Q&A: Classroom Supplies In Addition To Manipulatives

THE QUESTION:

What are some of your favorite manipulatives to utilisation inwards math class?

MY ANSWER:

This enquiry reminded me of a postal service I educate out to create a yr ago. Last year, every bit I was cleaning upwards my classroom for the summer, I decided I should create a spider web log postal service nigh what manipulatives too supplies I snuff it on inwards my cabinet inwards my classroom. I took all the pictures, but I never genuinely got around to writing the post. So, these pictures are instantly a yr old, but they're withal a pretty adept representation of what you'll detect inwards my cabinets.

So, I acquaint to you: Things inwards Ms. Hagan's cabinet. Some are manipulatives. Others are merely random materials that sometimes comes inwards useful for my classroom.

Storage Tubs for Each Group of Desks - I used these my outset yr of teaching. Things got unorganized agency also fast. Haven't used them since...

Pattern Blocks - I accept to acknowledge that I genuinely haven't ever used these for anything...

Toothpicks - Great for Calculating Pi

Coordinate Grid Stamps - I inherited these from the previous math teacher. My students accept used these a handful of times, but the ink seems to bleed through the newspaper also much to live on able to write on both sides of the paper.

Wax Paper - Perfect for making parabolas

Walk-On Number Line - My mom picked this upwards for me at a yard sale. I squall back this would live on genuinely cool to utilisation to brand a human point plot.

Spinners - These were also inherited from the previous teacher. I need to detect a agency to contain these into my statistics flat adjacent year!

Ping Pong Balls - I picked these upwards inwards the Target Dollar Spot. I withal haven't constitute a projection to utilisation them for. I know they volition come upwards inwards handy 1 day, though!

Graphing Calculators - Not certain I need to explicate my having these...

Scissors - Necessary for making foldables!

Rulers - I snuff it on a tub of rulers out at all times for my students to utilisation whenever necessary.

Dry Erase Erasers - I hope I've got newer ones since then. But, they likely expect merely every bit bad every bit these now.

Liquid Glue - I prefer stick gum for foldables, but every 1 time inwards a while, my kids need liquid gum for a project. My classroom has snuff it to the go-to identify to come upwards for supplies when my students accept projects to create for other classes.

Colored Markers - Absolutely necessary for pretty INB pages! Plus, math is to a greater extent than fun inwards marker.

Dry Erase Markers

Foam Dice - I also bought tiny foam cubes at Dollar Tree to utilisation to brand my ain dice.

Colored Pencils

Crayons

Highlighters

Measuring Tapes

Folding Meter Sticks

Glue Sticks

Rubber Bands - Necessary for Barbie Bungee. I've done Barbie Bungee for the final 2 years too withal haven't blogged nigh it.

Playing Cards too other Statistics Supplies - I picked upwards the mini-roulette bike at a yard sale. We used it inwards statistics final yr to model the probability of winning diverse casino games. And, don't worry, I threw out the game cards that were meant for a bachelorette party.

Protractors - I don't instruct geometry, but I mightiness need these someday...

Popsicle Sticks - These came inwards handy for making viscous comport launchers inwards stats.

Barbies too Wrestling Dudes - It's amazing that afterwards 2 years of bungee jumping that they are withal all alive! ;)

Dry Erase Sleeves

Dry Erase Boards

Cap Erasers. My students are ever inwards need of erasers.

Library Pockets - I bought these to brand a ZAP game, but I withal haven't done that.

Tangrams - I used these every bit a challenge on the outset hateful solar daytime of schoolhouse to demonstrate mindset. Occasionally, students volition withal draw them out of the cabinet to play alongside them.

Foam Washers - I snuff it on thinking that I volition utilisation these every bit a form of game piece, but it hasn't happened yet.

Paint - This is leftover from icon my classroom. Occasionally, I create accept to touching on upwards the walls. Last summer, they took the radiators out of our classrooms, thence I had to pigment behind the radiator.

Miscellaneous Tubs - These accept served thence many purposes. Colored Pencil holders. Sorting tubs.

Tennis Balls - I used these for a linear regression lab.

De-Icer - This has zilch to create alongside teaching. It's merely a reflection of my fearfulness that my machine volition H2O ice over land I'm at school, too I won't live on able to larn inwards home. Better safe than sorry.

Sidewalk Chalk - Last year, I permit my Algebra 2 students snuff it exterior too graph hyperbolas on the sidewalk.

Mini Trash Cans - I idea that I would permit students position newspaper scraps inwards these every bit they did cutting at their desk. But, they shortly started throwing random trash inwards them. Now, I merely brand my kids larn upwards too walk to the trash can. Maybe I'll endeavor these over again adjacent year???

Sand Timers - Perfect for games too activities

Though these sand timers are a fleck weird. They expect similar they would all live on 3 dissimilar amounts of time. But, they all empty inwards precisely 3 minutes.

Tools - Because you lot never know when you lot mightiness need to create something. The most used tool inwards hither would live on the record measure!

Binder Clips :D

Cleaning Supplies

Scale

Flip Chutes - These constituent every bit function machines inwards my classroom. But, I'm certain I could come upwards up alongside multiple other uses for them!

Clear Picture Frames - I bought these on the recommendation of some other blogger. They utilisation them for station instructions. But, confession - I've never genuinely done stations alongside my students.

Toy Cars - I volition come upwards up alongside a lesson that involves these someday.

COLORED PAPER - best classroom tool ever!

Pocket Charts - I planned on using these to form names for educatee groups. That didn't come about this year, though.

Filetastics - I got excited when I constitute these at Mardel for 75% off. But, I exclusively accept infinite to hang 1 of these inwards my classroom. :(

Fly Swatters - Not for genuinely killing flies. That would live on gross. We utilisation them for the fly swatter game.

Red/Yellow/Green Cups for Group Work

first hateful solar daytime of school for a mindset activity.

Post-It Notes - It is non possible to accept also many of these.

Giant condom bands for closing educatee interactive notebooks

Traffic low-cal stickers - Honestly, I forgot that I had bought these. I planned to utilisation them for educatee self-assessment. I estimate I should brand this a goal for adjacent year.

Page flags to grade units inwards INBs - I'm non certain if these were worth the hassle...

White-Out - I accept also many students who insist on writing inwards pen. I loan out white-out a lot.

Popsicle Stick Containers for Each Class - This yr I wrote each student's squall on a popsicle stick. I used these to randomly telephone telephone on students.

Mini-Envelopes - These worked perfectly for keeping unfinished INB projects together. We also used them to concord our flashcards that I accept yet to spider web log about.

Cute notes - Sometimes I squall back I was likely meant to live on an uncomplicated teacher...

Shower Curtain Coordinate Plane

So, these aren't currently inwards my classroom. They're lids that I stole from my kitchen that nosotros used inwards trig to draw circles. Math manipulatives don't accept to live on fancy!

Pipe Cleaners - We used these to discover radians. I've also used them to demonstrate the vertical business test.

We also made our ain clinometers this yr inwards trig. Paper, newspaper clips, glue, string, too a washer brand a pretty peachy tool for figuring out how tall our schoolhouse edifice is.