Unit Materials for 7th Grade Math
To see an overview of all the materials you will need for this course, view our grade-appropriate course overview
Material Name
Lesson(s)
Quantity
Notes
180° Protractor
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
These are used in Anchor Problem 1 and require some preparation.
1 set for the class or 1 set per group
1 per student or per pair
1 per group of students
1 per student group
Printed for Anchor Problem 3
1 per student
1 per student
1 per small group
1 per small group
1 per student or small group
See the blog post Triangle Inequality Skewers by Elissa Miller for guidance on how to prepare wooden skewers.
3
printed, folded, and glued from this template. (The website Cut Out Fold Up has additional information about these templates.)
Blank Paper
2-3 sheets per student
2-3 sheets per student
several sheets per student
2-3 sheets per student
Brown bag
2 per pair of students
2 per pair of students
2 per pair of students
Calculators
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per pair
1 per group, 6 total
1 per group
1 per student
Coins
1 per student
Compass
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
Counters
1 set per student group of at least 10 in two different colors
11 per small group
Cubes
1 set per small group
5 of one color and 15 of different color(s)
1 set per small group
15 with 5 red and 10 of different color(s)
Dice
2 per student
Dry erase marker
1 per student
1 per student
Fillable prism and pyramid containers
Identical base and height
Game piece or token
1 per student
1 per student
Graph Paper
2-3 sheets per student
2–3 sheets per student
2–3 sheets per student
1 sheet per student
1 page per group
2-3 sheets per student
1 sheet per student
2-3 sheets per student
2-3 sheets per student
Integer chips
1 set per student group of at least 10 in two different colors
These are used for Anchor Problem 3, and will be an important manipulative to have available in future lessons within this unit.
Or counters, or access to a digital integer chip manipulative
Laminated number line
1 per student
1 per student
Number lines
laminated
Papers with numbers 1-29 and 1-20
1 per pair of students
Plastic balls (like ping-pong)
1 per small group
Plastic cups (non-see-through )
3 per small group
Poster paper
1 sheet per group
2-3 sheets per group
Ruler
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
1 per student
Scissors
1 per student
Square tiles
one set per group
String
1 per student
A different flexible measuring tool also works here.
1 per student
Tracing paper
1 sheet per student
1 sheet per student
1-2 per student
2-3 sheets per group
several sheets per student
Water
Enough to fill containers. Sand or rice can be used as alternate materials.
Water, sand, or rice
Optional: Situations for Simulation
Optional: A variety of objects with circular measurements such as coins, sports balls, lids, plates, cups, stickers, pen caps, water bottles, thumb tacks, hula hoops, rings or bracelets, bicycle tires, etc.
Optional: Algebra tiles
Optional: Brown bag
Optional: Calculators
1 per pair
1 per student or pair
1 per student or pair
1 per student or pair
Optional: Coins
Optional: Colored Pencils
Optional: Counters
Optional: Cubes
Optional: Dice
Optional: Digital manipulatives
Students may access digital manipulatives on a computer or tablet.
Students may access digital manipulatives on a computer or tablet.
Students may access digital manipulatives on a computer or tablet.
Students may access digital manipulatives on a computer or tablet.
Optional: Dry erase marker
1 per student
Optional: Game piece or token
1 per student
Optional: Laminated number line
1 per student
Optional: Markers
1 set of markers per small group
Optional: Objects that are shaped as prisms or pyramids
Optional: Painter's tape
Optional: Plastic cup
Optional: Poster paper
1 per small group
Optional: Resource: Ms. Baca's Green Paint Ratios (G7U1 L4 AP2 Alternative Version)
1 set of cards
Optional: Ruler
1 per student
Optional: Salt dough or clay and floss
Optional: Scissors
Optional: Spinners
Optional: Standard deck of playing cards
1 per student or small group
1 per student or small group
Optional: String
Optional: Tape
Optional: Toothpicks
Optional: Transparency sheets and dry-erase markers
Optional: Two-pan balances
