Hi! With these funds, I'm going to  build a classroom set of geometry and algebra manipulatives (physical tools to help visualize and feel the math we are learning).

Too often it is assumed that by the time students achieve upper levels of math that physical modeling is unimportant. Many texts and teaching tools focus on the abstract. To be able to bring visual and kinesthetic tools to the classroom will help students be able to master areas that they struggle with in the abstract.

I will be purchasing the following (typically through Amazon):

• 1     Learning Resources Bullseye Demonstration Compass (a whiteboard demonstration tool)

• 1     Learning Advantage 7591 Dry Erase Magnetic Protractor (another whiteboard tool)

• 2     Lorell LLR32118 Magnetic Strip Rulers, 36\"  (for the whiteboard)

• 4     Learning Advantage 7662 Fraction Viewer Games  (a set of fraction manipulatives to help students visualize and compare less common fractions)

• 20   17 Digit Standard Soroban Abacus - 10.5"  (a practice tool to build confidence in arithmetic skills, including quickly calculating squares and square roots)

• 10   LEARNING RESOURCES Geometry Template  (table sets of templates to help students quickly and accurately draw geometric figures like special triangles, etc.)

• 10   Learning Advantage CTU7826 Geometry Template (another table set of templates in a different style so that an entire class set can be had, but templates can be compared)

• 1     Getting Into Solids: Prisms & Pyramids Kit  (a demonstration tool to help students see and feel volume and surface area)

• 1     EcoDidac 039604-010 Volume Relationship Set (a demonstration set to show changes in volume)

• 10   Real World Folding Geometric Shapes (table sets of 3-dimensional geometric figures and real-world nets described by them)

Learning Resources Bullseye Demonstration Compass: http://smile.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-Bullseye-Demonstration-Compass/dp/B000URL0NO/ref=sr_1_105?srs=2595319011&ie=UTF8&qid=1446145312&sr=8-105

Learning Advantage 7591 Dry Erase Magnetic Protractor: http://smile.amazon.com/Learning-Advantage-7591-Magnetic-Protractor/dp/B001UG17NW/ref=pd_sim_229_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=412aDadw8qL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=06WYQS1HMC3NR8HQ2BE8

Lorell LLR32118 Magnetic Strip Ruler, 36": http://smile.amazon.com/Lorell-LLR32118-Magnetic-Strip-Ruler/dp/B00RPOOYJM/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1446147692&sr=8-1&keywords=Lorell+LLR32118+Magnetic+Strip+Ruler%2C+36%22

Learning Advantage 7662 Fraction Viewer Game: http://smile.amazon.com/Learning-Advantage-7662-Fraction-Viewer/dp/B002OJDMDC/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1446125754&sr=8-14&keywords=math+manipulatives&refinements=p_n_age_range%3A5442387011

17 Digit Standard Soroban Abacus - 10.5": http://smile.amazon.com/17-Digit-Standard-Soroban-Abacus/dp/B00SQVXSMM/ref=sr_1_7?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1446126030&sr=1-7&keywords=abacus

LEARNING RESOURCES Geometry Template: http://smile.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-LEARNING-RESOURCES-Geometry/dp/B008UXQT0O/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1446126854&sr=1-1&keywords=geometry

Learning Advantage CTU7826 Geometry Template: http://smile.amazon.com/Learning-Advantage-CTU7826-Geometry-Template/dp/B009L39X28/ref=pd_sim_328_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51e7LW5iAYL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0EH3G8H2XGWKTYAFQJ84

ETA hand2mind, Getting Into Solids: Prisms & Pyramids Kit, (75547): http://smile.amazon.com/ETA-hand2mind-Getting-Into-Solids/dp/B000URHLHS/ref=sr_1_19?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1446126880&sr=1-19&keywords=geometry&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011#descriptionAndDetails

EcoDidac 039604-010 Volume Relationship Set Made with Certified Recycled Eco-Friendly Materials, Grade: Kindergarten to 12: http://smile.amazon.com/EcoDidac-039604-010-Relationship-Certified-Eco-Friendly/dp/B014VV16BA/ref=sr_1_25?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1446126940&sr=1-25&keywords=geometry&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011

Learning Resources Real World Folding Geometric Shapes: http://smile.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-Folding-Geometric-Shapes/dp/B006RQ8TW2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446213342&sr=8-1&keywords=Real+World+Folding+Geometric+Shapes&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011

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