Kcs Cuisenaire Booklet

39 WAYS

TO USE CUISENAIRE RODS

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED...

CUISENAIRE®

RODS & PUPIL SET Includes 36 x 1 cm rods, 18 x 2 cm rods, 18 x 3 cm rods, 12 x 4cm rods, 8 x 5 cm rods, 6 x 6 cm rods, 6 x 7 cm rods, 6 x 8 cm rods, 6 x 9 cm rods & 10 x 10 cm rods.

Set 126 08 102 923

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NUMBER

NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

2 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

Let children explore the rods and associate a value to each rod.

Place the rods in a bag and ask children to feel a rod and estimate its value.

3 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

4 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

Model the relationship of numbers 1 - 10.

Give the children some word problems to investigate using the rods. For example: Sally had five different rods which when joined together are shorter than two orange rods, but longer than seven white rods.

Investigate which rods Sally may have.

1 2 4 8 Doubles

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5 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

6 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

Show children a card with a number on it and ask the children to make it using the equipment.

Take three consecutive value rods and hide the rod which represents the middle value.

Ask the children to work out which rod is missing.

8

7 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

8 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

Ask the children to investigate which rods have an odd value and which have an even value.

Find the numerical difference between two rods.

Odd

Even

?

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NUMBER

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NUMBER & PLACE VALUE

Ask one child to hide a rod in their hands.

Then ask the other children to ask questions to work out the value of the rod.

Is it a factor of 15?

Is it larger than yellow?

Does it have an add value?

10 NUMBER NUMBER & PLACE VALUE Investigate larger numbers by assigning a larger value to each rod.

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

11 NUMBER ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

12 NUMBER ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

Number: Model addition by creating two groups using the equipment and then joining these together.

Use the equipment to show a subtraction by making the larger number and then taking a set number away.

10 3

3

3

3

6 + 6 = 12

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10 - 7 = 3

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13 NUMBER ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

14 NUMBER ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

Show repeated addition by using the same equipment multiple times.

Model different ways to make a set number.

For example 4 + 6 = 10 and 3 + 7 = 10.

10

1+9

2+8

7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7

3+7

4+6

5+5

15 NUMBER ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

16 NUMBER ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

Show the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction.

Find all of the factors of ten.

1 x 10 2 x 5

7 + 2 = 9

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17 NUMBER ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

18 NUMBER MULTIPLICATION & DIVISION

Roll a ten sided dice and add the rod of equivalent value to build a train.

Create a visual representation of a times table.

9

2 1

5

1x 2 2x2 3x2 4x2 5x2 6x2 7x 2 8x 2 9x 2 10x2

19 NUMBER MULTIPLICATION & DIVISION

20 NUMBER MULTIPLICATION & DIVISION

Demonstrate multiplication using the equipment by repeating the same number of rods a set number of times.

Use the equipment to show a division by making a set number and separating it into groups.

2

4

6

8

10

5 x 2 = 10

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5 = 2

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21 NUMBER FRACTIONS, DECIMALS &

22 NUMBER FRACTIONS, DECIMALS &

Use the different coloured sticks to find half or a quarter of another stick.

What percentage of the orange rod is the yellow rod?

PERCENTAGES

PERCENTAGES

50% 1 2 of brown = crimson

23 NUMBER FRACTIONS, DECIMALS &

24 NUMBER FRACTIONS, DECIMALS &

Model equivalent fractions.

Investigate word problems involving fractions.

PERCENTAGES

PERCENTAGES

4 8 2 4 1 2

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A school has 100 pupils 1 5 are in the foundation stage 3 10 are in key stage one.

What % are in key stage two?

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25 NUMBER RATIO & PROPORTION

26 NUMBER ALGEBRA

Ask children to work out what proportion of the orange rod is the yellow rod?

Ask children to use the rods to investigate an algebraic equation. For example 2a = b.

How many different ways can the children find to use the rods to fit this equation?

2a = b

27 NUMBER MEASUREMENT

28 NUMBER MEASUREMENT

Measure the perimeter of a shape using the rods.

Fill the area of a shape using the rods.

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29 NUMBER MEASUREMENT

30 GEOMETRY PROPERTIES OF SHAPES

Use the rods and cubes to create two rows.

Ask children which is shorter/longer? Can they create a row which is shorter than the row 2 but longer than row 1.

Use the rods to create a repeating pattern and ask children to continue the pattern.

1 2

31 GEOMETRY PROPERTIES OF SHAPES

32 GEOMETRY PROPERTIES OF SHAPES

Create a pattern using the rods and cubes then draw an imaginary line of symmetry next to this and ask children to create the mirror image.

Use the cubes to create a shape and ask the children to guess what it is.

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33 GEOMETRY

GEOMETRY 34 PROPERTIES OF SHAPES

Give the children five rods and investigate how many different patterns they can create using them.

Make squares using the rods and then ask children how the squares were made and to continue the pattern.

35 GEOMETRY POSITION & DIRECTION

GEOMETRY 36 POSITION & DIRECTION

Create a snake trail following directional instructions.

Place some rods on a square grid and ask the children to follow co-ordinates instructions to colour the squares on their grid where they think the cubes have been placed.

PROPERTIES OF SHAPES

(3,2) (3,3)

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37 GEOMETRY

38 NUMBER STATISTICS

Ask children to use mathematical vocabulary to describe rotations.

Use the different rods to create a bar chart.

POSITION & DIRECTION

1 4 turn

1 2 turn

An ti-clockwis e

3 4 turn Clockwis e

39 NUMBER STATISTICS Find the mean of a set of a set of rods.

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8+3+10=21 21 3=7 8

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