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Developed by Stanford University, the Redbird Mathematics curriculum features the latest in adaptive instruction, gamification, and digital project-based learning.
Redbird Mathematics provides students with a richly personalized learning path, delivering precisely what each individual needs to build strong algebra readiness skills and accelerate learning forward.

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Discover Redbird Mathematics, the latest in adaptive instruction, gamification, and digital project-based learning for math students in grades K-6.

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K-12 Math Support Documents and Resources

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K-12 Math Support Documents and Resources

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Elementary
SCCCR-M Elementary (Grades K-5) Support Document
The support documents are organized by grades. Each grade is then organized by possible units of study which address all of the standards for that grade. To see an overview of the units and related standards for all grades Kindergarten through Grade 5, click on the Overview page. To see the units for a particular grade and an overview for just that grade, click on the grade of interest.

Middle

SCCCR-M Middle School (Grades 6-8) Support Document

High

External Resources

Curriculum-Related

Math Tools

Family-Friendly Guide to the Standards

Honors Resources

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SCCCR-M Elementary (Grades K-5) Support Document The support documents are organized by grades. Each grade is then organized by possible units of study which address all of the standards for that grade. To see an overview of the units and related standards for all grades Kindergarten through Grade 5, click on the Overview page.

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Home - South Carolina Department of Education

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Geared towards K-8 learners, parents and teachers. This site has a growing collection of printable worksheets, online calculators, games, puzzles, and tools such as timer and converter... All of these are completely FREE.

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Choose the number of dice by clicking FEWER DICE or MORE DICE. To see the roll totals or the population mean number of spots μ, check the corresponding box at the left. Fill in the number of rolls you'd like to make and click ROLL DICE. The graph shows the average x̄ of the spots for all of your rolls. As you make more and more rolls, x̄ should eventually get close to μ.

Click the "Quiz Me" button to complete the activity.

Observe a random variable X very many times. In the long run, the proportion of outcomes taking any value gets close to the probability of that value. The Law of Large Numbers says that the average of the observed values gets close to the mean μ of X.

In this applet, we represent a random variable X as the total number of spots on the "up" faces of one or more dice.

Question 1.1

Set the number of dice to 1.

In the long run, the average number of spots µ that should come up when you roll one die is brVrJl3J7nE=.

Roll the die 5 times. What is the average number of spots observed over these 5 rolls? whvjMhXDKBkzIL8g.

Now roll the die 45 more times, for a total of 50 rolls. What is the average number of spots observed over these 50 rolls? whvjMhXDKBkzIL8g.

Question 1.2

Now set the number of dice to 6.

In the long run, the average number of spots µ that should come up when you roll six dice is Sh66xq0desA=.

Roll the six dice 5 times. What is the average number of spots observed over these 5 rolls? LfKwD6W+290=.

Now roll the dice 45 more times, for a total of 50 rolls. What is the average number of spots observed over these 50 rolls? LfKwD6W+290=.

Question 1.3

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Modes

In Solve and Substitute, vertical lines indicate "is equal to" (=).

In Expand and Factor, the large area is the product of the top and left areas, as in a standard multiplication table.

Adding Tiles

Add tiles to the workspace from the bottom left bank. The value of each tile is indicated. When moved to the workspace, the value will be erased.

Flip turns tiles over, giving the inverse value. For example when a green x is flipped, it becomes a red -x tile. Flipping the red -x tile, gives the inverse green x tile. You can click the button to flip all tiles in the bank or move tiles to the workspace, and then click to flip those tiles over.

Turn rotates the green x and red -x tiles 90°. This is most useful in the Expand and Factor activities.

Other Tools

Tools may be used on single tiles by select them or a group of tiles by selecting several or dragging a rectangle around a group of tiles. The tool may be selected before the tile for a single action or after to allow for a repeated action.

Pointer selects and moves tiles. This is the default tool. When the empty workspace or a tile from the bank is selected, this tool is automatically selected.Note: Depending on the activity, some tiles may not be removed.

Eraser removes tiles from the workspace. Note: Depending on the activity, some tiles may not be removed.

Remove Zero Pairs allows only zero pairs to be removed from the workspace. This is most helpful in solving Solve and Expand problems or anytime in Factor problems to ensure tiles are properly removed. A zero pair is a pair of tiles that sums to 0, such as a yellow 1 tile and a red -1 tile.

Copy copies the currently selected tile(s). Move the tile(s) to see the copy. This is most helpful when a large number of tiles must be placed in the workspace, such as forx 2 - 16.

Completing a Problem

All problems must be completed in two steps:

Build the model
Place the correct pieces in the workspace. After you build the model of the given problem, Check your answer to move on to the next step. Only tile type, tile quantity, and workspace area are checked, not the way in which tiles are arranged.

If you want to start again, Reset to empty your workspace.

Solve the problem
in After you solve the problem, Check your answer. Where applicable, answers must be given in simplified form. Both the entered answer and workspace must be correct. If one or both is incorrect, the incorrect portion will be indicated. Note: Factor mode, all factors must be entered in parentheses. x(x + 1) will be marked wrong. (x)(x + 1) will be accepted.

If you want to start again, Reset to go back to your original model.

When you complete your problem or at any other point, you may start a New problem.

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Use tiles to represent variables and constants, learn how to represent and solve algebra problem. Solve equations, substitute in variable expressions, and expand and factor.

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A coin flip simulation for exploring binomial probabilities.

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Simulate rolling one, two or three standard dice and explore the distribution of dice sums.

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An activity by Nerissa Gerodias edited with love. A visual introduction to completing the square using algebra tiles, Desmos Sketch, and a twist on Desmos Card Sort. *Updated to include a brief Notice and Wonder® task http://mathforum.org/pow/noticewonder/. Preparing for TEKS A.8(A)

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Free online apps bundle from GeoGebra: get graphing, geometry, algebra, 3D, statistics, probability, all in one tool!

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Interactive, free online geometry tool from GeoGebra: create triangles, circles, angles, transformations and much more!

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GeoGebra - the world's favorite, free math tools used by over 100 million students and teachers

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Free digital tools for class activities, graphing, geometry, collaborative whiteboard and more

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Explore math with our beautiful, free online graphing calculator. Graph functions, plot points, visualize algebraic equations, add sliders, animate graphs, and more.

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Desmos offers best-in-class calculators, digital math activities, and curriculum to help every student love math and love learning math.

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Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course.  ALEKS also provides the advantages of one-on-one instruction, 24/7, from virtually any Web-based computer for a fraction of the cost of a human tutor.

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Teach Hub: Low-Tech Alternatives to Use for Online Learning

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Teach Hub: Low-Tech Alternatives to Use for Online Learning

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One of the most significant obstacles educators must overcome during the COVID-19 pandemic is the unequal access to digital tools. While many schools are handing out Chromebooks and laptops for students to borrow, not all households have the resources available to gain internet access. To ensure all students can learn from home, here are a few low-tech, accessible learning technology alternatives for remote learning.

Plan for Multiple Kinds of Devices

It is essential to plan to use learning materials and platforms that are accessible on any device. According to the Pew Research Center, 96 percent of adults own a cellphone, and 81 percent own a smartphone. As for desktops, laptops, and tablets, research shows that 74 percent of adults own a laptop, and 52 percent own a tablet. This research shows that most students (81 percent) will at least be able to complete work at home on paper, then snap a picture of it to submit to the teacher.

Also, consider cloud-based apps that provide storage for students with limited device space. Google Classroom is one of the most popular learning management systems that educational institutions utilize because it enables students' access to the platform from computers, tablets, and smartphones. Teachers can create online classrooms for sharing, attach files, port YouTube videos, chat with students in Google hangout, and keep track of students' assignments and progress from one app.

Consider Connection

Consider students' internet connection when planning for remote learning. Not all students have access to the internet or a good network connection. Luckily, there are options during this time. Spectrum and Comcast are offering free internet access to all students for 60 days. For smartphone and tablet users, AT&T is offering open hot spots and unlimited data to existing customers while Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile are following the FCC agreement and opening hot spots. Encourage students to utilize these deals while they are available.

Tune-In to the Television

The percentage of U.S. homes with a television signal, over-the-air, cable, or broadband, is about 96 percent, according to Nielsen's National Television Household Universe. This means the majority of students have access to a television as an "alternative technology". In response to the COVID-19 virus, PBS will provide a daily, five-hour At-Home Learning Service for students in grades 6-12 to PBS stations nationwide. There will be programs on history, English language arts, and science, as well as related learning resources from PBS Learning Media, a free online service of thousands of educational resources. Television provides an ample amount of resources and opportunities for learning. With 96 percent of households having access, in conjunction with PBS's free daily learning programs, you can create lessons students can follow along to while watching.

Consider Homework Packets

Many school districts are having their faculty create homework packets for students. Teachers in each grade level put together a packet full of work (enough for a few weeks) and either set up a designated drive-up packet pick-up at the school, mail them home to students, or post them on the school website. If students are having trouble with an assignment, teachers set up office hours (via phone or email) as well as the opportunity to video chat if the student is able. If you are considering creating a weekly packet, make sure that it is a review for students. You do not want to teach anything new unless you know students have access to a computer and the internet where you can show instructional videos of how to complete any new work.

An alternative for creating your packet is to download one. Achieve3000 is offering free access to a set of literacy printable packets. These packets add up to a month's worth of content differentiated for students who are at, below, and above grade-level in their reading abilities. Teachers can send a link for students to download, or they can print out the packets to hand to students.

When it comes to elearning, no one expects you to become an expert overnight. Think about the smallest thing that you can do for your students now that will make the most significant impact. That may simply be just checking in with your students as much as you can.
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Low-Tech Alternatives to Use for Online Learning

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Teach Hub: Tips for Parents Teaching from Home

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Teach Hub: Tips for Parents Teaching from Home

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Parents are teaching their children from home; some are doing so voluntarily, like those who homeschool their children throughout the year, and some are solicited to teach by circumstances, like those facing school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teaching from home is a feat that brings a plethora of emotions like stress and anxiety, especially for parents who are new to teaching.

Six proven tips can allay the anxieties and stress and make way for physical and emotional control so parents and students succeed on their journey of teaching and learning from home.

Establish a Dedicated Learning Space

Do you as a parent have a special place for meditating, working from home, reading, watching your favorite Netflix series, sleeping, etc.? How do you feel when you step into that space? You probably feel driven to engage in the named activity because the environment has become a trigger for the particular habits that often occur there. You can foster work and learning habits in your child by having your child use a dedicated space for learning. For a learning space that is most appropriate, make the space comfortable, eliminate distractions, and provide the required learning tools.

The optimal learning space is one that is flexible and comfortable for your child. Does your child like to lie down or sit up to work? What temperature and lighting are favored by your child? Having choices within the space makes the space flexible for your child, which is motivational and comforting. A learning rug, sofa, child-sized desk, and/or s table are pieces of furniture to consider when creating your child's learning space. Also, your child may be most comfortable with a blanket, a fan, bright and dim lights, a variety of lamps, etc. that will allow him or her to adjust the space as needed or desired.

Maximizing the space and time for learning requires eliminating distractions. Some typical distractions include television, gadgets, toys, clutter, various extreme colors in one space, etc. Remove or unplug any distractions to increase your child's focus and learning.

Having learning tools readily available in the dedicated space will decrease time spent searching for the tools and will maximize learning time. Provide appropriate learning tools such as pens, pencils, appropriate technology, paper, required books, learning games, or other required materials.

With a dedicated learning space, your child will begin to associate work and learning with this area and learning time will be maximized.

Establish a Routine that Works

Children's emotional control, choices of behavior, and tendencies toward learning improve with a consistent routine or schedule. When creating a routine or schedule, it is important to "put pen to paper" because a routine needs to be clearly established and communicated. Start with big pieces of the day that are already in place such as mealtimes and bedtime. Then build other timeslots into the schedule like computer time, reading time, etc. A routine that works requires you to know your child. When does he/she focus best? This will be an optimal time for tasks requiring the most attention and deliberation. When is your child more sluggish? This time of day will be ideal for brain breaks, play, or activities that interest your child.

Once you've created a routine or schedule, post the schedule for all to see. Place it on the refrigerator, send it electronically, or use whatever method for communication that works for your child and your family. A routine promotes positive habits, decreases anxiety, and promotes security for children; learning is more likely to occur in these right conditions.

Check-in Frequently

"How do you feel? Tell me something new." Doesn't it feel good for someone to take such interest in your feelings, thoughts, and well-being? It feels good to children, too. Safety, security, and emotional well-being are reinforced through frequent check-ins, so ask your child questions regularly throughout each day.

Another purpose for frequent check-ins involves a correlation to the effective teaching-and-learning cycle. The cycle requires feedback or, simply stated, helping your child understand what he/she did right and what needs improvement or correction. Check your child's work and talk with him/her about great efforts and about improvements needed.

Provide Ample Brain Breaks

Have you ever been in a meeting and had to excuse yourself for a drink of water so you could refocus? Children, like adults, need breaks too. Brain breaks are breaks from the task at hand and are essential for focus, concentration, processing information, and memory. Breaks may be brief, like stretching, or extended, like engaging in some type of physical activity. They can be scheduled or can occur after the completion of sets of activities or tasks. A scheduled break, for example, would be a 3 minute stretch break every 30 minutes of work. A break after completion of tasks, for example, would be a 10 minute break after all math problems have been completed.

Build in Time for Interests and Play

Play and engaging in personal interests yield benefits for children; they foster creativity, support children in processing the world around them, and increase motivation. Play can occur in a variety of ways and spaces. It can include toys, games, drawing, dancing, swinging, pretending, imagining, dreaming and discussing dreams, sharing, and the like. Personal interests may be involved daily in book choices, choices in games or music, research on chosen topics, etc. When the benefits of play and interests are facilitated in the lives of children at home, growing and learning are more likely to occur.

Encourage Challenging Work

Engaging only with easy tasks leads to stagnation in growth and learning. Instead, encourage children to take on a challenge. Challenges encourage risk-taking and require persistence to be accomplished; thus the fostering of real-world skills is at hand. Challenges become easier through repetition, and one graduates from one level to the next on the continuum of growth and learning.

Like teachers in classrooms, parents that teach from home want security and success in emotional and academic growth for their children. Teaching your child at home is not easy, but the six tips will guide you to a more successful journey in the charted or uncharted territory you are facing at home.
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Illuminations Home - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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This site, created by a school teacher, houses several interactive math games specifically designed for IWBs. All activities are aimed at reinforcing mathematical concepts and skills.

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Maths Games for KS2: designed by a teacher for teachers - Mathsframe

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Mathsframe has more than 200 interactive maths games and 300 maths worksheets and assessments linked to the new curriculum. All resources are designed by an experienced KS2 teacher. New games and worksheets are added regularly.

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Smalls Educational Coaching and Consulting, LLC
DeVonne Smalls - Owner/Consultant

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SERVICES

Services include Individual and PLC/Group Coaching, Consulting, and numerous Professional Development sessions that can all be customized to meet the unique needs of your teachers and your school.

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SERVICES Services include Individual and PLC/Group Coaching, Consulting, and numerous Professional Development sessions that can all be customized to meet the unique needs of your teachers and your school.

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Free math help! Tutorial videos on topics including arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus.

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FuseSchool is a global education charity, taking on the challenge of providing everyone, everywhere with access to a top quality education. For free. We create animated, bitesize videos covering the maths and science topics you learn in school. We take the best teachers, record their explanations into bitesize audios and then our wonderful designers bring the content to life.

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Some math skills are easier to pick up than others. Math Games helps students get the extra practice they need with fun activities focusing on specific skills and topics.

Click on one of the skills above to see what students are supposed to be able to do at each grade level. Knowing this learning trajectory can help clarify and resolve problem areas. If students are unsure how to do something they should technically already know, given their grade level, our resources can help. Students can:

Play games or complete activities that diagnose precisely where they are struggling with particular skills.

Do games and exercises designed for students in earlier grades, before building up to more advanced material.

Complete our free worksheets to refresh and review their knowledge of a skill before learning more about it at school.

Love learning new math skills, as they improve them by playing fun games.

Choose one of the skills above to get started!

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Math sites, interactive games and links for all grade levels

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Interactive math lessons and tutorials websites

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Practice addition, multiplication, fractions and algebraic reasoning with our popular math games. Discover fun learning games kids love to play.

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The Best Online Interactive Math Games for Every Grade Level

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Interactive Learning Sites for Education

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Interactive Learning Sites for Education

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Math games for kids grades K-5

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Math Games for Kids Online - Splash Math

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Interactive Math games for Kindergarten to Grade 5 aligned with Common Core Standards. Splash Math is an award winning math program used by more than 30 Million children.

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Lexington Math Tutoring & Learning Centers | Mathnasium

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We offer math tutoring services in Lexington. Our tutors help kids with mathematics homework lessons, math tutorials and math education.

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3 Math Apps to Help Prevent the Summer Slide

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3 Math Apps to Help Prevent the Summer Slide

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Summer is here, but the learning shouldn't stop. We have gathered 3 great apps that will help prevent the summer slide for your children in the area of math. These apps track your child's progress and can be purchased on a monthly basis to supplement any curriculum your child has completed during the past school year.

Prevent the Summer Slide with These Math Apps

Todo Math is a free app designed to practice early childhood math skills. Todo in Spanish means "all" and is designed to inspire play with all the early childhood math concepts. It includes 20+ multi-level games. It has two different types of play: free choice and mission. In mission mode, the app gives a brief overview of each game and guides your child through each game one at a time. In free choice mode, all games are presented and your child chooses which one they would like to play. It includes multiple levels of math games and adaptive play, where the games automatically adapt to your child's skill level. Other options for children are the Mathematical Missions, designed to motivate children to engage longer with the mathematical concepts. Parents, you can sign up for a parent account which will provide you with a more detailed look at how your child is progressing through the app. Compared to most apps, Todo Math does contain a worthwhile amount of free content practicing many different areas of math for children ages 3-6, or levels PreK-2nd grade. There are additional in-app purchases to access more content. The additional content would be beneficial to support your child's math practice over the summer months and help prevent the summer slide.

My Blee Math offers a wide variety of elementary math lessons on topics such as measuring line segments, working with money, mental math and multi-digit addition for students ages 5-8. KinderTown likes how the app gives initial instruction on a particular concept before the child is asked to practice or apply it. The instruction is given with a unique robotic-like voice. Another great feature is the use of "MyScript" technology that can identify a child's handwriting as she writes her answer directly on the screen. Children will also find the use of the digital manipulatives which include movable rulers, blocks, protractors, etc. both interesting and helpful for solving problems. My Blee is an app that would benefit students who need additional practice with math concepts. The app offers communication to parents about their student's progress through frequent emails. The app is free for 10 minutes each week. Subscriptions can be purchased for students who need more time per week for $9.99 a month or for $74.99 for a year.

Splash Math is an interactive workbook style app where you'll find all the math practice your child needs to reinforce what they have learned throughout the school year. There is a nice mix of multiple choice, fill in the missing pieces and choose an answer problems. Kids will find some questions that require reading, so parents will want to stick close when starting the app. Parents get complete customization of what math concepts and skills are presented to multiple children in the app. Splash Math comes in a variety of levels from PreK-5th Grade and reinforces math concepts learned during the corresponding grade level. You must purchase each level as an individual app for $9.99 and it includes the entire year's worth of skill review.

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3 Math Apps to Help Prevent the Summer Slide

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Middle and High School State Assessments

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The SAT offers free, high-quality practice including personalized study with Khan Academy, thousands of sample questions, and full-length practice tests.

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ACT Test Preparation | Test Prep Resources

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Engaging Students with Technology over the Summer

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As we approach the summer months, many educators lament the " summer slide." The months between June and September can vary between enriching camp or other learning experiences to days upon days spent playing video games or watching TV on the couch. Students often return to school having lost a reading level or a variety of math concepts.

So how do we engage students over the summer months so they return to school ready to jump back into the swing of things? For those of our students who are connected, it's easier than you think. As an educator in an urban, low-income neighborhood, I am very sensitive to the effects of limited access to the Internet on my students. Yet most of my students have a cell phone, which is their primary avenue for accessing the web and various apps. As such, I hope to provide ways to engage learners no matter what their socio-economic status.

Edmodo and Schoolology

If you have been using a blended learning approach in your classroom this year, then use this tool to engage students over the summer. If you've been using Edmodo or Schoology, your students can download the Edmodo app or the Schoology app (both available for OS or Android), which lets them access content and post to discussions. To be fair, both apps seem to be designed mostly for teachers, not students, but it is easy to push out updates to students and engage them through discussions. If you are a science teacher, you can share interesting links to science news and events over the summer. Math teachers can share some stories that have to do with math, or post in-depth problems for students to work on. Allow them to post answers for others to see and comment on. As an English teacher, you can post story starters and ask students to write the next sentence through the discussion feature. I am always amazed when I'm sitting on my couch on a Friday night and receive an email that a student has sent me a message through Schoology, or, when looking through my students' profiles, I find blog posts from Saturday night that say "I'm bored" with some photos of them posing in a new outfit or in their room. Why not turn this boredom into something productive?

Storybird

Another way to engage students over the summer, even if you have not been using tools like Edmodo or Schoology is to continue writing stories using a Storybird account you may have started during the year. One of the most exciting things for me this year was writing a collaborative Storybird story with a former student who no longer attended our school. We still took turns writing the story even if we hadn't seen each other in months. With a teacher account, you can create student accounts and even mini communities of authors and readers. Over the summer, collaborate on stories with your students. Give them a login card for their account to take home over the summer and check in now and then, leaving comments on stories they've written and sharing the stories with your network of educators. Unfortunately, the site requires Flash, so accessing it on an OS device is not possible, but it's a great way to keep kids reading and writing over the summer months.

Reconsidering Facebook

If you just want to keep in touch and share with your students over the summer, there's always a simple Facebook fan page. Yeah, I know, I know . . . Facebook is evil incarnate. However, with a Facebook fan page, students can only interact with you in a public space, and comments are easily moderated. Share stories about your vacation, suggest books to read, or write journal entries for your students to read in your "Notes" section. Even without an Internet connection, there is not a cell phone alive these days that doesn't have some kind of Facebook integration.

Kidblog

You might have your students extend their learning over the summer by continuing to post on the blog they may have started through Kidblog or another blogging service. While this method of engagement does require that you have the foresight to start during the academic school year, projects like Kidblog are something to consider implementing in your classroom for the coming school year because they provide the added bonus of continued engagement and meaningful extension of learning over the summer.

A Few More Ideas

Some other ways to engage students in fun ways over the summer:

Allow them to subscribe to your Instagram account (although this requires you to exercise some posting self-control).

Play some Draw Something or Words With Friends games (I have a long Draw Something streak with one of my 7th graders!).

Many people think I'm a bit nuts to be connecting with my students 24/7. "C'mon, don't you need a break?" What I find is that the connections I make through various social media tools have done wonders for engaging my students on their terms. It opens up a whole new avenue of communication, letting me into what is really the world in which my students live 24/7.

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Engaging Students with Technology over the Summer

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As we approach the summer months, many educators lament the " summer slide." The months between June and September can vary between enriching camp or other learning experiences to days upon days spent playing video games or watching TV on the couch. Students often return to school having lost a reading level or a variety of math concepts.

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48 Ultra-Cool Summer Sites for Kids and Teachers

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Can't afford that summer vacation schlepping around Europe? No worries, just pull up Toporopa on your nearest browser and learn all about the geographical, political, historical and economical aspects of the wonderful continent.

ReadWriteThink creates a lot of great educational resources. With Printing Press, students can create a booklet, flyer, brochure or newspaper fairly easily. There is a nice guide that walks you through the process, and the focus is on writing. There is a place within each publication for a picture, but not one that you can add from your computer. This space is reserved for students to draw a picture after printing. I'm all for creativity, but it would be nice to have the option of adding a photo or graphic.

Spell With Flickr is a simple site that allows you to enter any word, and will then create a photo representation of that word using pictures from Flickr.

Freeology is a fantastic resource for teachers to download pre-made or create a plethora of free graphic organizers, forms, calendars, certificates, worksheets and more!

Tagxedo is a Wordle-esque site that allows students to create beautiful word clouds. The great thing about Tagxedo that in my opinion is where Wordle falls short is the ability for users to save their creations (without logging in) as either a jpeg or png.

Learn Your Tables is a nice interactive site that allows students to practice their multiplication times tables. Learn Your Tables is ideal for introducing topics on an interactive whiteboard (not that you'll have one over summer, but it's good for thinking about next school year), and for extension material on individual computers or in a lab.

Virtual Sistine Chapel is an amazing 360-degree interactive view of the Sistine Chapel brought to you by your friends at the Vatican. You can fly around the astounding artwork and zoom into the frescoes at a pretty decent level. This site would be great for art history and religious studies.

Probably one of my favorite math sites, Cool Math is "designed for the pure enjoyment of mathematics." This interactive site features a plethora of fun games, puzzles, calculators and lesson plans.

Science Bob is a fun, interactive site that has several different areas for kids to choose from. There are videos, experiments, science fair ideas and a research help link with many fantastic links to other sites. Don't forget to click on the "Whatever you do, DON'T CLICK HERE" button (or not).

Grammaropolis is a fun, interactive site that helps students learn about the parts of speech.

Math Live, a fantastic site for upper elementary students, is full of cartoon math tutorials on subjects like fractions, multiplication, area and perimeter, tessellations, probability, and a variety of other topics. The glossary section is an amazing collection of math concepts animated for more solid understanding.

From the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, the Animal Diversity Web is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification and conservation biology. Students can browse the information on individual creatures from the Kingdom Animalia and find thousands of pictures on specific animals. What's great about the Animal Diversity Web is that students can sign up to become contributors to the website. To do this, teachers must submit a request form.

PDF to Word is a fantastically simple site that allows you to do just what the url suggests: convert PDF documents to fully editable Word documents. You simply go to the site, upload your pdf, select either .doc or .rtf, enter your email and click convert. PDF to Word then emails you the word file upon completion. There is no signup necessary and the turnaround time is approximately ten minutes.

e-Learning For Kids is a great site with some wonderful interactive learning games that are engaging and fun. Students click on their grade and can then choose from a list of games divided into subjects.

Rhymes.net is a simple search site that returns rhyming words to whatever you enter in the search field. The rhyming words are divided into syllables for ease of use, and there is a list of photos of whichever word you search for. Even better, Rhymes.net automatically generates citations for bibliographies.

NeoK12 is a fantastic collection of videos, arranged by subject, that have been individually reviewed by K-12 teachers. The videos are all (at least the ones I've seen) via YouTube, all the ads have been stripped, and all related videos removed which, for an educator, is a great thing! There are also quizzes, games and puzzles as well as a cool presentation creator that helps teachers or students create presentations within the site. Also cool is the How it Works section.

SweetSearch is a safe searching site for students. Most search engines search billions of websites and return tens of millions of results; some are from reliable Web sites, some are not. SweetSearch searches only 35,000 websites that have been evaluated and approved by a staff of Internet research experts at Dulcinea Media, and its librarian and teacher consultants.

CELLS Alive! represents 30 years of capturing film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research. The site has been available continuously and updated annually since May of 1994 by Jim Sullivan, and now hosts over four million visitors a year.

The educational goals of Catch the Science Bug are to increase science literacy and raise environmental consciousness by adhering to national standards and guidelines for content, to use different teaching methods for engaging all types of learners, and to encourage life-long learning by featuring scientists who model this behavior.

Safeshare is a great site for showing YouTube videos without distractions. You simply enter the url of a YouTube video, and Safeshare removes all the distracting related links and comments from the initial viewing page.

ABCya! is a fun site for lots of great games and activities. There is a nice word cloud generator very similar to Wordle that creates nice-looking word clouds. The one-up ABCya! has over Wordle is that you may directly save your word cloud as a .jpg without any registration.

Ribbon Hero is an add-on for Microsoft Office that allows you to play a game within the Office application (e.g., Word), teaching some of the unique features of the program. Users playing Ribbon Hero earn points for doing different tasks within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

Invention at Play is a fantastic interactive website from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. When asked what inspired them to become inventors, many adults tell stories about playing as children. The Invention Playhouse takes this fact and offers up great activities to increase problem solving ability, visual thinking, collaboration and exploration.

As a computer teacher, I can see this site as having huge potential. Virtual Piano is a beautifully sounding piano that you play by typing on your keyboard. You can play "Für Elise" by following the key-pattern available. As this is in beta version, I'm guessing that over time, there will be more song choices and hopefully more learning connectivity with the computer keyboard.

Story Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too. One of the best things about Story Jumper is that it is easy for teachers to create and assign student accounts.

Web search can be a remarkable research tool for students -- and Google has listened to educators saying that they could use some help to teach better search skills in their classroom. The Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers to help you do just that. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline, so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.

Kubbu is an e-learning tool designed to facilitate teachers' work and enhance the learning process. Teachers can create games, quizzes or crosswords; make them available online for students; and then view and analyze the results.

Merriam-Webster Word Games is a nice collection of games that gets students thinking and improving their lexicon. There are crosswords, cryptograms, word searches, jumbles and a plethora of other brainy games.

Questionaut is a Math, English and Science game from the BBC. The premise of the game is your standard question/answer delivery, but what I really like about this game is twofold. One, the artwork, created by Amanita Design, is amazing. You could get lost in just looking at all the beautiful details. The second thing that really brings this educational game to a higher level, in my book, is that students will have to work and explore to be given the questions. Within each level, the player will need to complete a series of clicks to release the questions, adding a very subtle think-out-of-the-box element to the game.

I'm a big fan of quality educational games, and this site takes it to the next level. Games for Change is a non-profit organization which seeks to harness the extraordinary power of video games to address the most pressing issues of our day, including poverty, education, human rights, global conflict and climate change. As of this writing, there are quite a few dead links to the games (Balance of the Planet, ElectroCity, Globaloria), but I have high hopes that updates will come soon, as I really like the idea of this site.

You know that, with a name like Who Pooped, this will be popular with the younger students. Who Pooped is a science site created by the Minnesota Zoo to help students begin thinking like scientists. One way scientists learn about animals is by studying their poop -- also called "scat" or "dung." Who Pooped allows students to investigate various types of scat and try to match the scat with its creator. A very interactive site which would pair well with IWBs.

Number Gossip is a simple search box where you enter any number and receive back "everything you wanted to know about the number but were afraid to ask." For example, I entered the number 38 and got these facts: 38 is the magic constant in the only possible magic hexagon (which utilizes all the natural integers up to and including 19); XXXVIII (38) is lexicographically the last string which represents a valid Roman numeral; 38 is the largest even number which cannot be written as the sum of two odd composite numbers.

Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from -18 to 32 by fives? Or a set of pattern blocks where all shapes have one-inch sides? You can create all those things and more with the Dynamic Paper tool. Place the images you want, then export it as a PDF activity sheet for your students or as a jpeg image for use in other applications or on the web.

Even though Shelfari has been taken over by Amazon, it's still my favorite book review site and would make for a great summer project for parents and students. Shelfari is dubbed the "premiere site for people who love books," and the concept is to create a virtual bookshelf of all the books you've read or are reading. You can then add a rating (one to five stars) as well as a written review of the book and when you are done. And Shelfari gives suggestions on what you might want to read next.

Vocab Ahead is a collection of short videos that give definitions, usage and pictures associated with interesting vocabulary words. You can subscribe to receive a vocab video of the day, and there is also a section of videos by students that are fantastic.

Kids love hands-on projects, and Science With Me is chock-full of fun science projects. You'll also find science movies, songs, coloring sheets, worksheets and stories to help kids learn scientific principles and science in a fun way.

A fun site for practicing basic math facts, Mathrun is a simple idea (math problems float up the screen, and you have to tell whether they are correct or incorrect), and I love simplicity. There is no registration required and no advertisements -- I love this, too. Mathrun rates your brain speed (I got mine up to 140 mph before having to get back to work) and keeps a running total of how many problems you solved correctly. This is a great site to use for independent practice.

Academic Skill Builders is a research-based and standards-aligned free website featuring educational math and language arts games that will engage, motivate and help students improve their academic skills. There are many interactive games to choose from and they're all pretty fun, have decent graphics/sound effects, and offer great practice to specific skills.

It's a stellar resource for science teachers that has, as the title suggests, links to 100 cool science experiments. If your district has YouTube blocked, you can download any of the videos using 3outube. There are some really cool videos here, and it's well worth a gander.

Math TV is an amazing collection of how-to videos in a variety of math subjects. Checking it out, I watched a video on how to multiply fractions and I (a teacher) learned a new method. Imagine what your students can learn. This site is free, but it does require you to register to be able to view the videos.

Books Should be Free (formally Audio Owl) makes the world's public domain audio books available for browsing in a visual and easily searchable way. You can search for a specific title, or use the genre list to visually scan through hundreds of titles. Books may be previewed directly on the site, or you may download them directly into iTunes, or as zipped mp3 files. The downloads are broken into chapters, which is useful for teachers using this as a listening station.

Arts Alive is a performing arts educational website developed by the National Arts Centre of Canada. There are sections for students, teachers and parents to learn more about the performing arts and ways to discover a greater appreciation of music, theater and dance.

One of my fourth grade students was using this site while researching for a biography assignment. Search-Cube is a visual search engine that presents web search results in a unique, three-dimensional cube interface. It shows previews of up to 96 websites, videos and images.

CoSketch is a collaborative drawing site which requires no joining, logging in or registration. Perfect for elementary classes. It's a no frills tool, so there are not a lot of extras, but for simple drawing and text, it works great. Users just go to the site, click on create a sketch, and begin drawing. To add more people, you just send them the url. There's also a nice chat feature. I could see using this to collaboratively solve math problems, play hangman using vocab words, exploring maps (there is a built-in Google Maps support), and a variety of other applications. Finished drawings can be embedded into blogs or websites.

From the University of Colorado at Boulder come some fantastic Java-based interactive simulations. From glaciers to natural selection to circuit construction, these simulations really show students how things work.

Active Science has 15 different scientific modules, each with interactive games and activities. Great for use with IWB.

Kerpoof is an online story and comic-creator which allows students to create comic scenes and stories, as well as animated movies, cards, drawings, doodles and pictures. Educators are able to sign up for a class account, which allows an entire class to login simultaneously using the assigned nickname and password created by the teacher. There are no ads or inappropriate content, and the artwork is fun and lively. Finished products may be saved, printed, or emailed. Great site for story creating!

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48 Ultra-Cool Summer Sites for Kids and Teachers

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Can't afford that summer vacation schlepping around Europe? No worries, just pull up Toporopa on your nearest browser and learn all about the geographical, political, historical and economical aspects of the wonderful continent. ReadWriteThink creates a lot of great educational resources. With Printing Press, students can create a booklet, flyer, brochure or newspaper fairly easily.

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To help combat summer learning loss, here are a few fun, free education resources for students and parents.

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Summer learning loss is a real problem. Alarmingly, research suggests students may lose more than one month of reading knowledge during the summer, and the losses in math may be even greater.

Here, we've compiled a few resources to keep students learning through the dog days of summer, with a particular focus on math and reading. For starters, the Edutopia blog post " Avoiding the Summer Slide in Reading and Writing" from Heather Wolpert-Gawron is chock-full of useful information and strategies for parents and students.

Fun! Fun! Fun! Summer Learning Sites

Themed Books and Activities for Summer Reading and Learning: Start with a Book, a project from Reading Rockets, offers some great ideas for summer reading. This collection offers books and activities to help kids explore a variety of subjects like dinosaurs, money, and much more. Plus, be sure to check out their Summer Science collection for engaging in DIY summer science learning.

Cool Summer Reading and Learning for Middle School Kids: Author Susan Curtis highlights some of the most useful websites, ideas, and strategies for helping middle school students stay active readers during the summer. Included are links to reading lists, online reading contests, and ideas for practicing reading with tech tools. Also check out Awesome Apps for the Six Traits of Writing, from WeAreTeachers, for improving writing skills with apps during the summer.

Calculation Nation From the NCTM: If you're looking for a fun, web-based game for students, Calculation Nation from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a wonderful resource. This is just one example; there are tons of awesome games. Also check out Funbrain Math Arcade from Pearson, 10 Best Math Apps for Kids from Parents.com, and Cool Math.

Summer Learning Resources for Parents From Colorín Colorado: This reading resource roundup for parents is awesome! You'll find guides, tips, and reading lesson ideas in Spanish and English. Another great resource from sister site Reading Rockets is Get Ready for Summer! Ideas for Teachers to Share With Families.

Summer Fun Activities, Games, and Printables From Education.com: From Education.com, this collection features plenty of activities to keep your kids busy and learning this summer. From hands-on science activities, to outdoor games, there are dozens of ideas here to get started.

Simple Tips for Summer Math Learning From PBS Parents: These easy-to-implement ideas are perfect for summer learning. My favorites: Turn chores into math learning opportunities, or find math lessons in your child's collection (sea shells, baseball cards, etc.). PBS Parents' reading tips guide is also extremely useful.

Quick Links to Open Education Resources

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The Kumon Math Program | Build A Strong Foundation In Math

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Whether your kids are preschoolers, already good at math, or struggling a bit. Strong math skills are the key to their confidence and success in school.

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Summer Slide in Mathematics: The Research, the Risk, and Priorities for Meeting the Gap

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Topic Sheet - Fun Math Activities for Parents to Prevent the Summer Slide

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Tips and ideas for parents with young children (PreK-6) to practice math, boost skills, AND have fun

For stories on the Summer Slide, math education experts at ORIGO Education have compiled a list of activities and resources for parents to do with their young children.​

The Summer Slide is a very real issue, especially in mathematics instruction where students lose an average of 2.6 months of learning.

Quotes

From Debi DePaul, elementary mathematics consultant from ORIGO Education

"Summer is an ideal time to mix fun with learning. Parents can mix up math in the kitchen, on the sidewalk, even at the beach!"

"All children, but especially young children, need to keep practicing math in summer. But, this practice time should be fun!"

"Parents can turn playtime into learning time with some simple tweaks on the classic games and toys."

"The best math activities involve using multiple senses like smell and touch. This multisensory play time cements deeper understanding of fundamental math skills like recognizing proportions, estimation skills, measurement skills, and number sense."

Photos and Videos

These bright (and short) videos can help parents and are great visual embeds for articles: ORIGO 1 YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7UfkfoUOW3FmTAuhx9upSA

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Activities

Measure & Cook

Kid-friendly recipes teach kids about volume and measurement. Math skills are reinforced when kids need to find the proper measurements for liquid and dry ingredients. Additional challenge: double a recipe or divide a recipe in half.

Fill up a large bucket of water and ask kids to measure into another bucket using volume measurements.

Read the label to determine the number of ounces that are in a juice or milk container. Calculate how many 5 oz. cups can be poured. Change to 6 oz., 8 oz. and so on.

Chalk-up Math Sidewalk chalk games and art provide fun opportunities to count and learn about shapes and sizes.

Draw a normal hopscotch board. Place numbers in each square based on the challenge.

Basic addition - Hop through the squares and add up the numbers along the way.

Skip count by 2 - Place odd numbers on the board to make it harder.

Multiple by 5s. - Place in wrong numbers as a challenge.

Draw a number line 0-20. Start at 0. Draw number cards or roll a dice and add to move forward to the correct number. Winner must land directly on 20 without going over 20. Example: If on 17 and a 4 is rolled, don't move. Wait for the correct count to land exactly on 20. Make it harder by mixing in subtraction.

Draw shapes on the sidewalk. Depending on their age, ask child to: identify the shape, find the perimeter, find the area, calculate the volume (3 dimensional)

Measure & Graph Garden

Choose 3-4 different types of flower seeds and plant them in the ground or in planters. Label the seeds. Make a chart and label with type of flower, date and measurement. As each seed starts to sprout, record the date and measure the sprout. Continue measuring until all seeds have sprouted and the first flower blooms from each type of seed. Answer questions like: Which seed sprouted first? Last? How much taller was the first sprout compared to the last sprout? Draw a bar graph using the date collected.

Coin Count

Guessing Jar - Guess the number of coins in the jar

Coin Toss - Take coins out of jar. Each player tries to toss 10 coins in the jar. Any coins that go out of the jar are given to the next player. Continue until all coins are tossed. Players add up the coins collected from the missed throws. Easy - add the total number of coins. More difficult - add the value of the coins.

Hide and Seek - Take coins and hide them. Kids seek the coins and count their finds to see who has the most. Easy - add the total number of coins. More difficult - add the value of the coins.

Additional Ideas

Download the ORIGO EducationNum Fu apps in addition, subtraction, multiplication or division for free on the App Store.

Sort, Count and Stack Legos - Sort Legos by color or shape. Stack and measure height of different Lego stacks.

mix and Match Buttons - Group buttons by color. Make piles of 5 and 10 and add.

Grocery Store - Make lists with quantities needed. Count and subtract from a list as items are added to the cart.

Egg Carton - Mark egg carton slots 1-12. Insert two marbles, close the lid and shake. Open and add the two numbers together wherever the marbles land. Numbers can also be multiplied or subtracted.

Tell time using a clock with hands.

Practice adding and subtracting with Monopoly money.

Use different shaped geometric shaped cookie cutters to cut and make patterns in Play-doh

Sculpt 3-dimensional shapes

License Plate road games: Add up total numbers or closest to a target number

Play card games like Blackjack

Count dots on a group of Dominos and add, match dots on groups of 2s, 3s and so on

Play Cribbage

Visit a museum and create number- or shape-themed scavenger hunts

Additional References

https://www.thebalance.com/use-coin-based-games-to-teach-money-skills-2085683 https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/15-math-games-15-minutes-or-less/ http://www.primarythemepark.com/2017/06/egg-carton-math-games-first-grade/ https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/build-math-skills/

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Topic Sheet - Fun Math Activities for Parents to Prevent the Summer Slide

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For stories on the Summer Slide, math education experts at ORIGO Education have compiled a list of activities and resources for parents to do with their young children.​ The Summer Slide is a very real issue, especially in mathematics instruction where students lose an average of 2.6 months of learning.

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Summer Slide: 5 Strategies for Prevention

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As summer vacation approaches, we are all filled with the excitement and anticipation of lazy days and fun with friends and family. However, summer vacation often comes with an unanticipated side effect- the summer slide. This is the term used to describe what happens to many of our students over summer vacation. They "slide" back a bit from where they ended the school year and we must spend time during the new school year to recoup this learning, valuable time that we often don't have to spare. With this in mind, in today's post, I'm sharing five strategies for helping students keep their math skills sharp while still enjoying summer vacation.

Summer Slide Prevention Strategies

1. Read Math Picture Books

This is a great way to emphasize reading skills as well as math skills. There are a plethora of picture books available that are skill-based and fun to read at the same time. Consider Amy Axelrod's or Stuart Murphy's series of math picture books. You can find them on Amazon. Need more ideas? Check out my extensive list of math picture books, complete with skill connections and suggested grade levels. Grab your copy here!

2. Practice Math Facts

One of the biggest complaints I hear from math teachers is that their students do not know their math facts. The summer provides a great opportunity for students to become more proficient with them. Flashcard games are great for road trips and airplane travel. My personal favorite flashcard tool is actually a handheld device called a Math Shark. It includes fact practice for specific numbers or mixed practice and practice for computations with larger numbers. It even includes work with fractions and decimals. This tool has been a hit for my students for years! You can also find math fact practice via web games. Check out Cool Math 4 Kids to get you started!

3. Download Math Apps for Tablets

Many of our students have access to tablets and other mobile devices, so keep them engaged with math apps. Check out my iPad Apps blog category or check out the individual app links below for ideas to get started.

4. Play Math Games

From card and dice games to board games, games provide a variety of methods for reviewing grade level content and skills. You can find games at educational resource stores or on the web. While board games are usually more skill-based and fun for kids, you can do a lot with cards, dice, and/or dominoes. Check out this blog post for more ideas about games. You can also grab a free copy of my Cover Up! Mental Math Games - just add dice.

5. Explore Math in the Real-World

Recognizing math in the real-world is an excellent way to reinforce math skills and help make real-world connections at the same time. Even cooking a meal together can be a great lesson all in itself! Students can also help plan family trips, create a budget for activities like going to the movie theatre, or compare prices at the grocery store.

During these last few days or weeks of school, consider sharing some or all of these ideas with parents so that they can help prevent summer slide and enjoy some additional quality time with their students.

Sound Off! What are some other ideas for preventing summer slide? Respond in the comments below.

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Summer Slide: 5 Strategies for Prevention | The Routty Math Teacher

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As summer vacation approaches, we are all filled with the excitement and anticipation of lazy days and fun with friends and family. However, summer vacation often comes with an unanticipated side effect- the summer slide. This is the term used to describe what happens to many of our students over summer vacation.

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15 Fun Ways to Stop the Deadly Maths Summer Slide

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15 Fun Ways to Stop the Deadly Maths Summer Slide

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Declining maths skills

Maths skills decline more over the summer than any other academic skill, according to researchers from Duke University. Some students lose up to 3 months of learning over the summer holiday period. Maths skills declined more than reading skills, since children were more likely to carry out summer tasks and activities linked to reading.

15 fun summer maths activities

Mix and match these 15 activities to create a maths filled summer for you and your family and halt the deadly maths summer slide.
1. Read a maths story
Kill two birds with one stone and combine maths with reading to improve both numeracy and literacy skills. Amazon has a great selection of maths stories or camp out in the kids science book section of your local bookstore for an hour.
2. Play a game

Maths game come in all shapes and sizes, so choose your favourite. Choose from my top Amazon preschool choices or have a look at this bumper pack of inexpensive printable maths board games
3. Watch a You Tube video

Take a break from dancing cats and watch some quirky maths! Multiplication raps, maths doodles and my current favourite math boy's mom can all add a short burst of maths into your child's day.
4. Play cards Traditional card games are full of logic and arithmetic. Math 4 Love presents Triangle, a card game especially designed to practise addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

5. Visit a museum - Look up the summer maths programs for your local science museums, or just browse around and highlight the different ways maths in involved in the various sciences.
6. Play a travel game - Use those long car journeys or endless airport delays to play some travelling maths games with your captive audience.
7. Swot up on what's coming up - If you have older kids you must take a look at Khan Academy. Use Salman Khan's maths-with-a-light-touch-of-humour videos to revise work from the previous school year or to swot up on what's coming up next year.
8. Play chess - Play this ultimate logic game on a traditional board, or try the various versions available online, and on smartphones.
9. Online summer program - Some children prefer to do their learning online. Thinkster Math (formerly Tabtor) is an iPad based curriculum with instructor support. During the free trial your child you'll be able to find out which math topics your child is weak or strong at.
10. Get practical - Try these pre teen focused practically fun maths games and activities.
11. Bake - Younger children can practise number recognition and counting and your older ones can scale up or scale down recipes, for a tasty mathematical distraction.
12. Plan a trip - Use Google maps to help you and your child investigate journey distances and travel times to make sure your family arrives at that important destination on time!
13. Watch sport - Football, soccer, cricket, hockey. Sports are full of statistics. Grab a piece of paper and see if you and your child can calculate along with the experts.
14. Play Live Online Maths Games - Registered players on Calculation Nation, can practise fractions, factors and many other maths topics against other students online, using this website run by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
15. Set up a Lemonade Stand - Help your child run a drinks stand to help boost mathematical, ingredient measuring and money management skills.
Have you noticed the maths summer slide in your child? Will you be doing more maths this summer? What are is favourite fun maths summer holiday activity? Many parents are buying 31 Days to Faster Times Tables to use over the summer holiday so that their children return to school after the break with faster, more confident times tables. If you have any questions about the program, just contact me and I'll get straight back to you.

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15 Fun Ways to Stop the Deadly Maths Summer Slide

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Maths skills decline more over the summer than any other academic skill, according to researchers from Duke University. Some students lose up to 3 months of learning over the summer holiday period. Maths skills declined more than reading skills, since children were more likely to carry out summer tasks and activities linked to reading.