Manipulatives List: Grade 5
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 which 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 towels, etc.)
- Collectibles (throwaway items such as magazines, egg cartons, jars, etc.)
- School Supplies (items usually available in classrooms such as tape, glue, markers, etc.)
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Classroom |
per Group |
per Classroom of 30 Students |
| 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 1 cm), 50 bits (1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm) |
1 set per student pair | 15 sets |
| bubble solution | 1 per student group of 3 | 10 |
| bubble wands | 1 per student group of 3 | 10 |
| calculator, TI-30 Challenger | 1 per student | 30 |
| compasses | 1 per student | 30 |
| connecting cubes | 40 per student | 1200 |
| eyedroppers | 1 per student group of 3 | 10–15 |
| geoboards | 1 per student pair | 15 |
| graduated cylinder, 250 cc | 1 per student group of 3 | 10–15 |
| metersticks | 1–2 per student group of 3 | 10–15 |
| Mr. O | 1 per classroom | 1 |
| overhead base-ten pieces | 1 set | |
| overhead geoboard | 1 per classroom | 1 |
| overhead pattern blocks | 1 set | |
| pattern blocks, fraction (1 cm or 1/2 cm to match size of standard pattern blocks used) |
3 brown trapezoids, 6 purple triangles per student |
270 |
| pattern blocks, standard | 6 green triangles, 5 blue rhombuses, 1–2 yellow hexagons, and 3 red trapezoids per student |
480 |
| protractors | 1 per student | 30 |
| ruler, cm/inch, transparent | 1 per student | 30 |
| spheres, small steel (1/2-inch diameter) | 5 per student group of 3 | 50 |
| spheres, medium steel (1-inch diameter) | 1 per student group of 3 | 10–15 |
| spheres, large steel (1 1/4-inch diameter) | 1 per student group of 3 | 10–15 |
| spinners, clear plastic | 1 per student pair | 15 |
| square-inch tiles | colored 25 per student | 750 |
| standard masses | 1 set per student pair (10 5-gram masses, 5 10-gram masses, 2 20-gram masses, 10 1-gram masses) |
15 sets |
| stopwatches | 24 per classroom | 24 |
| two-pan balances | 1 per student group of 3 | 10–15 |
| *wall chart, laminated: data tables & graph |
1 set per classroom | 1 set |
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| bags, paper lunch | 1 per group of 3 |
| bags, plastic self-closing | 1 per group of 3 |
| beans, baby lima | 1 lb bag per group of 3–4 |
| cardboard, 14 cm by 24 cm | 1 per student |
| cans and lids of various sizes | 2–3 per student pair |
| one of the following:
large grassy area, |
1 per classroom |
| clay | 1 handful per group of 3 |
| cups/pans for holding/pouring water | 1 per group of 3 |
| small objects to measure mass/volume
cork |
1–2 per group of 3 |
| string | 1 ball (at least 200 ft) |
| pennies | 20 per group of 3 |
| nickels | 1 per group of 3 |
| playing cards | 1 deck per group of 3 |
| pony beads or ditali noodles | 77 per student |
| scoops, three sizes
small, 2 tablespoons |
1 of each per group of 3–4 |
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| chenille sticks | 4 per group of 3 |
| straws | 10 per group of 3 |
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| easel paper | 41 sheets |
| letter-size envelopes | 1 per group of 3 |
| manila folders | 2 per student |
| file rack | 1 per classroom |
| paper towels | 3 brands, 1 roll each |
| rubber bands | 2 boxes per classroom |
| 3- by 5-inch index cards | 2 packages |
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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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