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Try to fill in the puzzle to show today's date.

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Set up a class of students, assign the pretest, give them time to practice. Uses multiple representations to illustrate the math facts!

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Gemma shares some strategies for mental math strategies.  Check out her videos, great for students and teachers!

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Sharing Little Gems of Math Understanding! Join Gemma Burnett as she inspires a love of learning math with understanding! In her fun and engaging videos, Gemma uses everyday hands-on resources to teach young, inquisitive minds about key mathematics ideas involving number, operations, and geometr…

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Simple math test activities for teachers and students, from beginning math operations to calculus. You set the skill level, how many problems, and time limit. A report, which tallies right and wrong answers, is provided after each quiz.

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Math test activities for students and teachers of all grade levels

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Enjoy this free game that allows you to engage your students in quick, fun practice activities to improve their speed and accuracy with a wide range of topics. Easy to set up, fun to play!

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The easiest most fun way to practice math facts in a classroom! Instantly engaging and perfect for all-class activities. No students' accounts required.

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Do your students need more practice with their fact fluency?  This resource allows them to practice and can be differentiated for each student.  Choose the operation you would like them to practice, choose the digits you want them to use, choose how many questions you want them to do and students can choose their characters.  Correct answers move students forward, incorrect answers move them backward.  Enjoy!

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Maths Chase - Times Tables Games - Fun Maths Tests

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Maths Chase provides free maths games to help students learn. Test your times tables, addition and other maths skills in a fun and engaging way.

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Our own Amanda McIntire has created this channel to connect with parents and families.

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Monthly Math Moment is for any family that wants to support their elementary-aged children while they grow as mathematicians. Join math coach Amanda McIntire as we explore the most effective ways families and teachers can collaborate to support students in becoming thinkers, doers and lovers of mathematics.

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Lesson plans, math chats, games, and so much more!

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Can your students balance the mobile? This is a fun mix of parts/whole thinking and codes.

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This challenge is organized by factors, it is timed and students get statistics that are compared with your county, your state, and the country. So much fun and great practice too!

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Mr. Nussbaum - Great American Multiplication Challenge - Online

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Help your county and state rise to the top of the leaderboards in the Great American Multiplication Challenge. PLEASE NOTE: On or around December 22, we w

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Find links to an enormous amount of virtual manipulatives all in one place. Ten frames, clocks, money, place value charts, and more!

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Virtual Manipulatives Help students see and learn math using different tools! Sarah R. Powell, Ph.D. srpowell@utexas.edu www.sarahpowellphd.com @sarahpowellphd Geometry Integers & Algebra Time & Money Data & Probability Extras Number & Operations Place Value Fractions & Decimals

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Our flagship game, nerdle, was inspired by Wordle and a passion for math. It challenges you to find the hidden calculation in just six guesses. In the wider nerdleverse, you'll roam an entire galaxy of puzzles, including number-based crosswords, anagrams, and so much more. Whether you're a math enthusiast or just looking for a daily brain workout, the nerdleverse has something special for you. Join us and let your mind explore the wonders of the nerdleverse!

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Nerdle - guess the solution in 6 tries - try classic, mini, speed and pro

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Peter Liljedahl, author of Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, has a great collection of resources on his website for classroom use. Enjoy exploring the tasks that he has selected to get your students to think!

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If you try to introduce people to a paradigm shift, they will hear what you have to say and then interpret your words in terms of their old paradigm. What does not fit, they will not hear. Therefore, a change in paradigm cannot be brought about by talking.

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Links to ten frame (includes a drawing tool to allow you to cross off), base ten blocks, a number line, and pattern blocks

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CoolMath4Kids - Math and Games for Kids, Teachers and Parents. Math lessons and fun games for kindergarten to sixth grade, plus quizzes, brain teasers and more.

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A lot of great manipulatives here, but not as classroom ready as some others. More ability to manipulate for specific uses, but challenging to navigate. This website will require some time dedicated to learning how to use the resources.

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Unleash your creativity with the world's best virtual manipulatives!

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Includes some of the same manipulatives as the first link, but is a direct link to the didax manipulatives.

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From Number Lines to Base Ten, Pattern Blocks to Place Value, Disks our collection of free Virtual Manipulatives gives educators and families access to visual and hands-on digital resources that lead to understanding. Students can use these resources in class and at home to practice math concepts, reinforce their growing math understanding, technology they love in the process.

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Demonstrate key math concepts in your classroom using our new virtual manipulatives!

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Another collection of virtual manipulatives

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Someone else was nice enough to gather all of these virtual manipulatives and organize them. Some of these are the same as are found on other links, but there are some new ones here as well.

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"This is Which One Doesn't Belong?, a website dedicated to providing thought-provoking puzzles for math teachers and students alike. There are no answers provided as there are many different, correct ways of choosing which one doesn't belong. Enjoy!"

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© site Copyright 2024 Talking Math with Your Kids • Saint Paul, MN, 55114 Rights to individual sets controlled by the named authors

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Mr. Wyborney has created an amazing amount of resources for teachers to use in their classroom. Esti-mysteries for all ages. Splat! activities. Subitizing activities as well. So many resources available on this website.

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Steve Wyborney\\\'s Blog: I\\\'m on a Learning Mission.

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Steve Wyborney's Blog: I'm on a Learning Mission

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Steve Wyborney is on a learning mission to spread math joy to classrooms everywhere! On this blog you'll find math resources for teachers and for kids of all ages.

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These slides include:

an invitational launch to get students interested in the picture

six grade-level-aligned questions

standards alignment across related domains to demonstrate a potential progression of questions across grades

related “After the Image” questions and activities to do at home

These are created by Illustrative Math and you can find more daily on X.

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Place value riddles for grades 1 - 5. A lot of other resources are on this website as well.

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Here you will find our Place Value Riddles which will help your child to solve some fun place value problems whilst developing their thinking and reasoning skills.

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Students are given scenarios with two choices, and the goal is to use number sense strategies to make a choice and justify it.

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Would You Rather Math – ASKING STUDENTS TO CHOOSE A PATH AND JUSTIFY IT WITH MATH

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Teachers, sign up for my mini-workshop to learn about how to implement Would You Rather Math into your classroom routines. We will explore some sentence frames, what happens when things don’t go as planned, how to use the prompts in a remote learning setting, and much more. See you there!

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Math Flips are flashcards with a problem on the front and a similar problem on the back (instead of a problem and an answer) to encourage relational thinking rather than answer-getting.

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Math Flips are flashcards with a problem on the front and a similar problem on the back (instead of a problem and an answer) to encourage relational thinking rather than answer-getting.

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Originally created by Robert Kaplinsky, this website is a compilation of teacher contributions of questions for every grade level that get our students thinking deeper. It gives them something to talk about!

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Great conversation starters for 3rd grade and up!

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Find a number talk for every day of the year!

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ESTIMATION 180 Tasks Access Estimation 180 tasks by clicking a group of 20 days below.

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This group tasks encourages students to talk to each other about their strategies. It is a great task for the beginning of the year to develop group norms for math.

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One of many resources on this website is the ability to sign up for an image of the week for the notice and wonder routine. This website also includes a lot of great research about rich mathematical tasks.

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Our Mission

Multiplicity lab was founded at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy to support the teaching of mathematics as an ambitious, expansive, and just pursuit. We connect research in the learning sciences and mathematics education to the daily practices of teaching by providing resources, routines, and tasks worthy of students' and teachers' time.

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Multiplicity lab was founded at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy to support the teaching of mathematics as an ambitious, expansive, and just pursuit. We connect research in the learning sciences and mathematics education to the daily practices of teaching by providing resources, routines, and tasks worthy of students' and teachers' time.

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There are a few games on here that might be fun to play in Kindergarten or Grade 1.

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Toy Theater is your source for free educational games specially designed for elementary-aged students. It's available on all desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices, ensuring learning is never out of reach. If you are a fan of our site, we encourage you to share Toy Theater on your social media or website.

Explore Toy Theater

Here's a sneak peek into what Toy Theater has in store:

Math Games: Ranging from counting and numeral recognition to division and telling time, there's a vast assortment of interactive math games.

Language Arts: Students can work on spelling, letter recognition, and even practice reading with online books.

Art and Music : From teaching students to play simple songs on a keyboard to exploring symmetry via art games, the platform fosters creativity alongside learning.

Puzzles and Games: Ideal for early finishers or indoor recess, their online educational puzzles and games promise fun-filled learning.

Teacher Tools: Need a fun timer or a spinner? Or perhaps a simple way to evaluate basic math skills? Their virtual teacher tools have got you covered.

Whether you project Toy Theater games and interactive tools on your smartboard for the whole class to see or use them during small group work, you're sure to love them!

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Toy Theater | Fun Online Educational Games for Kids

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Make learning a blast! Toy Theater is chock full of interactive online art, reading & math games for kids. Designed with the needs of kindergarten through third grade classrooms in mind, these free games are trusted by teachers around the world to provide real educational value.

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This free resource is a great bonus time activity. Activities range from K - 2. Students can practice early literacy skills and early math skills in this game-like platform.

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SplashLearn: Fun Math & ELA Program for PreK-Grade 5

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SplashLearn is an award-winning learning program loved by over 40 million kids for engaging Math and ELA practice. Aligned with Common Core and various state standards.

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Here you can find games by grade level in printable pdfs.

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Building fluency through games

Developing fluency requires a balance and connection between conceptual understanding and computational proficiency. Computational methods that are over-practiced without understanding are forgotten or remembered incorrectly. Conceptual understanding without fluency can inhibit the problem solving process. - NCTM, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, pg. 35
There is much research that tells us using timed tests to ensure/practice/measure fluency causes math anxiety (and here). Moreover, research even shows a negative correlation between the use of timed tests and fact retrieval. Since fluency is essential, how do we help our students become fluent with their math skills? GAMES! I found these documents here.... http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Elementary

Click on a link and Enjoy!

Eureka Math card games , help build math fluency in fun and engaging ways. These 10 card games, curated by their team of teacher-writers, are broken out by grade level and can be played with any standard deck of cards.

And another one...

This is one of my favorite multiplication games that students can play offline...
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Gr1General: Building fluency through games

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Developing fluency requires a balance and connection between conceptual understanding and computational proficiency. Computational methods that are over-practiced without understanding are forgotten or remembered incorrectly. Conceptual understanding without fluency can inhibit the problem solving process. - NCTM, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, pg.

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Here is a link to a folder with all kinds of math games. Most are printable or only require some basic materials. Feel free to use, send home or share as you see fit.

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The Maine Math and Science Alliance (MMSA) created two decks of cards to show multiple representations of different sums and products. Use these cards to play a variety of games in your classroom.

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This website has great resources for teachers and families. Their goal is to "eliminate the math-phobic family". Also great for math conversations in the classroom. Just project on the screen and discuss!

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Find ideas on how to use Simon Says in your classroom or at home to improve mental math skills. Other great resources as well!

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Activity Summary

This movement game doesn't require any materials, and can be played inside or outside. There's lots of different ways to bring counting and math words into your play.

Instructions

How to Play

Choose one player to be the leader. The leader gives commands and the other players follow. But the other players are supposed to follow only when the leader starts the command with "Simon Says." For example, if the leader says, "Simon Says put your hands on your head," you should put your hands on your head. But if the leader says, "Put your hands on your head," don't put your hands on your head.

Play with Shapes, Space, and Location

You could give the following directions:

Put your arms behind your legs.

Turn around to face the back of the room.

Put one hand on top of your head and one behind your back.

Come up with your own using some of the words in the Math Tips section!

Play with Numbers and Counting

You could give the following directions:

Hop on one foot five times.

Jump one time, clap two times, and repeat this three times.

Go half-way to the door and come back.

Come up with your own using some of the words in the Math Tips section!

Math Talk While Playing

Use hand gestures to highlight the meaning of the words, such as holding up two fingers to show "2."

Ask questions that encourage children to use math words: "How do you know how many jumps you did?"

Math Words to Try

See if you can use any of these words in your directions:

above, below

over, under, through

front, back, behind

between

in, out

inside, outside

on, off

first, last, middle

high, low

far, near

top, bottom

rotate, turn, flip

connect, separate

twist

big, little, large, small

long, short, tall

narrow, wide

Variations

Use dice or a deck of cards to decide how many times to do the command.

Take turns being the leader.

For very young children, play "Follow the Leader" where they always do what the leader says, and then introduce the "Simon Says" rules.

Download this activity

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Versión en español

Activity Authors

Research Teams at University of Chicago & University of Wisconsin-Madison

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This movement game doesn't require any materials, and can be played inside or outside. There's lots of different ways to bring counting and math words into your play. How to Play Choose one player to be the leader. The leader gives commands and the other players follow.

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Encourage parents to talk about math with their children every night before bed.

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Bedtime Math - We inspire kids to love math so they embrace and excel at it.

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When you bite into chocolate cake, it's hard to believe it was made from boring white flour and goopy eggs. Somehow when we add sugar, butter, and vanilla or chocolate, the hot oven turns them into cake. So if you had only 1 tablespoon of flour, how small a cake would you get?

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This list was compiled by a group of teachers that attended a webinar with me.  If you have others that you like to use, comment below. Enjoy!

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Elementary Math Intervention Program - Teachley

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Reading books is a great way to bridge literacy and math. Not only does it provide an opportunity to extend math learning at school and home, it can help children and their families develop a love of math. Research shows reading books can motivate children to think and reason about math; promote critical thinking skills, and connect math ideas to their everyday lives. There are lots of math-related books available for elementary-aged children.

Here are 40+ math books for children loved by educators.

Lia & Luís: Who Has More? - by Ana Crespo

Baby Goes to Market -by Atinuke

Chicka Chicka 1 2 3 - by Bill Martin, Jr. and Michael Sampson

We Need More Nuts! - by Jonathan Fenske

The Doorbell Rang - by Pat Hutchins

CRASH! BOOM! A Math Tale - by Robie H. Harris

The Coin Counting Book - by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

Absolutely One Thing: Featuring Charlie and Lola - by Lauren Child

A Book in 4 Languages - English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese - My Numbers - by Claire Winslow

One Hundred Hungry Ants - by Elinor J Pinczes

Ten Black Dots- by Donald Crews

A Remainder of One - by Elinor J. Pinczes

Math Corps in Possum Puff Peril / Math Corps en ¡Los Peligrosos Possum Puffs!- by Teachley

Your Place in the Universe - by Jason Chin

A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars - by Seth Fishman

Secret Coders - book series by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes

Hidden Figures The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Doorbell Rang - by Pat Hutchins

The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague - by Julia Finley Mosca

Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday - by Judith Viorst

The Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Myth - by Julie Glass

Do you have favorite books with math-related themes? We want to know about them! Tweet @teachley or email us.

Happy Math Reading!

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Reading books is a great way to bridge literacy and math. Not only does it provide an opportunity to extend math learning at school and home, it can help children and their families develop a love of math. Here are some books about math we love.

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A single title is awarded this prize annually in each of the five grade bands (Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12). Books are chosen on both literary merit and mathematical interest.

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Download the Mathical Book List

The Mathical Book Prize recognizes math-inspiring literature for kids ages 2-18. Prize-winning books are selected by a committee of teachers, librarians, mathematicians, and others.

Each year's selections join a growing list of stories ranging from picture books and graphic novels to chapter books and young adult literature.

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The Mathical Book Prize is an annual award for fiction and nonfiction books that inspire children to see math in the world around them.

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This is a quick introduction of how to prepare a read aloud through a math lens.

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Hey math friend! I'm Brittany Hege and I'm here to help you better understand the math concepts you teach, create more "lightbulb moments" for your students, and find fulfillment in teaching math. I truly believe every child has the ability to learn math at high levels and every teacher can teach math with great effectiveness. We are ALL learners!

After time spent teaching, coaching, and doing intervention work with students, I began to expand my work outside the walls of my school which has been incredibly fulfilling. I've now helped thousands of upper elementary teachers grow as math educators and helped over 100,000 students "experience" math, rather than simply learn it through rigorous, hands-on resources.

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Hey math friend! I'm Brittany Hege and I'm here to help you better understand the math concepts you teach, create more "lightbulb moments" for your students, and find fulfillment in teaching math. I truly believe every child has the ability to learn math at high levels and every teacher can teach math with great effectiveness.

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Do you have a class full of "number pluckers"? Start the conversation by taking the numbers out of the problem.

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Take out the numbers to make word problems make sense Learn More Try one tomorrow Primary (K-2) Older Students Explore ready-made problems Problem Banks More Problems This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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A wide variety of math activities including games, puzzles, manipulatives and math origami!  The activities and lessons tabs on mathigon have a wide variety of activities.  If you are looking for some daily multiplication practice, this is a great option.  The factris game has the same premise as Tetris, but allows the player to change the shape based on the factors of the area model.  Check these out!

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These websites, apps and magazines showcase the incredible breadth and beauty of mathematics.

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Mathbots - Tools for Teachers Grades K - 5

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Mathbots - Tools for Teachers Grades K - 5

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This website includes bell ringers, worksheets, puzzles, manipulatives, and more. There is a lot to explore for all grade levels.

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TopMarks is a UK-based site that provides a database of resources for teachers as well as online learning games for students.

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Topmarks: teaching resources, interactive resources, worksheets, homework, exam and revision help

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Searchable site of thousands of quality teaching resources, interactive resources, homework, exam and revision help. Useful for teachers, pupils and parents.

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These books are available for purchase. Check with your administration to see if there is some funding you can use to get some of these for your classroom.

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Elementary Math Intervention Program - Teachley

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Meet the MATH CORPS, a brave band of superheroes who use math powers to trick Professor Possum and save their golden planet. The Math Corps thwart common math misconceptions and help foster key practices through engaging stories.

Teachers use the Math Corps posters, videos, comics, and eBooks to help their students understand the importance of justifying one's thinking, being persistent, and using different strategies. With content spanning grades K-5, Math Corps was made possible by grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.

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Meet the MATH CORPS, a brave band of superheroes who use math powers to save the day. The heroes combat common misconceptions and help foster key practices through engaging stories, told through videos, comics, and ebooks. The stories help students understand everything from the importance of justif

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This website has a lot of math activities. Some are free, some are for purchase.

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Elementary Math Intervention Program - Teachley

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Check out these free math activities and other resources for elementary students. You can find printable family-friendly games for every grade, diy tutorials for math manipulatives, summer math packets, and more.

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Free Math Activities for Grades K-5 | Teachley

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Check out these free math activities and other resources for elementary students. You can find printable family-friendly games for every grade, DIY tutorials for math manipulatives, summer math packets, and more.

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We make animated, educational songs for kids that make math learning more fun and math teaching more effective! To date we have created nearly 70 animated videos that cover mathematical concepts from 1st Grade - 5th Grade; with concepts like; Rounding Numbers, Ordering Decimals, Subtraction with Regrouping, 3D Shapes, Angles, Place Value, Multiplication Times Tables and much more!

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Jack's videos include math as well as other subjects, brain breaks too!

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Jack has made over 45 albums for children with over 1,000 super fun and movement songs for children. Our songs for kids and educational videos will help your children learn counting, numbers, reading and language skills, nursery rhymes, science, physical fitness, dance and movement.

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Great for young learners, grades PK-1.

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Scratch Garden - YouTube

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Other teachers have created these edpuzzle videos.  Before using any of them, please make sure to check the entire lesson for accuracy.  I have found a few mistakes, but I don't have time to check every single link. If you find a mistake, send me the link and I can revise the edpuzzle.

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Math Video Lessons for Remote Teaching Edpuzzle

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Free resources provided by https://numeracyconsultants.net/

A 2 hour professional development video is also available to view on their website.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Free resources provided by https://numeracyconsultants.net/

A free 2.75 hour webinar is also available on their website.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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An intervention resource provided by https://numeracyconsultants.net/

A free 2.25 hour webinar is also available on their website.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Early Math Diagnostic Interview materials as presented at a 2021 training session many staff attended.

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This tool is used to screen in MSAD#35.

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Graham Fletchy's website includes a collection of 3-act tasks for all grade levels. He also has created amazing videos highlighting math progression in young learners, as well as other resources.

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Math at Home is designed to engage students in deep mathematical thinking as they work in blended and virtual learning environments. Math at Home resources, activities, and games are aligned to key mathematical concepts. Our shared mission is to inspire and enable individuals to discover and develop their mathematical confidence and ability.

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Lots of free resources for teachers to use, others available with a paid subscription. Includes skill games, learning games, and picture books. Tangy Tuesday and Wordy Wednesday sample packs available under 'puzzle subscriptions'

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Tang Math is a game changer. We focus on conceptual understanding, provide powerful, user-friendly, teaching tools, offer unparalleled support to teachers and administrators, and challenge students with creative and engaging materials. Tang Math takes the teaching and learning of math to a whole new level!

We have spent over 15 years creating digital math games, card games, board games and flashcards. Many of our most popular games - Ten Frame Mania, Kakooma, Numtanga, Numskill, How Much How Many, Expresso, Math Limbo, and Minus Mania - are licensed by major textbook programs and used by schools around the world.

Looking for an effective way to help your students develop their reasoning and computation skills? Tangy Tuesday and Wordy Wednesday puzzles are part of daily practice in many high-performing district in the U.S. and Canada. We offer 20, cleverly-designed, standards-based puzzles each week for 40 weeks.

We invite teachers and students to join us 2-3 times each month for Greg's virtual student lessons. Experience firsthand how our teaching tools make sense of key concepts and strategies by using a thoughtful progression of concrete, pictorial, and abstract models. Join us live or during your math block with our digital recordings.

Do your students feel overwhelmed by all the strategies they are supposed to learn? Do you feel overwhelmed by all the strategies you are told to teach? Then join us for a more sensible and systematic approach to instruction. Our theme for this school year is "Streamlined and Strategic." We have more student-tested, teaching methods to share than ever before!

Looking to reduce screen time and encourage more student-to-student interaction? We are, too! Our printed card games, board games, and flashcards target key skills and extend learning in every grade level. Together with our digital resources, they work hand-in-hand with our curriculum and provide the practice kids need.

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Tang Math is a game changer. We focus on conceptual understanding, provide powerful, user-friendly, teaching tools, offer unparalleled support to teachers and administrators, and challenge students with creative and engaging materials. Tang Math takes the teaching and learning of math to a whole new level!

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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!)"

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Books that teachers use in their math classes that are culturally relevant.

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Math Teacher Lounge is a biweekly podcast created specifically for K–12 math teachers. In each episode, co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson (@lockhartedu) and Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) chat with expert guests, taking a deep dive into the math and educational topics you care about.

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High-quality K–12 Curriculum and Assessments

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Our podcast episodes reveal powerful stories, strategies and “secrets” for building a math classroom that you’ve always wanted.

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Make Math Moments is on a mission to provide an opportunity for all mathematics educators around the world to access professional learning opportunities that will elevate their teaching practice and promote an equitable learning experience for all students. We strive to provide all educators with the opportunity to spark their learning through the Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast as a means to inspire the exploration of new pedagogical practices and to seek out opportunities to deepen their own mathematical content knowledge.

The goal of the podcast is to help more mathematics educators to create a classroom culture where students don't want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings by interviewing featured guests such as Jo Boaler, Peter Liljedahl, Sunil Singh, Dan Meyer, Nicki Newton, John Hattie, inviting mathematics teachers on to the show to engage in "Mentoring Moment" episodes where we coach them through a current math classroom struggle, or to simply riff on a specific big idea, tool or strategy for simply.

We strive to positively impact the K-12 mathematical experience for over 1 million students by helping mathematics teachers and mathematics district leadersto strengthen the six (6) key parts of an effective mathematics program.

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Wondering how to create a classroom culture where students don't want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings? Join Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek.com as they team up for EPISODE #1 to uncover how we can Make Math Moments That Matter for every student in the math classroom from Kindergarten through Grade 12.

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Math teacher educator Pam Harris and her cohost Kim Montague answer the question: If not algorithms, then what?Join them for ~15 minutes every Tuesday as they cast their vision for mathematics education and give actionable items to help teachers teach math that is Figure-Out-Able. See www.MathisFigureOutAble.com for more great resources!

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Inspire ALL Students with Open, Creative, Mindset Mathematics

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At youcubed, we inspire, educate and empower teachers of mathematics, transforming the latest research on mathematics learning into accessible and practical forms.

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A lot of great ideas to share with families! These games cover a variety of ages and most of them only use a regular deck of cards!

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Need a way to get students more excited about building math skills? A deck of playing cards might just be the answer. These math card games work for little ones and older kids alike, and they're all free to learn and play. Draw a few to add to your winning math class hand today!

1. Match to make 11

Lay out three rows of three cards each, face up. Then check to see if you can find any two cards that add up to 11. If so, remove those cards and set them aside. Replace them with new cards from the deck. Continue until you run out of cards or can't make any more matches.

Learn more: Game Rules

2. Race to 100

Flip a card and add its value to your running total. First person to reach 100 without going over wins! (Remove face cards for younger players; use these values for older kids: Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = 13, Ace = 0.)

Learn more: 123 Homeschool 4 Me

3. Play a game of 21

In Vegas, they call this one Blackjack, but it makes a great learning game for kids too (no need to place bets!). Not only do they practice their addition skills, but they'll also get a little practice at thinking logically and calculating the odds.

Learn more: Planning With Kids

4. Try pyramid solitaire alone or in teams

Some versions of solitaire are really just sneaky math card games, and pyramid is one of them. Try to find cards that add up to 10 as you clear your pyramid row by row. Learn how to play at the link below.

Learn more: Multiplication.com

5. Flip and add 1 or subtract 1

There are a few versions of this basic addition and subtraction game. We like this one: Remove the face cards from the deck. Flip a card. If it's red, add 1 and say the amount out loud. If it's black, subtract 1. If you get it right, you get to keep the card.

Learn more: Plus 1 Minus 1/Creative Family Fun

6. Go fish for pairs that make 10

Your students probably already know how to play Go Fish, but in this version, they're fishing for pairs that add up to 10. Have them ask: "I have a 2. Do you have an 8 to make 10?" Change aces to 1 for this game and leave face cards out entirely.

Learn more: Go Fish/The First Grade Roundup

7. Calculate the gain or loss

Each player starts with 15 points. Player one flips a card (remove face cards or assign them point values first). If the card is black, they add it to their total. If it's red, they subtract it. Highest point total when all the cards are gone wins! Get a free printable worksheet to use with this game at the link.

Learn more: Teacherspayteachers.com

8. Practice counting on with cards

Remove the face cards for this one, and grab a die. Players flip a card and roll the die. Starting with the number on the card, they "count on" using the number on the die. For instance, if the player flips a 7 and rolls a 4, they would say, "7 ... 8, 9, 10, 11." If they get it correct, they keep the card.

Learn more: Creative Family Fun

9. Card turnover and multiply (or add)

This one is so simple! Have students pair up. One person flips two cards from the deck. The first student to multiply (or add, depending on what you want to practice) them correctly and call out the answer wins and takes both cards. Play continues until all the cards are gone, and the winner is the one with the most cards.

Learn more: Turnover/Top Notch Teaching

10. Try for a total of 10

Play this math card game alone or as a team. Lay out 20 cards on the table (leave out face cards or change them to equal 0, while aces equal 1). Kids remove sets of cards that add up to 10, ultimately trying to remove all the cards from the table. It's harder than you think!

Learn more: Total of 10/The First Grade Roundup

11. Practice number sequencing with Builder's Paradise

Simple math card games can help kids learn how to put numbers in order. To play Builder's Paradise, discard the face cards and lay out the four sevens in a deck side by side. In each round, players work to add the next higher or lower number in each suit, trying to be the first to get rid of all their cards. Get the full how-to at the link below.

Learn more: Builder's Paradise/Math Geek Mama

12. Add decimals to "make a buck"

Draw, swap, and discard to make a hand that equals $1. Learn what face cards equal and get all the rules at the link.

Learn more: Make a Buck/Math Geek Mama

13. Declare a fraction war

War is one of the original math card games, but this version adds a fraction aspect. Students deal two cards-a numerator and denominator-then determine whose fraction is the largest. The winner keeps all four cards, and play continues until the cards are gone. ( Click here for more fun and free fraction games.)

Learn more: Math File Folder Games

14. Learn numbers with card bingo

Remove the face cards and have each student lay out a 4 x 4 playing "board" of cards. The remaining cards (or another deck) are placed face down, and a caller flips over a card. Any player who has that number on their board turns the card face down. Play continues until one player has a row flipped over horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and calls "Bingo!"

Learn more: Card Bingo/Top Notch Teaching

15. Play a game of "I Spy"

Lay out cards on the table, then take turns giving clues. "I spy two cards that add up to 12." Differentiate for younger kids with options like, "I spy a card that's less than 4," or for older ones: "I spy two cards that are factors of 12."

Learn more: Susan Jones Teaching

16. Use order of operations to get to 24

Math card games aren't just for little kids-even adults will find this one a bit tricky. Each player is dealt four cards, then uses the order-of-operations rules to try to make a number as close to 24 as possible. Simple but challenging!

Learn more: Learn With Math Games

17. Take a gamble with triple-digit dare

Each player gets three cards and privately determines the highest three-digit number they can make (you can use decimals or not, depending on age). Then, each player has a turn to stick with the cards they have, swap with one from the deck, or steal one of the other player's. All players then lay down their best number to see who wins. See more at the link below.

Learn more: Math Coach's Corner

18. Deal and round to tens to win

Each player deals two cards and lays them on the board. Then, round to the nearest 10 to find the winner of that hand.

Learn more: Adventures in Third Grade

19. Find a way to make 10

One of the terrific things about math card games is that many of them can be customized for various concepts and skill levels. The original goal of this game was to look at the cards you're dealt to find ones that add up to 10, but it can be changed to 15, 20, or any number you choose. You can also add to the difficulty by allowing addition and subtraction (for example, you could use 8 + 4 = 12 and 12 - 2 = 10). Get the rules and free printable mats at the link below.

Learn more: Mama.Papa.Bubba

20. Use Close Call to practice two-digit addition or subtraction

The best math card games are simple at heart. To play Close Call, each player deals themselves four cards, then determines how to arrange them so they make two two-digit numbers that add up as close as possible to 100 without going over. For a subtraction version, work to get as close to zero as possible. Learn how to play at the link.

Learn more: Close Call/Math Geek Mama

21. Let card color indicate negative or positive

In this game, red cards are negative integers, while black cards are positive. Students attempt to play pairs of cards that total 6 or -6. You can change the goal number as needed.

Learn more: Filling the Frame With Learning

22. Take a trip around the card spiral to practice math facts

You'll need a pair of dice for this math card game. Lay out cards randomly in a spiral formation as shown, and set a marker for each player on the center card. Player one rolls the dice then moves their piece that number of spaces shown. They then must multiply (or add or subtract, depending on preferences) the card number by the number on the dice. If they get the answer correct, they stay where they are. If not, they return to their original card. Play continues until one player reaches the end.

Learn more: My Baba

23. Flip to make a prime number

Flip two cards. If you can add, subtract, or multiply them to make a prime number (use one or all of these operations), you get to keep them.

Learn more: Flip for Prime/Games4Learning

24. Be the fastest in the race to pi

In this game, kids work to lay out the digits of pi in order. It's a simple draw-and-play game that will help familiarize students with this important number. You can write out the digits first or see who knows them from memory. Find out how to play at the link below.

Learn more: Race to Pi/Math Geek Mama

25. Pick three to make number sentences

Flip any three cards. If you can use them to form a valid equation (8 - 3 = 5), you keep the cards!

Learn more: Number Sentences/Games 4 Learning

26. Do some basic fast facts practice

Give your flash cards a rest and practice facts with math card games instead. Simply lay down two cards from the deck (remove the face cards first) and add, subtract, or multiply them. Kids can work on this alone, or you can make it a contest to see who can call out the correct answer first.

Learn more: Fast Facts/Top Notch Teaching

27. Challenge them to beat the teacher

Practice place value by drawing cards and trying to build the largest number possible. Kids play against the teacher to see who wins! Get the rules at the link below. ( Find more fun place value activities here.)

Learn more: The Teaching Love Fest/TpT

28. Read minds to figure out the correct numbers

Two students draw a card from the deck without looking and hold it up to their forehead facing out. A third student mentally multiplies the numbers and gives them the product. The students then must figure out what number each is holding. You can do this with addition and subtraction too. You'll find this game along with dozens of other math card games in the free printable book at the link below.

Learn more: Acing Math (PDF)

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All you need is a deck of cards to play these clever math card games. Kids will learn all sorts of important math skills and have fun too!

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Explore as a class, create a monthly bulletin board, or give to your fast finishers. These math puzzles are versatile to meet your needs.

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Free Printable Math Puzzles for the Classroom | Math = Love

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These math puzzle worksheets make it easy to help your students build critical thinking and problem-solving skills while having fun!

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Some amazing virtual tools on this site. My favorite is the partial product finder. These manipulatives are easy to manipulate live to use in the classroom.

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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.
Watch the video to learn how sharing works.

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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.

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There are some fun games on here and some great virtual manipulatives. However, I would pick and choose which games you allow the students to play so that they are using them well.

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Math Games – Free Online for Grades K–6 | Math Playground

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300+ free math games to build fluency and problem solving. Kid-safe, classroom-ready, no sign-in.

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Lots of fun manipulatives on this site. Take a few minutes to explore! My favorite is the money manipulative because it looks like real US coins and you can have the front and the back!

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Learning Tools for Kids | Online Virtual Manipulatives

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Learning tools and virtual manipulatives to help children learn.