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Must Have Math Tools

Posted on June 9, 2021 By Amanda Younger No Comments on Must Have Math Tools

Student math toolboxes

Each student has a toolbox in their desk to use any time

  • 20 2-sided red and yellow counters
  • 20 bingo chips
  • 100 paper counters (each student has a different shape)
  • Paper base ten blocks
    • Units
    • Rods
    • Flats
    • Cubes
  • 6-sided dice
  • 10-sided dice
  • Ten frames
  • Place value chart to 1000’s place
  • Number word cards
  • Odd and even strips
  • 0-20 number line
  • Open number line
  • 100 charts
  • Multiplication chart
  • Canadian coins
  • Time conversions

Most of the printable are from this file. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Tools-K-5th-1906332

Available on math shelves for student use

  • Class set of cusinire rods
  • 6-sided dice
  • 10-sided dice
  • 6- and 10-sided double dice
  • 12-sided dice
  • 20-sided dice
  • Base ten blocks
  • Number decks (playing cards with numbers 0-10)
  • Decks of cards
  • Clocks
  • Spinners
  • Spinner overlays
  • Shaped counters
  • Plastic counters
  • Bingo chips
  • Pattern blocks
  • Ten and twenty frames
  • Snap cubes
  • Unifix cubes
  • Dominoes
  • Geoboards
  • Lego
  • Coloured tiles

Many of the items were in my room when I moved in or were inherited from retiring teachers as they cleaned out their rooms. Having math tool boxes in student desks was new this year with the pandemic but the tool boxes are here to stay, students have the materials at their finger tips when they want to use them and I can ask that specific items be taken out for use in a lesson and it’s quick and seamless. The other tools are ones we use less often or our cusiniare rods which are too bulky in desks when we already have math tool boxes. 

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