5TH

GRADE
INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS AND
EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY IN
TEACHING MATHEMATICS
IN THE PRIMARY GRADE
PREPARED BY: MERCEDEZ AQUINO
NINA DELACRUZ
NGELICA JANE DIMACISIL
INTRODUCTION

Math is all around us. We can see it in nature and in our homes. We use math skills
every day, even if we don’t realize it. And you can help your students see math in
all of its forms with fun and engaging math manipulatives.

These hands-on objects and activities enhance your math lessons, giving students a
concrete way to practice and play with math concepts. Sometimes it can be
difficult for children to grasp the abstract concepts of adding, subtracting, and
multiplying numbers. But math manipulatives can help them actually see what
the numbers are doing.

Common math manipulatives include blocks of all kinds, whiteboards, and

interesting online materials.
What are math manipulatives?

Math manipulatives are objects, charts,

and activities that engage learners while
helping them develop their math skills.
 10 Math manipulatives to
implement in your classroom
1. Dominoes can be used to teach a variety of math
skills — like addition, multiplication, division, and
subtraction. And they’re particularly helpful in younger
grade levels. Dominoes work well for both individual
and small-group problem-solving. They also allow you
to take a quick trip around the room, gauging student
understanding at a glance.
DOMINOES
2. Pattern blocks These blocks are made of either
plastic or wood and come in a variety of shapes —
like triangles, squares, rectangles, and trapezoids.
These blocks often come with pattern cards. These
can guide your student in how to make a picture or
encourage them to be creative and create their own
pattern.
PATTERN BLOCKS
3. Online math games allow students to
engage with math in a unique and fun way.
And there’s a huge variety of online math
games online, targeting whichever math skills
you’re currently teaching.
Online math games
4. Cuisenaire rods are rectangular rods of various
lengths. They’re often made of wood, and each length
corresponds to a different color. Students can visualize
the distance between numbers, and see the relationship
numbers have with each other.
Cuisenaire rods
5. Two-color counters Color counters are
simple plastic circles with one color on each
side. You’ll see them most often used to
demonstrate fractions, basic addition,
subtraction, and counting skills.
Two-color counters
6. Fraction tiles & fraction circles Fraction tiles are often flat,
rectangular pieces of plastic or cardboard made of different colors and
varying lengths. They usually have the corresponding fraction printed on
them so kids can quickly look and compare. The varying lengths allow
students to experiment with how

Fraction circles are very similar, but instead of rectangles, they use parts
of a circle. This is the manipulative version of the pie or pizza example .
Fraction tiles & fraction circles
7. Rekenreks counting frames These simple
arithmetic frames combine the concepts of the
number line, individual counters, and base-ten models
to create a useful learning tool. Students move the
beads from one end to the other to practice counting
or assist with basic addition and subtraction problems
Rekenreks counting frames
8. Bear counters These fun and colorful
plastic bears will keep your little learners
excited to play with math. The bears are
perfect for teaching the foundational math
skills of counting and sorting. They can also
be paired with a scale to teach measurement
and weight.
Bear Counters
9. Place value blocks or base ten blocks
They’re perfect for exploring place value
as well. Once students move up to solving
double-digit problems, different colors can
be used to represent the tens and even
hundreds place
Place value blocks or base ten blocks
10. Geoboards are small wooden or plastic
pegboards that use string or rubber bands to
create a variety of shapes.
Geoboards
Numbers and Number Sense

This strand focuses on students’ understanding of

numbers (counting numbers, whole numbers,
fractions, and decimals) properties, operations,
estimation, and their applications to real-world and
mathematical situations.”
Numbers and Number Sense
Measurement
In K-3, children’s work in measurement begins with comparing. They look at objects
and sets of objects and compare which is bigger/smaller, longer/shorter,
lighter/heavier, warmer/colder, faster/slower, more/less. Tey use non-standard units
to compare for example, they use their body parts: hand span, footsteps, arm span; or
common objects: paper clips books, shoes. Later on, they learn about standard units
of measure: the English system and the metric system. They learn to measure using
the units within the metric system: centimeter (cm), meter (m) and kilometer (km),
gram (g) and kilogram (kg), milliliter (mL) and liter (L). Students also learn to
combine units to measure other attributes or properties such as area and volume.
They measure attributes using different tools: ruler, meter stick, thermometer, scale,
clock and
Measurements
Geometry
For K-3 students, the focus is on
developing students’
understanding of shapes, properties,
relations, and structures of objects in
the environment.
Geometry
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

In K-3, the focus is on developing students’ keen

sense of identifying patterns and relations of
numbers, measures, shapes and figures and
facilitating the development of the correct language
and representations of these patterns and relations .
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
Data, Analysis, and Probability

In K-3, children’s work in Data, Analysis, and Probability

begins with collecting and classifying information in a variety
of ways. They realize that data can represent information about
the real world. They learn to record and represent data in tables,
charts, and graphs (pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs). They
learn to read and interpret from a given display.
Data, Analysis and Probability
Educational Tools in Teaching
Mathematics
Calculators
As suggested by Heddens and Speer (2006), incorporating calculators
into instruction could be effective in mathematics programs at all grade
levels because the use of calculators can help students access rich
problem-solving experiences and can positively affect the learning and
teaching of mathematics. The use of calculators allows students to access
and explore these concepts by generating multiple examples, enabling the
exploration of patterns, or in the case of graphing calculators, easily
portraying multiple representations (Pomerantz, 2009).
Calculator
Computers

Computers and the Internet are more commonly used sources

for teachers in the teaching and learning environment. Teachers
can access teaching materials, teaching ideas, lesson plans, and
activities through searching on the Internet. In today’s
classrooms, the computer can be connected to the Internet and
interconnected with the interactive whiteboard, projectors,
and/or printers to share information with students
Computer
Mobile Device

Mobile Device (e.g., smartphone, iPod, tablet PCs, handheld gaming devices,
and so on), which is a new trend in educational settings. Mobile
C
devices allow
students to connect to the digital world while sitting in the classroom (Franklin
& Peng, 2008). Baya’a & Daher (2009) highlighted how the use of mobile
phones in education could enable students to learn mathematics as students can
explore mathematics independently; help students to learn math through
collaboration across physical locations; demonstrate real-life situations; help
the student to learn mathematics easily and visualize complex mathematical
contents.
Mobile Device
Multimedia

Multimedia offers a combination of different

content such as audio, text, image, video,
animations, etc. Teachers would need to be
comfortable with technology and know how to
integrate multimedia technology into the
learning environment (Heddens & Speer, 2006)
Multimedia
 Educational Application in Primary Math

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Buzz Math
These math apps help teachers make their lessons
more interactive and more interesting. Nowadays,
there are apps for students of all ages. Hopefully,
these math tools for teachers will make students
like math more by teaching them to do so in a
funny way or by helping them with problems
Buzzmath
Cutethink
is an innovative application for students in grades 2-12. On the one
hand, it tries to engage students who are already doing well, and on
the other, it supports students who have math difficulties. They want
students to see challenges as opportunities with a growing mindset.
Teachers can give students math tasks that come from the so-called
“problem bank”. The tasks are linked to a certain level so that each
student has tasks at their level. Students use a process to create and
present their solutions. Cuethink is a community where students can
work together in virtual groups.
Cutethink
Fluidmath

is one of the first to create this kind of teaching and

learning tool. The tool is created for use on Pen-
Centric platforms such as tablets and whiteboards.
Students and teachers can create, solve, graph and
animate math and physics problems in their own
handwriting in a very easy way. Teachers can create
dynamic instructional materials for the classrooms
while students can understand concepts in math .
Fluidmath
Rocket Math
The founder of Rocket Math says that students get motivated by seeing
their own learning and success. This is why he invented Rocket Math.
This math app offers a way to teach students math while having fun,
doing their best, and doing it on a quick tempo. Rocket Math offers a
“worksheet program” and an online game. The worksheet program can
be printed. The printouts are ‘one-minute tests’ where students have to
work in pairs and try to solve the sheet as fast as possible while
enhancing each other’s mistakes. In the online game, students need to
answer questions while using the knowledge they have with numbers in
order to pass missions. The further they get into the tool the more
difficult the missions become
Rocket Math
Math Board
The application Math Board is created for all school-age students. The
younger the students, the easier the exercises. In the beginning, students get
exercises where they have to add and subtract. As they grow older, you go
to the next step: divide and multiply. Students can set their level themselves
in the app. To prevent guessing, the answer is shown in multiple-choice
style and a scratchboard where students can solve the problem by hand.
When it becomes too difficult, they can consult the Math Board’s Problem
Solver who gives them hints and tips to solve the problem.
Math Board
Book Widgets

offers a wide range of different widgets or

exercises you can create yourself for your
students. This way, depending on the level
of your students, you can make widgets
that are very easy or very difficult. You
choose the content you put in.
Book Widgets
THANKS FOR
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