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Research has consistently shown that students learn math best when they are able to model problems in concrete ways using manipulatives. Singapore Math requires that every lesson should have either concrete (hands-on) or pictorial (picture drawing) modeling of problems, or both. To that end, I want to outfit my classroom with more math tools to enhance my students' understanding of math. "I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand," Confucious 551—479 BC. Students will be using the pattern blocks to "do" geometry and fractions modeling so that they develop a deep level of understanding of these difficult concepts. The pattern blocks will allow them to quickly manipulate parts and wholes and change them as needed to model problems in a variety of ways. The compasses will enable the students to draw circles quickly for optimal modeling of fractions, for displaying data, and for showcasing their learning in our museum school exhibitions. The students will use number cubes in a variety of ways, for working on place value, for playing task card games to practice all of our math concepts, and for creating random problems to use with math choice boards.

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Research has consistently shown that students learn math best when they are able to model problems in concrete ways using manipulatives. Singapore Math requires that every lesson should have either concrete (hands-on) or pictorial (picture drawing) modeling of problems, or both. To that end, I want to outfit my classroom with more math tools to enhance my students' understanding of math. "I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand," Confucious 551—479 BC. Students will be using the pattern blocks to "do" geometry and fractions modeling so that they develop a deep level of understanding of these difficult concepts. The pattern blocks will allow them to quickly manipulate parts and wholes and change them as needed to model problems in a variety of ways. The compasses will enable the students to draw circles quickly for optimal modeling of fractions, for displaying data, and for showcasing their learning in our museum school exhibitions. The students will use number cubes in a variety of ways, for working on place value, for playing task card games to practice all of our math concepts, and for creating random problems to use with math choice boards.

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