Math Module: Value Added through the use of Manipulatives

By Dawn Hess

Start with the Standard Computation and EstimationFocus: Factors and Multiples, and Fraction and Decimal Operations

4.4 The student willa) estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients of whole numbers;b) add, subtract, and multiply whole numbers;c) divide whole numbers, finding quotients with and without remainders; andd) solve single-step and multistep addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems with whole numbers.

4.5 The student willa) determine common multiples and factors, including least common multiple and greatest common factor;b) add and subtract fractions having like and unlike denominators that are limited to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 12, and simplify the resulting fractions, using common

multiples and factors;c) add and subtract with decimals; andd) solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving addition and

subtraction with fractions and with decimals.

Inspect the Blueprint

“understanding of the meaning of multiplication and division, including multiple representations (e.g., multiplication as repeated addition or as an array”

Prepare for Instruction

Pre/PostAssessment

Instruction

Guided Practice

Independent Practice

Chunking the

Components

Content Connections

• Set the stage for commonly used terminology

• Align the models used to represent the information

• Familiarize students with format in which they will be assessed

Tying in the Tools

The Lesson Plan

Direct Instruction• Brain Pop Jr.• ConnectEd WJCC Textbook

Guided Practice• Illuminations• National Library of Virtual Manipulat

ives

Independent Practice

• IXL Math

The Lesson

Plan