TeachersFirst - Featured Sites: Week of Mar 10, 2019
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CanFigureIt Geometry - CanFigureIt LLC
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): angles (51), geometric shapes (136)
In the Classroom
Include this site with your other tools for teaching and practicing geography concepts. Be sure to share with students on your webpage or blog for easy access at any time. Apply for the Proof Ninja Educator Program to take advantage of the additional features for monitoring student work. Introduce this site to your students on your interactive whiteboard as you work together to learn geometry concepts. Ask students to show proofs and justifications using the program and take a screenshot of their work. Ask students to include their screenshot within a Google document and share their problem-solving process. This site is an excellent way to differentiate learning for different levels of student understanding. Encourage students to create explainer videos using Clipchamp, reviewed here, to modify their learning and to share their understanding with their fellow students. Include those videos on your website for all students to review and access.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Open Middle - N Johnson, R Kaplinsky, B Anderson, D Luevanos, and Z Miller
Grades
K to 12tag(s): logic (164), problem solving (226), statistics (114)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to find math problems correlating to your teaching standards or content. This site is perfect for finding materials to differentiate instruction with different student ability levels. Have students share their results and discuss their problem-solving process on your interactive whiteboard. Take screenshots of the different solutions and include on your class website. Another option is to take a picture of student's written solutions, then use Voxer, reviewed here, to extend student learning by having them add an audio recording describing their mathematical thinking. Share their Voxer to your student's digital portfolio on Seesaw, reviewed here, or another portfolio creation site. As students become more proficient in sharing their mathematical thinking and problem-solving activities, consider using their math talks as part of an ongoing podcast using Buzzsprout, reviewed here, as a way to extend student learning and promote math conversations and help students understand that there may be many different ways to arrive at the right answer to a problem. Buzzsprout features free and easy to use tools including the ability to create and schedule podcasts to be released on any date and time you desire.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Official SAT Practice - Khan Academy
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): test prep (66)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students and parents on your class website and newsletters. Provide time in class for students to practice in preparation of standardized testing. Have students choose difficult questions and work together with peers to solve. Transfrom learning by asking them to use Clipchamp, reviewed here, to create video explanations to share with peers. Include these explainer videos on your class website.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Is That a Big Number? - Andrew Elliott
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): measurement (126), number sense (70), numbers (119), ratios (47)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use for reference throughout the year. Use it as a 5-10 minute fill-in when you have a little bit of extra time. Get your interactive whiteboard or projector ready and challenge students to provide numbers to use as a comparison or take the numbers quiz together to learn more about numbers. As a substitute to paper and pencil, have students create explainer videos using Typito, reviewed here, to demonstrate the power and size of large numbers. To extend student learning and understanding, challenge students to create a web page using Carrd, reviewed here, to share information learned after researching numbers and statistics found on this site and others.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TimesTables - Timestables.com
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): multiples (15), multiplication (122)
In the Classroom
Share a link to TimesTables on classroom computers for use during math centers or individual choice time. Use a bookmarking site like Symbaloo, reviewed here, to share multiplication practice activities with students. As students become more proficient in multiplication facts, alter learning by having them share tips and strategies using a video response site like Flip, reviewed here. Take your multiplication lessons a step further and use Symbaloo Learning Paths, reviewed here, to create a complete learning path including your multiplication activities. Include quizzes, videos, links to practice activities, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Resources for All Grades - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): charts and graphs (169), data (147), equations (119), estimation (35), exponents (35), geometric shapes (136), integers (22), measurement (126), number lines (33), number sense (70), numbers (119), operations (72), order of operations (28), probability (96), sequences (12), sequencing (17), vectors (16)
In the Classroom
Save this list for when teaching any math class in grades K-12. Many of the resources would work in a BYOD environment. Share these lists on your class website for students to access for additional practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Resources for Algebra - Grades 9-12 - TeachersFirst
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): data (147), number lines (33), percent (58), pi (26), quadratics (26), ratios (47)
In the Classroom
Share these resources on your class website for students to use for remediation or review. Share tools on your interactive whiteboard or in your BYOD classroom. Use these sites to differentiate.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Art for Kids: Pi Skyline - Patria Lincoln
Grades
K to 5This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (169), pi (26), STEM (262)
In the Classroom
Create a classroom display with all of your students' Pi Day Skylines. Take this idea and apply it to other number series. Have students take pictures of their creations. Then show them how to embed media transforming their work into a true digital story using Ourboox, reviewed here. Ourboox creates beautiful page-flipping digital books in minutes, and you can embed video, music, animation, games, maps and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MathGames - TeachMe, Inc.
Grades
K to 8tag(s): addition (128), charts and graphs (169), differentiation (84), division (98), equations (119), estimation (35), fractions (159), game based learning (171), geometric shapes (136), measurement (126), mental math (18), multiples (15), multiplication (122), patterns (64), pi (26), preK (254), ratios (47), statistics (114), subtraction (109), time (92)
In the Classroom
MathGames is perfect for practice with many different math concepts. Include a link to games on your class website or classroom computers. Be sure to share games with parents for play at home. Take advantage of the free registration to register your class to follow student progress and challenge students to increase scores. Enhance learning goals by asking students to write blog entries sharing their learning and understanding for each game using Telegra.ph, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using edublogs, reviewed here. Take this a step further and extend students' learning by picking the game they learned the most from and make a feature video about it using Typito, reviewed here. If you teach using Common Core Standards, MathGames is excellent for finding practice activities aligned to the standards. Measure student growth for Common Core Standards using Edulastic, reviewed here. MathGames is perfect for remote or blended learning due to its detailed progress reports.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pi Day - 314 Solutions, Inc
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): flips (6), pi (26), puzzles (143), vocabulary (235)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Allow students to explore the site on their own, with a group, or in your blended class have them explore at home. Use some of the ideas on the site when celebrating Pi Day in your classroom. Share the site with students as a resource for Pi research projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pi Day Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): pi (26)
In the Classroom
Use the resources in this collection to supplement your classroom during a lesson on Pi Day. The links here can be used for lesson plans, webqests, learning centers and the like! Make sure to save this one as a favorite if ever in need of some new ideas for Pi Day.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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