1st Edition Materials: What to Purchase, Gather and Make

Required:

*Interlocking cubes
*Color tiles
*Pattern blocks
*Teddy bear counters
*Geoblocks
1 set of 6 geometric solids (many of which are found in sets of Kindergarten unit blocks)

Suggested:

See the Children's Literature List for recommended literature.

Required:

*Paper pattern blocks
*2 color counters (paint one side of a set of beans)
*Hundred Number Wall Chart
Dot cubes (use 1 inch blank cubes* with stick-on labels*)
+Decks of Primary Number Cards
Clay or play dough

Suggested:

Required:

*Dot stickers
Adding machine tape
Stapler or hole punch and string or ribbon (for binding student books)
Paper - chart, colored construction, unlined, one inch grid(+), large drawing, butcher or poster board or cardboard
Index cards (or half sheets of paper)
Clipboards (or use sturdy cardboard and binder clips to make them) Craft sticks
Assorted art supplies - such as dot stickers*, tape (scotch, masking or colored electrical), glue, scissors, paste, stencils, stickers, rubber stamps and stamp pads, magazines and catalogs, coloring materials such as colored pencils, markers, and crayons
Classroom calendar
Small trays (or cardbord or construction paper)
Pieces of cloth (or paper) for covering trays
Folders for storing student work

Suggested:

Required:

*Clear plastic container (counting jar)
Boxes, bottles and unopened cans
Empty grocery item containers
Items of clothing in 3 distinct sizes (infant, K student, adult)
Spring clip clothespins
Collections of countable/pattern making materials such as pattern blocks*, Geoblocks*, Styrofoam peanuts, pencils, erasers, keys, buttons*, shells, pebbles, lids, cubes*, pennies, bread tabs
Linoleum tiles, carpet samples, or card stock
Bins, boxes or containers for storing materials
Small paper cups, paper plates, small paper bags
Resealable plastic bags

Suggested:

Small mirrors
Student photos

Required:

Macintosh II computers or above, with 4MB of internal memory (RAM) and Apple System Software 7.0 or later.

The Shapes software is included with the geometry unit, Making Shapes and Building Blocks.

Required:

*Interlocking cubes
*Pattern Blocks
*Geoblocks
*Attribute Blocks
*100 chart with removable number tiles
Calculators

Suggested:

TapleTop Junior (computer software)

See the Children's Literature List for recommended literature.

Required:

*100 Number Wall Chart
*Number Cubes
*Standard Dot Cubes
+Attribute Shape Cards
+Decks of Primary Number Cards
+Decks of Dot Cards

Suggested:

Required:

*Adding machine tape
Tag board strips or index cards
Overhead projector
Paper cups
Paper clips
Art supplies -- Glue (fast-drying); paste/glue sticks, crayons, markers, colored pencils, fine and wide tipped markers, scissors, tape, stickers, buttons*, sticky dots, beans.
Paper -- chart paper or newsprint (18x24), large paper (11x17), blank, card stock, scrap, construction
Heavy cardboard or foam core: 2 large sheets (about 10x20")
Stick-on notes in a variety of sizes and colors
Resealable plastic bags
Envelopes

Suggested:

Clipboards, or heavy cardboard and binder clips

Required:

*Tongue depressors: 1 per student (for kid pins)
*Spring-clip clothespins: 1 per student (for kid pins)
Counters such as buttons*, bread tabs, or pennies*
Calendars
Lids
Tubs or shoe boxes
Small containers (plastic cups, coffee cans, or yogurt containers)
Paper tubes (paper towel rolls)

Suggested:

*Play or real pennies
String

Required:

Macintosh II computers or above, with 4MB of internal memory (RAM) and Apple System Software 7.0 or later.

The Shapes software is included with the geometry unit, Quilt Squares and Block Towns.

Required:

*Interlocking cubes
*Pattern Blocks
*Geoblocks
*Color Tiles
*Transparent color counters
Calculators

Suggested:

+Overhead pattern blocks
+Overhead color tiles
TableTop Junior (computer software)

See the Children's Literature List for recommended literature.

Required:

+Primary Number Cards
*Multiples of 5 Dice
*Number Cubes
*Dot Cubes
*Pocket 100 Chart with Number cards 1-100 and colored transparent plastic markers

Suggested:

*Pattern Block Cut-Outs
+Yettki Cards

Required:

Overhead projector
Art materials: tape, thumbtacks, scissors, gluesticks or paste, writing, drawing and coloring materials, 2-4 rolls of string or ribbon, 6-8 rolls masking tape, paper fasteners
Paper---plain, lined, squared, 12x18, chart or newsprint (18x24), construction (including 9x12 inch red and white or light colored, and 18x24), drawing paper, newspaper, inch graph paper(+)
Envelopes
*Adding machine tape
Index cards, 4x6 inch blue file cards, 3x5 inch yellow file cards, 6x9 sheets of blank paper
Stick-on notes
10 boxes of 100 paper clips

Suggested:

Folders for student work
Straws
Sidewalk chalk
Clipboards
Pylons

Required:

*Coins and paper money
*4 inch craft or popsicle sticks
*Pennies
*Mirrors
Small counters: pennies*, buttons, cubes*, bread tabs, beans, paper clips
Large jar (and masking or colored tape, or a rubber band that fits the jar)
Paper or cloth bags or socks
Resealable plastic bags
Tubs or shoe boxes
Collection of coupons from newspaper or store flyers

Suggested:

Carpet remnants
Scraps of cloth

Required:

Macintosh II computers or above, with 4MB of internal memory (RAM) and Apple System Software 7.0 or later.

The Shapes software is included with the introductory unit, Mathematical Thinking at Grade 2, and the geometry unit, Shapes, Halves, and Symmetry.

The Geo-Logo soffware is included with the measurement unit, How Long? How Far?

Required:

*Interlocking cubes
*Pattern blocks
*Wooden geometric solids
*Pan balances
*One inch cubes
Calculators

Suggested:

*Square color tiles

See the Children's Literature List for recommended literature.

Required:

*Number cubes
+Numeral Cards
+Array Cards
+Fraction dice
Clay or play dough

Suggested:

*Centimeter cubes
Tangram puzzles

Required:

*Adding machine tape
*50-centimeter rulers
+Building straws
+Elementary rulers
Overhead projector, blank transparencies, and pens
Resealable plastic bags and/ or envelopes
Art supplies -- scissors, transparent/masking tape, glue/paste, yarn/string, coloring materials, and clay/play dough/Styrofoam/florist's foam/paper clips or pipe cleaners
Paper: -- chart, poster, oak tag or tag board, plain, lined, colored (in at least five colors), drawing, scrap, and graph(+)
Yardsticks or tape measures and metersticks
Stick-on notes (or index cards)
Paper clips in boxes of 100
World map or globe
Calendars for the current yea

Suggested:

Wall calendar for display

Required:

*Coins
Collections of small items (beans, tiles*, pennies*, buttons)
Small open containers (such as shoe boxes or plastic tubs)
Small rectangular mirror
Toy people, 5-8 centimeters tall
Dried beans and containers to hold them
Fruit and vegetables for weighing
Paper plates

Suggested:

Required:

Macintosh II computers or above, with 4MB of internal memory (RAM) and Apple System Software 7.0 or later.

A projection device attached to one computer for whole-class viewing (recommended)

Printer (optional)

Tumbling Tetrominoes is included in the unit Flips, Turn,s and Area.

The Geo-Logo softwareis included with the 2-D geometry unit, Turtle Paths.

Required:

*Interlocking cubes
*Pattern blocks
*Wooden geometric solids
*Geoboards with rubber bands in assorted colors
*Square color tiles
Calculators

Suggested:

Inch cubes
Overhead pattern blocks
Coins for the overhead projector

See the Children's Literature List for recommended literature.

Required:

+Decks of Numeral Cards
+Array Cards
+Fraction dice

Suggested:

Required:

*Adding machine tape
*50-cm rulers
*Tape measures
+Elementary rulers
Overhead projector, pens, and blank transparencies
Scissors, glue or paste, tape (clear and masking), labels, and coloring materials
Quart-size resealable plastic bags or envelopes for storage
Stick-on notes or index cards
Yarn or string
Paper clips
Wall maps of the United States
Yardsticks or metersticks
Paper: chart, poster, oak tag, plain, lined, colored, construction, drawing, scrap, strips, and graph (including 1 inch and 1 centimeter),
(+)

Suggested:

Hole punch, paper fasteners, or yarn for putting books together
Balances

Required:

*Plastic coins and paper money
*Lima bean seeds or dried lima beans
Toy figures, 3-4 centimeters tall
Beans or other small objects, in containers
Measuring materials: a collection of spoons, scoops, and paper cups
Small (half-ounce) boxes of raisins (or other easily countable things packaged by weight)
Empty cans, boxes and cartons from the grocery store
Children's Book Catalogs
Maps of your hometown or neighborhood with a scale of miles
Travel guides or brochures for the United States (2-3 per pair)
Paper cups or plates
Plastic wrap and paper towels
Transparent cups or jars, plant pots (peat moss pots work well) or small milk cartons with a diameter large enough for a ruler width and potting soil (5 pounds)

Suggested:

Chips, counters, or centimeter cubes*
Sticks and string or twist ties
Plant fertilizer
Old magazines, linoleum brochures, scraps of wrapping paper, and other patterned pictures and designs

Required:

Macintosh II computers or above, with 4MB of internal memory (RAM) and Apple System Software 7.0 or later.

A projection device attached to one computer for whole-class viewing (recommended)

Printer (optional)

The Geo-Logo software is included with the 2-D geometry unit, Sunken Ships and Grid Patterns.

Required:

*Interlocking cubes
*Square color tiles
*Power Polygons
*Transparent blank spinners
*Liter measures marked in ml
*Graduated measuring prisms
*Balances or scales
+Many Squares Poster
Cuisenaire rods
Calculators

Suggested:

*Centimeter cubes
+Transparent tiles for overhead
+Cat Poster
Database software (such as Tabletop)

See the Children's Literature List for recommended literature.

Required:

+Decks of Numeral Cards
Fraction dice (use blank cubes* and stickers*)
US standard weights (1 lb, 1 oz)(1 lb=box of sugar, 1 oz=10 pennies)
*Metric weights (1kg, 500g, 100g) (Note: 1 standard set is included in the kit. More can be purchased or you can easily make inexpensive ones with containers of pennies or washers.)

Suggested:

Required:

*Adding machine tape
*Metersticks and yardsticks
*Measuring tapes
Foot rulers that show cm
Overhead projector, blank overheads and pens
Envelopes or resealable plastic bags
Rubber bands or paper clips
Coloring materials, chalk, scissors, string, tape, masking tape, glue or tape
Stick-on notes and/or index cards
Maps of US and world, with scale; or library atlases
Paper: chart, poster (11x17), large grid, colored construction or thick white, blank, 17 feet of butcher or accordion fold printer (can be regular taped together), 3 large sheets of paper or card board (3'x2'), graph(+)

Suggested:

Clipboards for gathering data

Required:

*Quart and cup measures
Chips or small markers such as cm cubes* as game pieces
Pennies or other coins to flip
Bottle caps
Containers, boxes, packages of school supplies
Identical paper or plastic bags
Water, sand, rice, or small beans
Trays
Stopwatches or large wall clocks that show seconds
Beanbags or other objects to mark a path
Furniture/office supply/school supply catalogs
10 days' issues of the same newspaper
Containers of various sizes (soft drink bottles, plastic bottle with screw tops, vases, food containers, paper cups); including 3 identical transparent plastic containers with lids
Product containers with labels showing place of origin, weight, and volume
Boxes of materials that vary in density and shape (Styrofoam, scrap paper, gravel, wood scrap/shavings, sponges, pennies, nails, cm cubes*, marbles, cubes, paper clips, wooden blocks)

Suggested:

*Measuring cup
1-fl-oz measures

Required:

Macintosh II computers or above, with 4MB of internal memory (RAM) and Apple System Software 7.0 or later.

A projection device attached to one computer for whole-class viewing (recommended)

Printer (optional)

The Geo-Logo softwareis included with the 2-D geometry unit, Picturing Polygons.

The Trips software is included with the unit, Patterns of Change.