Virtual Manipulative - Money Grades 3-5

This manipulative is very useful for students who may need extra practice with basic money concepts. There are three skills that students can practice involving money. Students can work with making coins equal to $1.00, identify how much money is shown, and placing the requested amount into the box. This is a very basic manipulative but would be great for lower level kids or kids who need some reinforcement.

Cuisenaire Rods Lesson Plan - Plots and Paths

Anticipatory Set:
Complete/Review Do Now and homework

Learning Expectations:
* compute the perimeter and area of shapes
* compare shapes with the same area
* discover that shapes with the same area can have different perimeters

Activities:
* Arrange three Cuisenaire Rods—two reds and a yellow—on grid paper so that the rods lie within the grid lines and at least one centimeter of each rod touches another. Trace around your shape.
* Remove the rods and show the class your “plot.” Have children confirm that the area of your plot—the part that could be covered with grass—is 9 square units.
* Ask children to figure out how long a “path” is needed to go completely around the edge of your plot.
* Reinforce the understanding that the perimeter of your plot—the “path”—is 16 units by counting and numbering each unit.
* What happens when you make different-shaped plots with the same set of Cuisenaire Rods? Use 2 whites, 2 reds, 2 light greens to create a plot. Record on the grid paper and calculate the perimeter and the area. Use the same 6 rods to create additional plots. Record and calculate perimeters and areas. Discussion Questions: What is the shortest possible perimeter? What is the longest? How are plots with the same-length paths the same? How are they different?
* FasttMath, Virtual Manipulatives

Assessments:
* teacher observations, student-directed discussion, drawings

Materials:
* communicators, cuisenaire rods, cm grid paper

Tech Infusion:
Promethean board - flipchart, laptops, voters

Accomodations/Modifications:
* teacher designed groups
* differentiated assignments/activities (centers to reach all levels)
* extended time-classwork/assessments(when needed)
* restructured homework assignments for both above level and below level students
* use of manipulatives/graphic organizers
* extension activities/alternative assignments
* organizational strategies - notebooks/book boxes/folder systems
* cloze-notes/study sheets/practice sheets for further reinforcement
* modified assessments - M/C, SCR, ECR, O-E
* preferential seating
* seating near positive role model
* encouraging independence/student initiative
* includes a rich variety of resources, media ideas, methods and tasks
* proximity to teacher
* personalized monitoring tools (checklists, goal sheets, thumbs up/down level understanding monitors)
• Homework: Math - extended-constructed response
• Standards: MA.4.4.2.4 D.2.b, MA.4.4.2.4 E.1, MA.4.4.2.4 E.2