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Goal

Our goal is to increase our students' performance in math by giving them the opportunity to use concrete, hands-on math manipulatives to build their understanding of all 4th grade math standards. These math manipulative kits from Didax will enhance our Engage NY math curriculum, and allow our students the opportunity to increase their understanding of the rigorous concepts within the math curriculum. We expect to see an increase in our students' overall scaled score as shown on the STAR Math end of year assessment. It is also our intent to reuse these manipulatives each year, allowing us to increase students' understanding of 4th grade math content on a continuing basis.  

What will be done with my students

Students will be given the opportunity to use concrete examples while learning their 4th grade math standards. The math manipulative kits are designed to correlate perfectly with our math curriculum, so we will be able to use manipulatives with every unit of study throughout the year. For example, students will physically manipulate place value cards and place value disks as they build deeper understanding of place value and the powers of ten (MAFS.4.NBT.1.1; MAFS.4.NBT.1.2). Students will use protractors to measure angles, deepening their understanding of acute, obtuse, and right angles (MAFS.4.MD.3.5-7). Students will use graduated cylinders and scales to learn about the metric system and metric conversions (MAFS.4.MD.1.1-2). Manipulatives will be incorporated into each unit of study within our math curriculum to help our students access their math standards and make connections between the curriculum and the real world. Manipulatives will be used in both whole group, small group, and in independent station activities. The use of the math manipulatives will occur throughout the entire school year. We also plan to reuse these materials year after year, allowing for a continuing positive impact on students.  

Benefits to my students

We have 58 students that will benefit from this opportunity. These manipulatives are necessary to help our students make connections and build their understanding of complex math concepts. While 100% of our student will participate in the use of manipulatives to build understanding, we are most eager to see the impact this project makes on our lowest 30% of students. It is our hope that these hands-on concrete examples of math concepts make all the difference to this population of students, allowing them to make meaning of the math concepts we are teaching. Since the math manipulatives address each unit of study, we expect to see an increase of at least 30 points in our overall scaled score, according to the end of the year STAR math assessment. We also plan to use these math manipulatives in future school years, allowing for a continuous positive impact on future 4th grade students.  

Budget Narrative

We are requesting two Eureka Math Basic Math Manipulative kits. Each kit costs $340.00. Two kits, at a cost of $680.00 will ensure enough materials to benefit all 58 students. Shipping of these two kits will be $88.40. This gives our request a total need of $768.40. 

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