Help me give my students hands-on manipulatives to help them understand decimals, place value, multiplication, division, and volume.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Given's classroom raised $257
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
5th grade math starts off with the why and how for how math works and then moves to algorithm, something that we sometimes call “math math.” In our class, we spend time going deep in our understanding of the why and how by using models and manipulatives. When students understand why math works, they start to see the bigger picture for math, they can make more connections to previous math, and they can connect to math that we study later in the school year. In previous years, I have built manipulative boxes that students keep at their work groups. These kits contain fraction tiles, base ten blocks, counting chains, fraction circles, etc. Students know that they can use a math tool (manipulative) whenever they need to in order to support their learning or thinking. What I have found, though, is that the kits I have previously built need to grow. As students have branched out and become more proficient in explaining their thinking with manipulatives, they often run out of a certain type of manipulative or there is just not enough to share within the group.
I have seen the positive impact that math manipulatives have had with my students.
The tools help students model and explain their thinking, allow them to work collaboratively on large models while discussing why they agree or disagree with each other, and they provide a concrete way for students to interact with math.
The goal of this project is to expand the math manipulative kits so that students have access to support their thinking when working with decimals, volume, division, multiplication, and place value. By expanding the kits, more students will be able to use the manipulatives during whole class and small group instruction.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
hand2mind Green Foam Base Ten Blocks Complete Set, Place Value Blocks, Counting Cubes for Kids Math, Base 10 Math Manipulatives for Kids, Kindergarten Homeschool Supplies (Set of 322)
• Amazon Business
$53.60
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$107.20
hand2mind Snap Cubes, Math Linking Cubes, Plastic Cubes, Snap Blocks, Color Sorting, Connecting Cubes, Math Manipulatives, Counting Cubes for Kids Math, Math Cubes, Math Counters (Set of 1000)
• Amazon Business
$62.95
1
$62.95
Materials cost
$170.15
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$15.57
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.55
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$218.27
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$38.52
Total project goal
$256.79
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$256.79
3 Donors
-$171.19
Donations toward project cost
-$145.51
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$25.68
match offer
-$85.60
Match offer toward project cost
-$72.76
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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