- Base-ten blocks
- Blank paper
- Centimeter cubes
Base-ten unit cubes are centimeter cubes.
- Chart paper
- Coins
- Colored pencils
- Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
- Connecting cubes
1 inch multifix cubes, often called linking cubes
- Containers of different sizes
Containers provide teachers and students a way to organize sets of objects that will be used in multiple lessons
- Glue or tape
- Grid paper
- Inch tiles
- Index cards
- Markers
- Materials from a previous activity
- Materials from a previous lesson
- Measuring cups
- Number Cards 0–10
- Number cubes
Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.
- Origami paper
- Paper
- Paper clips
- Pattern blocks
- Patty paper
Typically this is used to separate hamburger patties, but because it is small and semi-transparent, this is a helpful tool for geometric investigations.
- Pipe cleaners
- Protractors
- Rulers
Rulers with both centimeter and inch units will be used. Rulers can also be used as a straightedge.
- Rulers (inches)
- Rulers or straightedges
- Scissors
- Stickers
- Sticky notes
Quantity is measured in individual sticky notes, not packages.
- Straightedges
Tools used for drawing straight lines, students can use a ruler
- Tape
- Tape (painter's or masking)
- Tools for creating a display
Any way for students to create work that can be easily displayed to the class. Examples: chart paper and markers, whiteboard space and markers, shared online drawing tool, access to a document camera.
- Two-color counters
- Yardsticks