Math Class for Educators
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.
 NLVMAs shown in this picture, this website has organized virtual manipulatives by grade level and strand. NLVM has a large quantity of manipulatives available for various math concepts. |  ABCya!This website provides interactive manipulatives for fractions, decimals and percents (strips, circles). It is helpful for activities related to representing, comparing and equivalence. |  Math PlaygroundThis website has clearly labeled, bright manipulatives to use including geoboards, pattern blocks, spinners and various fraction tools. |
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 GlencoeOn this site, select your grade (Kindergarten to Grade 8), then choose the manipulative you would like to use from the drop down menu, as shown in this picture. |  iToolsThis site has a few manipulatives available, as shown in the picture. Simply click on the one you would like to use and get started. |  Education PlaceThis site is organized by grade. Simply click on the grade to see your options. For manipulatives, click on "eManipulatives". |
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.
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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.
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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.
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Pearson Blackline Masters (78 available)
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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.
Colour Tiles
Tangrams
Pattern Blocks
Connecting Cubes
Geoboards
Relational Rods
Base Ten Blocks
All images above provided by: Learning Resources, 2014
Click here for links to lessons about using manipulatives. Scroll down to where it says "Math Manipulative Lesson Plans".