My students need individual math tool boxes, containing mathematical manipulatives to include connecting cubes, double sided counters, dice, pattern blocks, coins, and playing cards.
In our classrooms we use the Workshop model of teaching not only in Reading and Writing, but also in Math. Our students need tool boxes for purposeful and efficient independent daily practice. "The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics." -Paul Halmos
Our students are eager to learn each day!
They thrive off of hands-on experiences and the use of manipulatives. We are a Title 1 school with 95% of our 400 students receiving free/reduced price lunch. Our students come from families facing economic hardships and the majority cannot afford pre-school where children start developing early math concepts. Our school is an amazing team of educators who embrace each student where they are at and create goals and high expectations to get them where they need to be!
My Project
Math Tool Boxes will enable each child in our classroom to access math manipulative's quickly through out the day and increase math instruction by eliminating the need for teachers to pass out supplies. Math Tool Boxes would be built throughout the year as we introduce new math concepts and manipulatives. Each box would contain: counting/sorting bears, connecting cubes, double sided counters, dominoes, pattern blocks, coins, deck of cards, place value blocks, ten frame, dice, number line, addition/subtraction bead bracelets. Students will use their tool boxes during whole group learning, independent practice, small group learning and during center/station learning. Math Tool Boxes will enable students to take charge of their own mathematical learning by having fast and immediate access to the manipulatives "tools" they need to explore and learn!
Donations to our project will help us to provide continuity to our four Kindergarten classrooms and ensure that each student receives the same opportunities to learn and explore mathematical concepts in the same way.
Our students thrive from learning through play and hands on manipulatives. "Math is like ice cream, with more flavors than you can imagine-and if all your children ever do is textbook math, that's like feeding them broccoli-flavored ice cream." - Denise Gaskins
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