Week 10 - Reflection


    Imagine you had a budget of $300 to purchase manipulatives to assist the children you are working with to understand patterns and algebraic thinking. View this catalogue and select items that you will use and provide a way in which you will use them: Organise your list like this:
Geometric pattern blocks $24 – allow children to play initially and then ask if they can create a pattern. Support your ideas with literature.

  • AlgeBlocks Cards integers and operations $49.95 –. Allocate students in small groups where different cards could be handed out to the students in rotational groups. The students could start off with one card and move around the tables to then get the chance to work through all sorts of activities. The colourful cards include images that can promote visual learning alongside the written problems. Jones and Moyer (2004) believe that manipulatives engage students in meaningful experiences that promote mathematical understanding.


  •    24 games Algebra (Make 24) $39.95 – Within the classroom the students could sit around on the floor and have the mixed cards displayed in front of them. The exercise encompasses the methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Utilsing their communication ( NESA , 2018 ) with each other and problem solving to work out which solution is best the students can collaborate to find the answer, and use their knowledge to form an algebraic solution to make the number 24.


  •  Triangle colour and patterning game 49.95 – Allow students to be gathered in larger groups and place an assortment of the coloured triangle pieces on their table. The students will be able to work with combinations, shape recognition and sequencing ( NESA , 2018 ) . This exercise is a great way to delve the students into learning about patterns and the features of a triangle in a collaborative environment.


  • Magnetic pattern blocks $49.95- Students can be given this manipulative to work either individually or in a group to create their own variations of shapes and colours. The idea is to formulate shapes by using the magnetic pattern blocks and notice that various patterns can be made by more than one shape. Evidently the students will start to grow on the concepts of symmetry, patterns and sequencing ( NESA , 2018 ) .


  •   0-100 number beads $89.95 – For the students in the classroom who struggle with sorting and counting, this exercise can be an assistive tool that works to rebuild the way that they count and understand the concept of ordering numbers from 0-100 ( NESA , 2018 ) . Personally, I feel as though the best way to approach this exercise is to organise the students in smaller groups so that they can all have a fair amount of time on the exercise.


Nsw Education Standards Authority ( 2018 ) . Number and Algebra . Retrieved from : http://syllabus.nesa.nsw.edu.au/mathematics/mathematics-k10/outcomes/



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