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2. Examples: Beans Scrabble letters Color cubes Skittles Yarn Shapes Paper clips Calendars Etc… Anything you can hold/ touch. Moves the student from abstract (untouchable) to concrete (touchable). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBnqA eAFZOkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v =YBnqAeAFZOk What are manipulatives?

3. Counters for addition/subtraction Color cubes create patterns Grouping/Counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s with any manipulative Abacus Bar chart How to use manipulatives in math

4. Felt board animals to follow a story Reading rods: compound words Flash card adlibs How to use manipulatives in reading

5. Scrabble letters to teach spelling Technology/ IPhone Dry-erase boards How to use manipulatives for writing

6. Realia: real bugs, feathers, ect. Human examples Models of space How to use manipulatives in science

7. ~http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/person alizationhttp://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/person alization ~http://www.homeschoolmath.net/works heets/grade_2.phphttp://www.homeschoolmath.net/works heets/grade_2.php ~http://hoodamath.com/games/http://hoodamath.com/games/ ~http://www.google.com/search?q=manip ulatives&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en- us:IE- ~Address&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u &source=univ&sa=X&ei=TtA6T7- qIoeDgwex0vSZCw&ved=0CIQBELAE&bi w=1680&bih=898http://www.google.com/search?q=manip ulatives&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en- us:IE-Address&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u &source=univ&sa=X&ei=TtA6T7- qIoeDgwex0vSZCw&ved=0CIQBELAE&bi w=1680&bih=898 Good sources for teachers