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Annotated Bibliography: Virtual Manipulatives

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1) Website Name: Virtual Manipulatives - Glencoe Web Address: http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html Website Author: McGraw Hill Education Description of Website: This website is very useful! It has many tools to help children solve their own math problems. You can select certain grades ranging from pre-k up to 8th grade. Math topics covered in this website: Listen below are the tool offered by this website: rule tool, timer, pencil/pen, typing, different colors, currency, clock, cubes, base ten blocks, algebraic tiles, hundreds chart, number cubes, spinners, two color counter, spinner, bucket balance, calendar, fraction tiles, geometric solids, simple thermometer and so much more! These …show more content…

It might get a little complicated for younger students who are not technically savvy but its an awesome way to learn math. Do you think students would find the website interesting? Why or why not? I think they would love it because its very hands on and they are in control of what they play with on this website. It has a lot of different manipulative’s that I know they will enjoy. I have had first hand experience in the classroom and children always enjoy playing with blocks, cubes, ect so I’m sure they would enjoy this …show more content…

It helps with strategies, critical thinking and lets you customize the problems as well. These problems are also available in Spanish! Work sheets are also attached in this website which would be nice for homework activities to take home and in class work for all grade levels. Math topics covered in this website: This website is for word problems primarily. But the following concepts are included with these word problems: (The following information was found on the home page of this webpage.) Classified according to grades and topics (place value, number line, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, estimation, measurement, perimeter, area, volume, patterns and relationships, multi-step, data analysis, graphs, pictographs, writing number and algebraic sentences, fractions, time/rate, percentage, ratio, probability, geometry, Venn diagrams, negative/positive numbers, algebra, etc. ) Grade level this website is most appropriate for: This website is very accommodating and it shows different levels for word problems so I think it would be appropriate for K-8

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