National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
This is an EXCELLENT site to use with your students during math instruction. It covers our math strands, which include Number & Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data, Analysis & Probability. What’s even better is that each of these categories is broken down by grade level chunks (PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) so the manipulatives you are using are suitable for your students. Some of the ways that I have used the site with my students is to teach factor trees, equivalent fractions, and transformations.
So my question to you is this: After viewing the site, what are some of the tools that you can use with your students? If you have used this site with previous classes, which tools did you use with your students? Was the tool effective in helping your students understand the concept better?
