Six draft documents were sent to each school. Grade 7-9 documents are now available in final form)

Blackline Masters Binder and CD

One copy of this resource was sent to each school. Schools/Teachers have permission to make copies.

 

Daily Tune Ups - Grades Primary to Six

One set (for each grade Primary through Six) was sent to each school.

Side By Side Library  (Grade Primary -2 only)(One set of the Side By Side Library, Grades Primary to Two, was sent to each school.)

Mental Math in the Primary Grades / or Mental Math in the Middle Grades
(One copy per teacher (Grades P to Six) was sent to each school.)

PM Maths A (Lower Elementary)

PM Maths B (Lower Elementary)

PM Maths C (Lower Elementary)

PM Maths D (Lower Elementary)

I Get It (individual books for Grades Primary to 6)

I Get It Black Line Masters (individual books for Grades Primary to 6)

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics 5th Edition

Thinking Strategies for
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Math Makes Sense

Grades 3 and 4 available

Mathematics Assessment: A Practical Handbook
Grades K-2
            3-5
            6-8


 

 

Manipulatives with Suggested Quantities

Suggested quantity

  

Base 10 Blocks -

Enough for each student in a class to have

Unit cubes

20 units/ student

Rods

20 rods/ student

Flats

10 flats/ student

Large cubes

 

Overhead Base 10 Blocks

1 set per class

Pattern Blocks (approx. 250 pieces per set)

2-3 sets per class

Overhead Pattern Blocks

1 set per class

  

Power Polygons
(can be used in place of overhead pattern blocks as they look the same but include a greater variety of polygons)

  

Fraction Blocks (50 pcs.- like pattern blocks - pink & black)
(to be used with pattern blocks)

1 set per class

Cube-a-link

500 per class

Two-colour counters

500 per class

Unifix Cubes

600 per class

Geosolids/ Geometric Wooden Shapes

10 sets for classes to share

Relational Geosolids

2 sets per school

Fraction Factory

(set of 15)

2 class sets per school for classes to share

Overhead Fraction Factory

1 set per class

Calculators (TI-108) with overhead calculator

1 class set

Canadian Cash Kit

1 set per class

Attribute Blocks

1 set per class

Overhead Attribute Blocks

1 set per 2 teachers

  

Mira or Math-Vu Mirrors

1 class set per school

Tangrams

1 class set per school

Geoboards

1 class set per school

Overhead Geoboards

1 class set per school

 

Other Manipulatives Not Available Through NSSBB

Suggested quantity

 

Geostrips

3-4 sets per school

Measuring Tapes

1 class set per school grades 3-9

 

Balance Scales

15 per school

 

Metre Sticks

Set of 30 per school

 

Trundle Wheels

3 per school

Thermometers

Set of 30 per school

 

Metric Graduated Beakers

1 set for every 3 classes

 

Spinners

1 class set per school

Dice

1 set per class

 

Overhead Dice

1 set for every 3 classes

 

Overhead Projectors

1 per classroom

 

Pentominoes

 

 

Commercially available text resources related to manipulatives

Grade

 

The Complete Book of Cube-a-Link

P-4 or 5-9

Pattern Blocks Activities for Primary Grades / or for Junior Grades

P-3

Hands On Attribute Binder

P-3

 

The Geoboard Collection: Show and Tell Mathematics

P-4

 

The Geoboard Collection: An Adventure in Math

4-6

 

Investigate and Discover Geometry, Shapes and Measurement Using the Math-Vu Mirror (circle the level you have)

1-3 or 4-6

 

The Puzzling World of Tangrams and Pentominoes

3-9

Fraction Factory Activity Binder

3-8

 

NCTM Resources

 

Addenda Kindergarten to Sixth Grade Books

 

Addenda Grades 5-8 Geometry In The Middle Grades

 

Addenda Grades 5-8 Measurement In The Middle Grades

 

Addenda, Grades K-6, Geometry and Spatial Sense

 

Addenda, Grades K-6, Making Sense of Data

 

Addenda, Grades K-6, Number Sense and Operations

 

Addenda, Grades 5-8 Patterns and Functions

 

Addenda, Grades 5-8 Developing Number Sense in the Middle Grades

 

Addenda, Grades 5-8 Dealing with Data and Chance

 

NCTM Journal

 

 

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics 2000 (NCTM)

 

CD Rom Principles and Standards for School Mathematics 2000 (NCTM)

 

 

Commercially Available Text Resources

Grade

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, 4th edition (Van de Walle)

P-8

Developing Number Concepts Using Unifix Cubes

P-3

About Teaching Mathematics by Marilyn Burns

P-8

Mathematical Problem Solving in Primary Grades (P-3)

P-3

Math by All Means-Probability

3-4

Math by All Means-Geometry

 

A Collection of Math Lessons Grades 1 through 3

1-3

A Collection of Math Lessons

3-6

Family Math

P-8

 

Measure It

P-3 or 4-6

Computational Estimation

6

 

Roads to Reasoning

Each of Grades 1-6

NCTM Navigations Series

Various grades and titles

 

 

 

Other Titles & Materials

More Puddle Questions for Canadian Schools

Various grades and titles

Centicubes  

In the Balance (Pre Algebra)  

   

 

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