Coaches+PD+-+Math+Manipulatives

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
(Don't worry about the big green button asking you to download the library for free - the library can be used free online without downloading anything! :) )
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 * Some manipulatives are open-ended basic manipulatives, other applets are problem solving activities with specific right/wrong answers. (Beware though - the solution may change every time you visit the page!)
 * Clicking the "parent/teacher" button at the top of the page of each manipulative will give you a resource of understanding about the use and intent of each applet.
 * Individual manipulatives can be linked to from wikipages simply by taking the link from the top of each manipulatives' page.

//(Technology Vocabulary: Java is a programming language used on the web and other places. Java allows programmers to create things that a user can move around the screen and objects that can interact with each other. A specific Java program is called an "applet." Thus, each manipulative can also be refered to as an "applet.")//

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 * Using a manipulative to solve a problem:

Group problem solving: []

Think aloud: []**

Enrichment possibility: @http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_122_g_2_t_1.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_2_t_1.html

Writing about math: []

Our work today:
Look deep at each applet - the math skills involved may not be immediately evident. For instance, this applet: [] helps students develop concepts of angles as they program a ladybug to follow a predetermined path. You could also use this applet to develop ideas about "reflection" - what commands will cause the ladybug to draw a reflection of a shape it had just drawn?

Find your name and with your partner(s), review the applets in the virtual library for your grade level. Fill in the spreadsheet to be used as a resource for teachers: what applet would be good for them to use at which point in their instruction? Elementary coaches will align applets to the Q-pop sheet; secondary coaches will use pacing guides.

3rd grade spreadsheet: (Synder, Trimble) []

4th grade spreadsheet: (Bollinger, Kensey) []

5th grade spreadsheet: (Anderson, Rogers, Weaver) []

6th grade spreadsheet: (Kragel, Vogel) []

8th grade spreadsheet: (Churchill, Krane) []

HS spreadsheet: (Berg, Rossie, Fry, Gregory) @http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlGEmO642R7vdGxmX0VEU2JzY2Q4Mk5MYVcyM1l2cHc&hl=en



Ticket out the door:
Put the links for your grade levels onto your coach wikis for your teachers to use! :)