Purplemath is website that is based around forums for
students to come get help on a variety of math subjects that are taught in
elementary, middle school, high school, and some college. Not only do they have
forums that students can ask questions on, but they also provide practice
quizzes and practice worksheets to really tone up math skills. Each topic comes
with a guided video as well so students can visually see the concepts come to
life. However, to get many of the advance features like guided videos and
worksheets users must create an account and pay a fee. The basic services such
as explanations on concepts and definitions are free for all users.
Skills students need to navigate:
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Read and interpret printed text
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Read and interpret mathematical symbols
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Know basic elementary math
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Knowledge of basic computer use (younger children needs
supervision)
This resource would be developmentally age appropriate because it offers
a variety of ways to teach lessons that are taught in that age range. Also,
since this site offers past elementary level material students can use that to
their advantage to get ahead on their learning. However, since there are very
little on things for k-2 pupils to use, some material might need adjustment
before use.
These adjustments might include simplifying the quizzes and content to
better fit the younger age group. However, if the pupil is already skilled with
k-2 stuff they can easily use this site to jump ahead on what they need to know
for the future.
Mathisfun is a free online website
that provides games, worksheet, math dictionary, activities, handouts, and
puzzles. As you can see there are a lot of interactive content that kids can
use to learn certain concepts, but they also have material that kids can
directly learn from. The game topics that students can chose from range from
algebra to geometry and also have different levels that students can chose from.
There are games that combine colors with numbers to enhance the students
learning experience. An example of one of the various worksheets that is
provided on this site is a worksheet that is based off of the concept of
multiplication. On this worksheet students can fill in a multiplication table
that can also be used as another resource in future assignments.
Skills students need to navigate:
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Read and interpret printed text
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Read and interpret mathematical symbols
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Know basic elementary math
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Knowledge of basic computer use (younger children needs
supervision)
This site is very age appropriate and accommodates topics
that k-6th graders can utilize. It offers a variety of methods of
learning that not many sites offers, like hands on coloring that teaches about
numbers. Since it offers a lot of material on the fundamentals of math like
basic counting and adding it can definitely be used for the upper tier students
to get a strong foundation in their math career.
This site is ideal for teachers to use for classes because
they have a variety of projects and activities that students can work on
together. Since there are a variety of options to choose from students will
stay engaged in learning the material. Individual students can also use this
site as extra practice.
Mathplayground.com is a free online website for kids that
are in the k-6th grade level. It offers a unique way of teaching
pupils concepts that are taught in school by offering arcade style games to
engage the kids. Besides that they offer word problems that gives students a
more applied way of learning math and videos to help enforce key fundamental
skills that are needed in the future. They not only make this a site where
students can go to for concept help, but also a place where students can tone
up their thinking skills by offering a variety of logic games that apply math
and English.
Skills students need to navigate:
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Read and interpret printed text
·
Read and interpret mathematical symbols
·
Know basic elementary math
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Knowledge of basic computer use (younger children needs
supervision)
This is an ideal site where students that are in grade k-6th
can come to learn math in a different perspective. This site makes many of the
concepts easy to understand by presenting them in forms of videos and games,
which make this very appropriate for this age group.
Some of the concepts and material are not easy to navigate around so
younger pupils might need help of a supervisor or an adult to find the right
level material. This site most likely cannot be used in a classroom environment
however it is ideal for at-home practice. This is a good way for parents to
introduce a fun way of reinforcing the material, so it might be a good idea for
them to bookmark this website to reference when their child has free time.
123techs4me.com is a free online website that has many different tools
for a variety of academic areas that range from science to music, and of course
math. The math section of this website is very easy to navigate and offers
labeled levels on each of the things it offers. Some examples are counting
activities with bugs and beads, counting money, fractions and much more. Once
you click on the desired topic and/or activity it takes the user to an
interactive game on the topic. Some of the activities also offer more link specific
for the topic to really drill in the key skills. Although most of the topics
offer games, some lead to easy to follow, step-by-step lessons on some of the
material like fractions.
Skills students need to navigate:
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Read and interpret printed text
·
Read and interpret mathematical symbols
·
Know basic elementary math
·
Knowledge of basic computer use (younger children needs
supervision)
This website is appropriate for students ages k-6th however,
limited material is available for grades 5-6th. They offer an
alternative link that takes you to a different website for more of the upper
level material. This site can be used by the older students to review the material
as well as understanding the basic concepts of math better.
This is not an ideal website for teachers to use because it is mostly
individual based work. However teachers can refer to this as extra practice for
their pupils on the subjects that they taught in class. Parents and students
can also come to this website to better understand the material that is being
taught in class.
Hey there, cool blog post. What did you learn while doing this? I learned a lot about apps that I could've used back in the day...too late, I suppose. Have a great break!
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