Base Ten Blocks
We have LOTS of base-ten blocks. In addition to what is on the carts in the 1-6 classrooms, we have boxes of each--ones, tens, hundreds, thousands--in the math cupboard.
Uses for base-ten blocks:
Base-Ten blocks are used to develop NUMBER SENSE.
This link to Teaching Math with Base 10 Blocks has some good ideas about how to use this manipulative to make math visible for students. While I don't agree with the author's statement that we only need base-ten blocks to teach math, her ideas for how to use the materials are good.
Base-Ten blocks are used to develop NUMBER SENSE.
- Place Value
- Operations (add, subtract, multiply and divide)
- Addition and subtraction with and without regrouping
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Expanded Notation
This link to Teaching Math with Base 10 Blocks has some good ideas about how to use this manipulative to make math visible for students. While I don't agree with the author's statement that we only need base-ten blocks to teach math, her ideas for how to use the materials are good.