- Chart paper
- Coins
- Colored paper
- Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
- Connecting cubes
1 inch multifix cubes, often called linking cubes
- Construction paper
- Glue
Since many of the uses of glue involve paper, glue sticks may work better than liquid glue.
- Grid paper
- Materials from a previous activity
- Materials from a previous lesson
- Meter sticks
- Number cubes
Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.
- Paper clips
- Patty paper
Typically this is used to separate hamburger patties, but because it is small and semi-transparent, this is a helpful tool for geometric investigations.
- Pencils
- Rulers
Rulers with both centimeter and inch units will be used. Rulers can also be used as a straightedge.
- Rulers (centimeters)
- Rulers (inches)
- Scissors
- Tools for creating a display
Any way for students to create work that can be easily displayed to the class. Examples: chart paper and markers, whiteboard space and markers, shared online drawing tool, access to a document camera.
- Toothpicks
- Yardsticks