My 5 New Math Sites!

Here are Math Sites I've heard about, stumbled across, and been using in my class. I wanted to post a selection here for my parents and others that are wishing to allow students to get some interventions while on Spring Break!!


1. A+ Click
A+ Click helps students become problem solvers. No fees, no ads, no calculators, and no sign in. The website features a graduated set of over 4000 challenging problems.The questions are based on the Common Core Standards in Math and go beyond with emphasis on thinking and not just wrote number sentences.

2. IXL Math (http://www.ixl.com/math/) is a subscriber fee based math site (plus other curricula) and to me is worth the fee. It offers standards based material and makes math fun and not boring (how many number sentences can a student really do to show mastery?)

3. http://www.alline.org/euro/emath.html A set of Mathematics Resources for Elementary students. The sites are interactive and provide engaging learning experiences. I use this for interventions and supplemental work outside of the classroom.

4. Cool Math 4 Kids (http://www.coolmath4kids.com/) Visually stimulating, engaging sites, and great intuitive lessons. That's just for the kids. Parents there is also a link for you that will help guide through the maze of helping with math homework, getting ready for kindergarten, and a set of resources. This is one of my favorites for the parent guides as well as the student interactivity.

5. Kids Numbers (http://www.kidsnumbers.com/) A collection of games, worksheets, and interactivity to assist the early learner in having fun with math.


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If you have your favorite FREE math website please post in the comments. Parents and teachers are always looking for ways to help students get a positive learning experience in math that will last a life time!

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Math Solutions has a great set of videos called "Explain It To Me" for the "big idea" of the eight practices in the Standards for Mathematical Practices posted ont he Math Solutions site.  Really helpful for me and my students.   Check them out!

Explain It To Me Videos from Math Solutions

Standards for Mathematical Practice    

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Interactive Resource for Math Standards

    

       A Professional Learning Module from the Leadership In Mathematics Education which includes their goal to: Network, Communicate, Support, & Motivate offers the following interactive module for “Illustrating the Standards for Mathematical Practice.”

          This is a great resource for understanding math education in the implementation of Common Core Math Standards. 

Click on the link for the interactive site: http://www.mathedleadership.org/ccss/itp/index.html

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PARCC Prototype!

Mathematics Core Tool Box  for Common Core Standards has a resource for a set of PARCC multipart prototype tasks which represents the initial release from a larger set of prototype tasks developed as part of a collaborative project between PARCC and the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin, the University of Arizona, the City University of New York, Agile Mind, Inc., and a select group of experts.  

Click on the link: http://www.ccsstoolbox.com/  then select the drop down “Resources for Implementation,” then on the sidebar click on “PARCC Prototyping Project.” This site offers samples for elementary, middle and high schools. 

Thanks to my district for sending out this link to the resources from CCSS Tool Box. 

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Math, Math, Math!

Math is sometimes difficult to learn as well as teach. These resources were sent to us by my school district. 

I wanted to share them (plus remember where they are when I need them again!). 

They are all excellent resources for the various grade levels and contain interactive games, pdf lessons, and other media types. 

Learn Zillions  
Zillions of lessons- includes Math as well as other subjects. Can be filtered by grade level.


Lessons:

Kindergarten: K.G.1,2,3-
In this unit, students are introduced to the idea of shapes through a read-aloud session with an appropriate book.

They then use models to learn the names of shapes, work together and individually to locate shapes in their real-world environment.

1st Grade: 1.OA.7,8-This lesson encourages students to explore another model of subtraction, the balance. Students will use real and virtual balances.

Students also explore recording the modeled subtraction facts in equation form.

2nd Grade: 2.MD.7- In this unit, students explore the relationship between pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They count sets of mixed coins, write story problems that involve money, and use coins to make patterns.


3rd Grade: 3.NF- or 3.NF additional In this unit, students explore relationships among fractions through work with the length model. This early work with fraction relationships helps students make sense of basic fraction concepts and facilitates work with comparing and ordering fractions and working with equivalency.

4th Grade: Performance Task 4.NF.1- 

Leapfrog Fractions

5th Grade: 5.MD.1 Students learn the basics of the metric system. They identify which units of measurement are used to measure specific objects, and they learn to convert between units within the same system.

6th Grade:6.EE.1-4 Online game- Late Delivery  

7th Grade: 7.RP.1,3- Online Proportions Lesson  

8th Grade: Impact of a SuperStarThis lesson uses technology tools to plot data, identify lines of best fit, and detect outliers. Then, students compare the lines of best fit when one element is removed from a data set, and interpret the results.
Online Games by grade levels from MathChimp

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FLIPBOOKS!

These resources were provided by my district and I wanted to post them to the blog to help me remember where I put them and to share them with others. The are great resources for teachers, home schooling, and for parents looking for ideas on teaching Math. 

FLIPBOOKS

The Common Core “FlipBooks” are a compilation of research, “unpacked” standards from many states, instructional strategies and examples for each standard at each grade level. The intent is to show the connections to the Standards of Mathematical Practices for the content standards and to get detailed information at each level.

Resources used: Common Core State Standards, NCTM’s Focus In Grades K-8 series, Student Centered Mathematics by J. VandeWalle, Arizona, Ohio and North Carolina department of education “unpacking” of the standards. This “Flip Book” is intended to help teachers understand what each standard means in terms of what students must know and be able to do. It provides only a sample of instructional strategies and examples. The goal of every teacher should be to guide students in understanding & making sense of mathematics.

§  8th Flipbook

§  7th Flipbook

§  6th Flipbook

§  5th Flipbook

§  4th Flipbook

§  3rd Flipbook

§  2nd Flipbook

§  1st Flipbook

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Unpacking & Understanding the Common Core Standards

This website is an excellent resource for grades K-6 unpacking the standards with understanding and implementing math skills.

http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/math/problemsolving.php

The NC Department of Public instruction has created a set of documents for grade level called "Unpacking the Standards." One extremely helpful part of each document is the chart of Mathematical Practices that specifies how those standards look at that particular grade level. The Standards for Mathematical Practice can be found starting on page 3 of each document below:

• Unpacking the Math Common Core - Kindergarten
• Unpacking the Math Common Core - First Grade
• Unpacking the Math Common Core - Second Grade
• Unpacking the Math Common Core - Third Grade
• Unpacking the Math Common Core - Fourth Grade
• Unpacking the Math Common Core - Fifth Grade
• Unpacking the Math Common Core - Sixth Grade
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http://mathwire.com/index.html Mathwire.com is another good resource for lots of games, activities, worksheets etc. 

(Lots of great pumpkin activities etc.) http://mathwire.com/seasonal/fall05.html#pumpkins

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An Extensive Collection of Math Resources

Sometimes when you are looking at Tweets and following people on Facebook you stumble upon a website that you can put to use right away. One such site that I found today is http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/

This site provides an extensive collection of free resources, math games, and hands-on math activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

Their math printables are suitable for use in math centers, small group or whole class settings. Instructions for each activity are presented in large print on a task card in child-friendly language to enable students to work on tasks independently after a brief introduction to the task.

I found several for my exceptional education students whereby we can improve their numeracy skills, their counting, and general overall learning of math. Please check them out and leave a thank you in their comments section, too. After all one does like to see how far information can travel in the digital realm.

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Common Core Resources for Math & ELA

Justin Tarte is a passionate educator with a love of learning and technology. He is the Director of Curriculum & Support Services in the Union R-XI School District in Union, Missouri. 

He is someone that I follow on Twitter and his blog has great resources for teachers and administrators. 

His recent posting on Common Core Resources for Math & ELA is a great place for teachers who are trying wrap their arms around the CCSS.

Be sure to check out and subscribe to his blog, as well as, read other postings by Dr. Tarte on Common Core standards. Don't miss the great posts on leadership either.

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Bedtime Math is awesome!!

Wow! A great way to help our kids get better at math... check it out: www.bedtimemathproblem.org

Bedtime Math is the brainchild of Laura Bilodeau Overdeck. Laura has no professional training in teaching, but she does know something about numbers. As a kid she sat and memorized perfect squares for fun, back before it was cool. As a mom, she (along with her husband John) started giving math problems to their two older kids; when their 2-year-old started hollering for his own math problem, they knew they were onto something, and Bedtime Math was born.

This is a great way to help them with the new common core state standards of math in a deeper level.

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18 ELEMENTARY MATH Sites for Teachers, Parents and Students

Eighteen Websites for Elementary Math Teachers

1. Jenny Eather's "Math Dictionary for Kids"

2. Dynamic Math Curriculum: Grade Level Pacing Guides, Lessons and Worksheets

3. Gamequarium - Swims with learning fun!

4. STEM Math Resources - Tennessee Vocabulary Appendix (PDF)  

5. TCAP Practice Test Sets from TN DOE  -this takes you directly to the samplers

6. Step-by-Step Word Problems from ThinkQuest

7. Make 1000s of FREE Math Worksheets!

8. Cool Math 4 Kids

9. The Teachers Corner

10. School Time Games - Mathematics

11. Dad's Worksheets - Segmented by grade level. Several choices and great ideas.

12. Math Test Prep with Lessons by Standard   Great ideas and examples for test prep

13. Math Playground (Use after teaching lessons for practice as well as refreshers and review. Cool graphics and sound appeals to the kids and they learn in the process.)

14. Math Worksheet Generator

15. Online Fact Navigator from Multiplication.com   Teaches the concepts of multiplication and not just playing games. The site offers a great tool for interactive multiplication table. 

16. BrianPop - Math     All of the items are great, some require a subscription or email address to activate.

17. Numeracy from the BBC website  Organized by age and subject. Check it out!

18. Online Math Games & Activities (Additional Collection)    J. B. Pratt curates this listing of Online Math Games and Activities. He keeps it updated and active. Several great ideas, sites and collections from around the globe.