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Low-floor, high-ceiling tasks from Inside Mathematics.

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Need a reminder about what to focus on?

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Achievethecore.org :: Instructional Content Nav - Mathematics: Focus by Grade Level

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The Common Core and other college- and career-ready (CCR) standards call for a greater focus in mathematics. Rather than racing to cover topics in a mile-wide, inch-deep curriculum, CCR standards require us to significantly narrow and deepen the way time and energy are spent in the math classroom. We focus deeply on the major work of each grade so that students can gain strong foundations: solid conceptual understanding, a high degree of procedural skill and fluency, and the ability to apply the math they know to solve problems inside and outside the math classroom. The following documents illustrate these concepts using the Common Core State Standards, but Focus, Coherence, and Rigor are integral to all college- and career-ready standards.

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Amazing math resource for synchronous teaching - check out the templates page for immediately applicable lesson materials

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Our faculty at George Mason University have been teaching live online classes for years and know exactly how to engage students in interactive and rich learning. We also have years of experience as math specialists which combined, makes for practical and engaging learning.

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Lessons, games, puzzles, number talk - especially great for lower elementary. From the creators of Tiny Polka Dots and Prime Climb.

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Instantly built a devoted audience of children and adults who fell in love with the game's beautiful, colorful display, and connection with deep mathematical understanding.

Honestly, this has got to be one of the most engaging and effective ways of introducing the idea of primes being the 'building blocks' of numbers and building other general logic skills... Overall, Prime Climb is an incredibly flexible game, and certainly met the high expectations it set itself.

This game blew my mind! It blew my wife's mind, it blew my kid's mind... it is one of the coolest visualizations of mathematics and prime numbers I've ever seen ever. It is awesome!

Take a look at Prime Climb, an excellent new game... perfect for adults and children alike.

This game is so rich in mathematical ideas that I literally spent a week investigating it with my class.

Rated #1 Educational Math Game!

Prime Climb is an excellent way to teach about prime numbers, factors, common multiples, and that math is fun!... I loved how Prime Climb engaged my math loving kids and my kids who tolerate math. It was engaging and challenging enough that no one was bored, but easy enough to understand that no one was frustrated. It was the perfect balance. (It was fun for the adults as well.)

This is an amazing game! It is genius actually. You can play this with both young and old and adapt it to anyone's ability. Players must not only use their math skills but their strategy skills as well. I believe this game should be in every classroom in America as well as every home!!

For a game that is a relatively pure experience of math equations, I think you'll be surprised how much fun it can be for players of all ages.

A fun and simple way to bring multiplication, division, and prime numbers all in one easy to play game. Awesome!

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Math for Love is devoted to transforming how math is taught and learned. Offering a free lesson library, plus games, summer curriculum, and more.

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These puzzles are great for math communication. All from Marcy Cook.

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A choice board I have made for the week.

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Grades 4-6
Fun games and problems aligned to mathematical strands

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Free resources, lessons, and exercises to assist Grades 4, 5, and 6 students, mathematics teachers, and parents, integrating online math games and tools. Topics include geometry, spatial sense, number sense, numeration, measurement, patterning, algebra, data management, and probability.

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Low-floor, high-ceiling tasks from Inside Mathematics.

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Students can work on open middle problems using google slides. I have shared the template that I have.

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Great extension or small group activity for fluency/numeracy practice.

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Welcome to KENKEN!

No matter what you're looking for - learning or fun - KenKen.com has it! Free online puzzles. Cool math games. Number games. (More addictive than Sudoku or Kakuro? You decide!) Educational games for kids. Visit our For Teachers section for math teacher resources, our free KenKen Classroom program, and a message from Tetsuya Miyamoto, the Japanese educator behind KenKen. Miyamoto, chess master David Levy, and the rest of Team KenKen have crafted these math puzzles into great games for learning and brain training. Need even more KenKen? Check out our Will Shortz Presents books. Try our mobile app on iPhone and iPad or our Kindle version. Play on the New York Times puzzle page and NCTM website. Regardless of why, how, or where you play, KenKen are the math puzzles that make you smarter!

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Play KenKen Math Puzzles - Free Math Games & Logic Puzzles!

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No matter what you're looking for - learning or fun - KenKen.com has it! Free online puzzles. Cool math games. Number games. (More addictive than Sudoku or Kakuro? You decide!) Educational games for kids. Visit our For Teachers section for math teacher resources, our free KenKen Classroom program, and a message from Tetsuya Miyamoto, the Japanese educator behind KenKen.

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Achievethecore.org :: Instructional Content Nav - Mathematics: Focus by Grade Level

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The Common Core and other college- and career-ready (CCR) standards call for a greater focus in mathematics. Rather than racing to cover topics in a mile-wide, inch-deep curriculum, CCR standards require us to significantly narrow and deepen the way time and energy are spent in the math classroom. We focus deeply on the major work of each grade so that students can gain strong foundations: solid conceptual understanding, a high degree of procedural skill and fluency, and the ability to apply the math they know to solve problems inside and outside the math classroom. The following documents illustrate these concepts using the Common Core State Standards, but Focus, Coherence, and Rigor are integral to all college- and career-ready standards.

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Excellent problem solving in these intuitive math games.

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First stop for online math games. Choose some that are timed, others untimed.

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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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Neat-o virtual manipulatives for your screencast lessons

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Online manipulatives bring all of the learning and fun without the mess. Our math virtual manipulatives help students grasp abstract concepts through modeling. Literacy virtual manipulatives create a fun space for practicing spelling, rhyming, and more!

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Virtual Manipulatives | Mathematical Modelling | Toy Theater

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Original teaching tools aimed at supporting teachers in the elementary school classroom. Two color counters, 3D dice, probability spinners, graph builders, fraction bars, base ten blocks, and more!

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Grade-level specific home learning, family games, and online games. Great to share with families or use for your online learning resources.

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Math at Home

A website filled with fun daily math activities, collections of practice pages, family games, and online games. Please share with anyone who would appreciate ready access to free resources. No login or registration required. Go to Math at Home website →

Additional Resources for Bridges Educators

Frequently Asked Questions

If my child's school is closed, does MLC have suggestions for continued learning at home?

First, we suggest you touch base with your child's teacher to see if they have ideas or plans. You may also want to visit our Math at Home grade-level pages , which features a collection of Additional Resources for each grade level. (8/11/20)

My child's teacher sent home some student book pages. Can I have access to an answer key or purchase a teacher's edition?

We recommend you contact your child's teacher, as they are the best source of information for assignments that are sent home. Our Bridges in Mathematics Second Edition materials are available only to educators who teach in schools or districts that have adopted the curriculum. (8/11/20)

Educator Support

Will MLC provide updated guidance for districts and schools?

MLC has provided Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 through the Bridges Educator Site (login required) to assist teachers in planning for the coming year, whether the district is returning remotely, returning in-person, or using a hybrid model. (8/11/20)

How can teachers prioritize areas of the Bridges curriculum to emphasize?

The Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 page on the Bridges Educator Site (login required) provides Guidance Documents. These documents include a revised scope and sequence, as well as unit planners, screeners, record sheets, and implementation guides. (8/11/20)

What are the options for workshops that can't be done in person right now?

To meet the needs of schools and teachers preparing to implement the Bridges in Mathematics curriculum, The Math Learning Center has created a remote version of the Getting Started workshop. We will also be offering remote versions of Bridges Intervention and Bridges PreK workshops. Please contact your regional coordinator for further details. (8/11/20)

Technology

Will MLC provide digital activities for Bridges classrooms?

MLC will provide a variety of resources to support daily work with students, including a collection of tech-enhanced activities (TEAs). These activities will be available from the Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 page on the Bridges Educator Site (login required). In addition, activities from Math at Home can be used to supplement instruction. (8/11/20)

Can students have access to materials on the Bridges Educator Site (BES), such as Work Places, student workbooks, and Digital Display Materials (DDMs)?

Although we aren't able to provide students with direct online access to materials on the Bridges Educator Site, we have made a number of the Digital Work Places available within the BES. Teachers can share those links with students, and then students will be able to play some of the DDM games without needing to log in. Additionally, the Math at Home activities and resources do not require a login or registration - they're free and available to everyone. (8/11/20)

Can Bridges in Mathematics Second Edition material be posted within a learning management system (LMS) such as Canvas or Google Classroom?

With any LMS, we assume the materials are password protected (i.e., students and families need to log in for access). Within this context, MLC does not object to posting Bridges materials. In fact, we even allow materials to be emailed to families if a district does not have a mechanism for securely distributing materials otherwise. We consider it equivalent to sending physical materials home with the student in their backpack or folder. (8/11/20)

Can I share Bridges materials on social media for students and families to access?

You can share downloaded PDFs of student materials with the students and families you support. However, this needs to be through email or a secured site like Google Classroom. Bridges Second Edition materials may not be shared through unsecured social media or other sites. On the other hand, all resources on the Math at Home site are open to the public and may be shared via social media. (8/11/20)

What resources are available for students who do not have internet access at home?

The module-level packets available within the Bridges Educator Site (login required) can be used as written instruction for all students, regardless of internet access. To complement the packets, we've developed new activities on the Math at Home site as options for home learning. These materials may be printed and sent home. (8/11/20)

Intervention

Can MLC produce e-worksheets based on the Bridges in Mathematics and Bridges Intervention materials?

While not in e-worksheet format, the packets available through the BES (login required) can be uploaded to Google Classroom or other learning management systems, or they can be printed, copied, and distributed to students. It's possible to then use an app such as BitPaper, Kami, Evernote, or Notability to collect student responses. (8/11/20)

What resources and support will be available for Bridges Intervention?

We are considering ways we can support Bridges Intervention, and in the interim, we offer the following suggestions for working with students who require intervention:

Assessment

Will Math Learning Center provide virtual assessments?

As part of the Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 , MLC created screeners that can be used to determine students' current level of readiness for grade-level content. These screeners will be offered both digitally and in PDF format. All other assessments within Bridges and Number Corner will remain available only in print. If you wish to use the assessments that appear within the Bridges curriculum, you can download them from the Curriculum tab of the Bridges Educator Site, then print, copy, and send them home for students. Responses could then be entered through a school learning management system. (8/11/20)

Will Pre-K Digital Display Materials be made available?

None of the materials within the Bridges Pre-K curriculum are currently available as DDMs. Our curriculum developers made a deliberate decision to keep tech out of the pre-K materials because learning occurs "from the hand to the head" for the youngest students. The Bridges Pre-K curriculum was designed for students to interact with geometric shapes, pattern blocks, and other manipulatives to develop understanding. Kinesthetic learning may be compromised if students are asked to complete similar activities on a device. Although MLC converted many existing DDMs in the other grade levels to student-facing versions, we have no plans to build new DDMs for pre-K at this time. That said, other pre-K resources , including read-alouds of selected math stories, are available on the Math at Home site. (8/27/20)

Spanish Materials

What materials are available in Spanish?

The Math Learning Center has created or translated the following resources in Spanish:

Math at Home activities. We will continue to add activities in Spanish as they become available. No login or registration is required to access or use Math at Home.

Digital Display Materials (DDMs) (BES login required). Teachers can use the button on the right side of the toolbar to toggle between English and Spanish.

Digital Work Places (BES login required) Teachers, students, and families can toggle between English and Spanish using the button on the right side of the toolbar.

Bridges Intervention Tech Resources (BES login required). The overview for each volume contains a resource chart, and links for both English and Spanish versions of the Tech Resources appear above the chart.

We plan to provide Spanish translations of the Tech-Enhanced Activities. While we had hoped to release the translated materials within weeks of the English materials, the complexity of the work means that we will not be able to achieve that ambitious goal.

We are aware that some teachers and districts, in the meantime, are attempting translations on their own. While we appreciate that this may be a matter of necessity, we ask that if you translate any TEAs, to please respect the following requests:

1. Clearly indicate with a prominent disclaimer that the translation was not completed by The Math Learning Center;

2. Distribute only internally, i.e., within your school or district;

3. Do not charge for use of the translations;

4. Substitute our official versions when they become available. (1/22/21)

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A website filled with fun daily math activities, collections of practice pages, family games, and online games. Please share with anyone who would appreciate ready access to free resources. No login or registration required. Go to Math at Home website → Frequently Asked Questions If my child's school is closed, does MLC have suggestions for continued learning at home?

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An assortment of puzzles for K-10 that emphasize algebraic thinking to solve colorful, fun puzzles.

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Sharing these fun puzzles with your kids is a great way to get them thinking mathematically and solving problems in a fun and engaging way! Try these free puzzles with YOUR kids today!
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Sharing these fun puzzles with your kids is a great way to get them thinking mathematically and solving problems in a fun and engaging way! Try these free puzzles with YOUR kids today! Do you want the latest Free Math Puzzles for All Grade Levels in your inbox every week?

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Fawn Nyugen's Remote Learning Activities

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Fawn Nyugen's Remote Learning Activities

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This link will take you to Fawn's curated, standards-aligned learning activities on Google Drive. Focus on Problem-Solving

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Mathematics K-8 Remote Learning Activities

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Great for see, think, wonder prompt

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Great for screen-casting, and includes options for game play like dominoes

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How to make a clickable choice board on Seesaw

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How to make a clickable choice board on Seesaw

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How to Create Choice Boards in Slides for Seesaw

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Amazing Interactive Math lessons that will let you run a whole class. Ask Ula and Becky about their success with this!

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These activities are designed for third- to fifth-grade classrooms, or anyplace where students would benefit from playful exploration of these ideas.

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Have some kids who need a challenge? Grades 3 - 12 daily math challenges posted here. Problem solvers' heaven!

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CEMC at Home was developed in 2020 to support teachers, students and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. It included materials at each of four grade levels: Grade 4 to 6, Grade 7/8, Grade 9/10 and Grade 11/12. The goal was to provide a wide variety of fun and educational ways to do mathematics and computer science while at home practicing physical distancing. The resources included games, new problems to solve, applications, videos, pointers to existing materials and more.

Archive

Each of the following links is to a booklet containing a weekly set of resources and available solutions.

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Design - Graphics, University of Waterloo

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The CEMC has become Canada's largest and most recognized outreach organization for promoting and creating activities and materials in mathematics and computer science.