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Manipulatives & Resources

Below you will find links to sites that include virtual manipulatives that can be used for explicit teaching, small groups or individual work. You will also find links to sites with blackline masters that can be printed or copied and used with an Interactive White Board. Finally, you will find links to sites with suggested activities for various manipulatives and tools.

Virtual Manipulatives: Click on the picture to enlarge it and click on "Go to Link" to access each site.

Blackline Masters:

Blackline Masters can be used for lots of purposes in the classroom to support learning. The following sites provide lots of Blackline Masters that can be printed & laminated or cut & copied to use on the computer or devices.

Van de Walle Blackline Masters: These Blackline Masters correspond with the activities suggested in the Van de Walle "Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics" series. They are organized by grade.
These two sites are also connected with Van de Walle Mathematics and they provide full, organized lists of various Blackline Masters that are available for use.
- Pearson Blackline Masters (78 available)
- Pearson/Van de Walle Blackline Masters
This site provides an exhaustive list of Blackline Masters. It is very well organized and labelled: Mathematics Blackline Masters

Suggestions for Using Manipulatives:

Click on each picture below to view a document with more information and sample activities for each type of math manipulative. All documents are provided by either the Ontario Association for Mathematics Education or Math Gains.