Instant Learning Manipulatives For Group Lessons Easy-to-Make, Hands-On Tools That Help Kids Show What They Know - and Stay On Task

by Williams, Val.; Cohen, Tina

• ISBN13: 9780439309585
• ISBN10: 0439309581
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

Help your whole class stay actively involved with more than twenty different ready-to-go manipulatives. With this invaluable resource, children color and assemble simple reproducible patterns. Then, during class discussions or lessons, they adjust the dial an opinion meter, flip the "I'm thinking" or "Got It!" message on a light-bulb-shaped sign, and move a thumb up or down on a paper hand to indicate agreement or disagreement­so you know children's thoughts, opinions and responses at a glance. And, they're great fun! Instructions and ideas help you make the most out of each manipulative, plus, you'll find kid-friendly reference sheets for use in all different curriculum areas.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(2)
Response Manipulatives
Arrow Indicator	6	(2)
Thumbs Up!	8	(3)
True-or-False Face	11	(2)
Head Band	13	(3)
Puppet Person	16	(4)
Bright Idea!	20	(2)
Thought Tube	22	(2)
Word Slide	24	(3)
Punctuation Pyramid	27	(2)
Dialogue Bubble	29	(3)
Number Spreader	32	(2)
Letter Spreader	34	(4)
Vowel Cube	38	(2)
Turn-and-Learn Wheel	40	(3)
Pick a Number	43	(2)
Compass	45	(2)
Behind the Door	47	(3)
Wheel of Choice	50	(2)
Time for Learning	52	(4)
Finger Poke	56	(2)
Blabber Mouth	58	(3)
Opinion Meter	61