Manipulatives List: Grade 4
Manufactured Manipulatives: a list of each of the manipulatives needed to implement fully the Math Trailblazers curriculum. Many of these manipulatives may be available already in your classroom or school.
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- in kit form from Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company;
- in a kit configuration that allows sharing between classrooms from Kendall/Hunt;
- or as individual items from your manipulatives supplier.
Please contact Kendall/Hunt directly for additional information.
Other materials are needed for the successful implementation of the Math Trailblazers curriculum for the entire year. These materials are listed in three categories to aid in planning for the year:
- Consumables (edible or one-use items such as beans, paper cups, etc.)
- Collectibles (throwaway items such as magazines, egg cartons, jars)
- School Supplies (items usually available in classrooms such as tape, glue, markers)
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Classroom |
per Group |
per Classroom of 30 Students |
| balls, super | 1 per group of 3 | 10 |
| balls, tennis | 1 per group of 3 | 10 |
| base-ten pieces, set consists of: 2 packs (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm), 14 flats (10 cm x 10 cm x 1 cm), 30 skinnies (10 cm x 1 cm x 1cm), 50 bits (1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm) |
1 set per student pair | 15 sets |
| calculator, TI MathMate or equivalent | 1 per student | 30 |
| connecting cubes, (Hex-a-Link™, Multilink®, or equivalent) |
40 per student | 1200 |
| connecting cubes, centimeter | 75 per group of 3 | 750 |
| eyedropper, plastic | 1 per student pair | 15 |
| geometric wooden solids | 1 set per classroom | 1 |
| graduated cylinder, 100-cc | 1 per student pair | 15 |
| graduated cylinder, 250-cc | 1 per student pair | 15 |
| marbles, standard size | 25 per student pair | 375 |
| marbles, large (approx. 3/4 inch) | 12 per student pair | 180 |
| number cubes | 1 per group of 3 | 10 |
| overhead base-ten pieces | 1 set | 1 set |
| overhead square-inch tiles, colored | 1 set | 1 set |
| pattern blocks, fraction (1 cm or 1/2 cm to match size of standard pattern blocks used) |
3 brown trapezoids per student |
90 |
| pattern blocks, standard | 6 green triangles, 5 blue rhombuses, 3 each of the other shapes per student |
750 |
| protractors | 1 per student | 30 |
| ruler, cm/inch, transparent | 1 per student | 30 |
| standard masses (10 5-gram masses, 5 10-gram masses, 2 20-gram masses, 10 1-gram masses) |
1 set per student pair | 15 sets |
| square-inch tiles, colored | 60 per group of 3 | 600 |
| two-pan balance | 1 per student pair | 15 |
| wood or metal incline (at least 50 cm long) | 1 per group of 3 | 10 |
| yardsticks/metersticks | 1 per student | 30 |
| *wall chart, laminated: data tables & graph |
1 set per classroom | 1 set |
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| bags, resealable | 1 per student |
| bags, paper lunch | 1 per student |
| boxes, small cardboard | 1 per student |
| containers to hold water, marbles, etc. | 1 per student |
| jars, clear; large and small | 1 small and 1 large |
| milk cartons or small containers for planting | 1 per student |
| newspapers or magazines | 1 per student |
| roller skates or toy cars | 1 per student group |
| string or twine | 1 ball |
| wire | 1 24-inch piece per student group |
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| adding machine tape | 8 rolls |
| beans: red, navy, or pinto | 1 handful per student |
| paper towels | 2 rolls |
| potting soil | 1 cup per student |
| seeds, lima or sunflower | 2 per student |
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| construction paper | 25 sheets |
| easel paper | 16 sheets |
| envelopes | 2 per student |
| file rack | 1 per classroom |
| index cards, 3 inch by 5 inch | 1 per student |
| manila folders | 2 per student |
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The following supplies are used throughout the year:
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NOTE: Above text taken from Math Trailblazers Teacher Implementation Guide (TIG)
Copyright © 1998 by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. Used with permission.
Copyright © 1999 Institute for Mathematics and Science Education.
All rights reserved.
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