Manipulatives with Quiz

Recently I gave my Math 9 students an option to use linking cubes to help them write a surface area quiz (one designed by my colleague CB). Immediately some students knew they would want to use the manipulatives and collected the cubes prior to the start of the test while others waited to preview the quiz first. In the end, all of the students used the cubes to help them complete the quiz. Interesting that when given the choice, the students utilized the manipulatives!

P.S. K.T. specifically selected all pink cubes … seemed to work well for her. Great results from J.B. in this unit (10/12 on quiz; 10/10 on an assignment).
One of my top students, C.D., made a gun with his cubes but I’m pretty sure that was after he aced the quiz!