Math, Manipulatives, & Magic Wands: Manipulatives, Literature Ideas, and Hands-on Math Activities for the K-5 Classroom

by Karen Simmons, Cindy Guinn

Overview

A little Bag Ladies magic makes math language fun! Integrate math language into your elementary classroom with these hands-on activities. Students learn national math standard skills as part of literature-based make-n-take projects. Projects, ideas, literature links, and blackline masters make this a must-have resource that enriches the language-arts block and helps you teach the language of math to all your students. Sprinkle some Bag Ladies magic in your classroom and watch how well students master the language of math.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780929895499
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	Maupin House
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range:	5 - 10 Years

About the Author

An educator in Palm Beach County for 18 years, Cindy Guinn has taught all elementary grades, as well as serving as primary resource specialist for three years. Cindy has been nominated for the Dwyer Award for Excellence in Education, the Florida League of Teachers in 1999, and was recently nominated and featured as the Palm Beach Post's "Teacher of the Week." Cindy and Karen Simmons started the Bag Ladies in 1993. Both believe in the value of keeping teachers excited and full of creative ideas. Since then, they have created 13 thematic units and presented make-n-take manipulative workshops in schools and at conferences in Florida. Their easy and inexpensive make-n-takes give teachers inexpensive and fun tools to create integrated thematic units.