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Free Maths Resources for Download

Hands-on, curriculum-aligned printable resources for Australian and New Zealand teachers.

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Everything below is free to download and ready to use. No sign-up walls, no watered-down previews. You'll find printable maths resources, visual models, and classroom activities built around the way students actually learn maths, not just the way it's typically taught.

Whether you're looking for free maths resources to fill a gap mid-unit or downloadable maths activities to anchor a whole sequence, this library is organised so you can find what you need without the Sunday afternoon scroll.

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Download free maths resources from LTD, including classroom activities, visual models, and practical teaching support for teachers.

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Why Executive Function Skills Matter in Preschool

Executive function skills, or EF, begin to develop in early childhood and remain useful throughout life. EF includes the ability to follow instructions to complete a task, stay focused despite distractions, and successfully switch between tasks. Research shows that:

EF supports problem solving, which in turn supports the development of math skills.

Both EF and math skills are linked to a wide range of important academic outcomes.

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Why Executive Function Skills Matter in Preschool Executive function skills, or EF, begin to develop in early childhood and remain useful throughout life. EF includes the ability to follow instructions to complete a task, stay focused despite distractions, and successfully switch between tasks.

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20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk

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20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk - for all grades from K-12. That is the goal of this series. Entirely new, exclusive content fills this post in a ready-to-use format that will allow you to deeply explore 4 rich math routines.

By downloading each day, you can have a clear pathway to presenting rich number sense and math discourse opportunities to your students.

Additionally, each day contains multiple levels, so that a 2nd grade teacher, a 5th grade teacher, and a high school teacher can all be using the same file - and can all have access to other grade levels. The opportunities to differentiate across levels abound in this series as well as the opportunities to see into other grade levels from K-12.

Update: If you would like to read about Kathy Iwanicki's journey into 20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk, you can find her blog post here. Thank you for sharing your story, Kathy!

After reading this blog post, take a look at THE 12 MOST POPULAR MATH STRATEGIES AND DOWNLOADS ON THIS BLOG.
Quick Access to Days 1-5 Simply click on the blue link to download the file. Quick Access to Days 6-10 Simply click on the blue link to download the file. Quick Access to Days 11-15 Simply click on the blue link to download the file. Quick Access to Days 16-20 Simply click on the blue link to download the file. Quick Access to the solutions for the Advanced Cube Conversations
Quick Access to the Cube Conversations Book The Cube Conversations Printable PDF Description of 20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk (K-12) Days 1-5
The Answers to the Advanced Cube Conversations Tasks (Days 16-20)
I've opened the series with a brand new set of Estimation Clipboards. The Estimation Clipboard strategy is a very invitational way to draw students into rich number sense discussions as it layers in more and more context and continues to provide students with estimation opportunities. The Estimation Clipboard strategy is also where a very important math instructional reality becomes abundantly clear: Writing is a powerful springboard into math discourse. As students WRITE their estimates (particularly for images 3 & 4) the math talk in your classroom will become very rich. You'll find the power in the pattern of (1) students estimating (2) writing their estimate (3) explaining what their estimate is, and why they chose it. Then right before each reveal, your classroom will become very quite in anticipation of the reveal. Don't be surprised if there is a lot cheering as the answers are revealed.
Days 6-10
Days 1-5 have set the stage with The Estimation Clipboard. Not only have the 20 Days of Number Sense and Rich Math Talk begun, but both students and teachers have detected the power of invitations, estimation, writing, sharing their ideas aloud, and experiencing the joy and wonder of math.

Day 1 - The Estimation Clipboard

Day 2 - The Estimation Clipboard

Day 3 - The Estimation Clipboard

Day 4 - The Estimation Clipboard

Day 5 - The Estimation Clipboard

After the highly invitational nature of the Estimation Clipboard, opportunities to richly explore numbers continue in the Splat! images which are all brand new - and are all designed to work in both PowerPoint and Google Slides (just like everything else in this series - so feel free to use either one).

Ranging from Splats through 10 through Fraction Splats! and now including 10 of the most challenging Splats! that I have ever publicly released, your students will have very rich opportunities to lean into number sense and richly discuss their mathematical thinking while also hearing from other students. They will be able to see and explore multiple strategies for decomposing numbers, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and connecting many concepts together.

Since every day includes materials across a wide range of grade levels, there is also a really good opportunity to take a look at content from other grade levels and offer even more challenges to your students.

Let's take a closer look at each of the Splat! levels include in 20 Days of Number Sense and Rich Math Talk.

Splat! Level A includes numbers through 10 and is ideal for grades K-1. In these sequences the dots appear so that students can count them. Then, when you click, the total number appears in the corner. On the next click, the SPLAT appears and covers some of the dots. The immediate question is, "How many dots are under the Splat?" You will be amazed at how many different ways students see this, solve this, and even how they mentally move the dots around to decompose and make sense of the numbers. If you look at the images below, you'll see that some of the Splats separate the visible numbers and create a Part-Part-Part-Whole scenario. Splat Level A appears in all 5 days.

Splat! Level B includes numbers through 10 and is ideal for grades 1-2. It also provides the first example of a grade level (kindergarten) that may recognize the opportunity to venture to higher levels. Just like in Level A, the first click introduces the dots, the next click brings in the Splat and the question, and then the Number Sense and Rich Math Talk begins. When I use numbers through 20 in the classroom, I sometimes quickly move through the counting step by saying, "Here are some dots. There are 19 of them. This is the Splat!" I find that counting so many dots can slow down the opportunities that the Splat introduces. Of course, counting is critical, and so is finding many different ways to count, so at other times I spend more time on a variety of grouping and counting methods. The reality is that there are so many opportunities in these slides that you have many opportunities to focus on a wide range of concepts.

The images in Splat! Level C are some of the most wide-ranging images I have ever worked with. It offers opportunities across so many grade levels. I've labeled it as primarily matching grades 2-5, but I've seen it used very effectively in many grade levels. Level C is where multiplication and division begin to play a much stronger role. While students in younger grades may access the image above (the one that shows 14) by adding, subtracting, grouping, counting on, repeatedly adding 3 to 5, or repeatedly subtracting 5 from 14, I've seen other strategies across grade levels. For example, fourth grade students sometimes view it as 14 ÷ 3 with a remainder of 5. Likewise, high school students have viewed is as 3x + 5 = 14. Imagine the power of the conversation among the students across those grade levels!

A very interesting option opens up in Splat! Level D. In the images above you are seeing the first of the reveal clicks. In the moment before this - when all of the Splats are opaque, and none of the dots beneath the can be seen - students approach a new question, which is "What could the total be?" In the first image above, before it is revealed that each Splat is covering 3 dots, students find themselves working with the concepts that the total must be 3 more than a multiple of 3, so the total must be a multiple of 3. However, in the second picture above (again before the first Splat is revealed like you see in the picture) students can see that the total is unknown, that there are 4 visible dots, and that there are 7 splats. By rule, each splat is covering the same number. So students can work with the concepts such as that total must be 4 more than a multiple of 7. As the identify possible totals, they can see that it could be 4, 11, 18, 25, ... Then when you choose to reveal the value of a Splat by clicking, you'll see a single Splat turn transparent (which is what you see in the images above) and the students can determine what the total number of dots is. You may expect the students to use multiplication to do so, and many will, but they will also surprise you with a wide number of strategies that you may never have expected. They are showcasing both Number Sense & Rich Math Talk!

Level E is a favorite of many teachers. In this level, all of the whole dots and all of the fractional parts of a dot can be seen. Then when you click, the Splat appears, and covers some of the whole dots and fractional parts. The immediate question becomes, "What is the value beneath the Splat?" I am amazed at how students approach these questions.

Level F is similar to the previous level with one exception. While, Level E allow the students to see all of the images before the Splat appeared, Level F simply presents the total, the Splat, and the visible parts of the total all at the same time. Students once again bring very impressive insights into the conversation. It's Number Sense and Rich Math Talk and the way that students contribute to one another's insights is eye-opening.

Level G allows the students to see the all of the whole numbers and all of the fractions on the screen and gives the students the opportunity to determine the total. When you click the total will appear. Then, with the next click, multiple Splats will appear on the screen. By rule, each of the Splats is covering the same number (the same value), although those numbers may be represented in different ways. The students task is to determine the value of the Splats (not the specific pieces) under each Splat.

Level H is similar Level G, accept in Level H the Splats all appear at the very beginning, so the first image the students see are just line the ones that are showing above. The question is, "What is the value of each Splat?" Within Level, H (on days 9 & 10), I have included 10 of the most challenging Splat questions I have ever publicly released.

Day 6 - Exclusive Splat Sequences Days 11-15

Day 7 - Exclusive Splat Sequences Day 11 - Exclusive Esti-Mysteries Days 16-20

Day 12 - Exclusive Esti-Mysteries

Day 13 - Exclusive Esti-Mysteries

Day 14 - Exclusive Esti-Mysteries

Day 15 - Exclusive Esti-Mysteries

Day 8 - Exclusive Splat Sequences

Day 16 - Exclusive Cube Conversations

Day 17 - Exclusive Cube Conversations

Day 18 - Exclusive Cube Conversations

Day 19 - Exclusive Cube Conversations

Day 20 - Exclusive Cube Conversations

Day 9 - Exclusive Splat Sequences

Day 10 - Exclusive Splat Sequences
Remember that I've written slides for ALL levels on EVERY day. Download the day you are on, find the level you want to work with, and let your students exercise their Number Sense and engage in Rich Math Talk.

Also, consider challenging your students by trying out 2-3 slides from another level.

Exclusive Esti-Mysteries

15 brand new Esti-Mysteries fill these 5 days, and each day includes 3 different levels, ranging from kindergarten to advanced math concepts. As a bonus, the first 3 Esti-Mysteries include appearing charts on the screen. Additionally, 2 of the Esti-Mysteries include multiple perspectives and hidden clues that can be found in the 2nd image.

Esti-Mysteries strongly call upon number sense and promote rich math talk while also giving students rich opportunities to COMBINE estimation with a range of math concepts in the context of rich math talk. Students will be discussing their estimates - much like in the first 5 days when the work with the Estimation Clipboard - but will also be looking carefully at math concepts and seeing how those concepts are interrelated.

Exclusive Cube Conversations

The highly visual cube conversations strategy is used in the final 5 days to promote number sense and rich math talk. In addition to brand new Cube Conversations Images, the downloadable set of matching pages will give students clear opportunities to annotate and describe their insights to one another.

As with all other days in this series, there is a very good opportunity to see into other grade level bands, and this can be use to differentiate content, challenge students, and promote even deeper number sense and rich math talk.

At the end of each day there is also a challenging task, which is placed in the highest grade band. The printable PDF includes 2 different versions of each task. One version includes 4 copies so that students will have an opportunity to try out 4 different entry points into the task, while the other page simply offers a larger, easier-to-use version of the image.

The beginning level of Cube Conversations provides very good opportunities to visualize and decompose small numbers in a wide variety of ways. The middle image shown above is animated to showcase 3 different ways that students may see how to decompose the shape. Likely, they will find many more than the 3 examples, but the animated examples typically provide a nice momentum and a clear invitation to seek out many different ways to decompose the number. Then another image appears (like the third one shown above) with 4 additional copies below it so that ideas can be shared with the entire class. As with all levels, every image is also available on the downloadable PDF so that each student can decompose the images on their own and then share their ideas with one another.

Deepening Cube Conversations (grades 2-5) introduce some layers of complexity that allow students to work with additional concepts, such as visualizing sets in multiple ways, visualizing shapes that overlap (so the overlapping cubes may need to be subtracted), and shapes that appear to have holes in them.

The 2nd image above shows layers that will appear when you click (although on the slide you download the images will all be in a single location on the slide). If you look at the middle image closely, you will see how the image has been decomposed into 9 + 3 groups of 3, then 2 groups of 5 and a group of 3 and 5 groups of 1. Still focusing on the blue and yellow shape in the middle image above, you can see why students describe it many ways. For example, a student might say, "I see 3 groups of 5 in the blue and yellow image." If you look carefully, you'll also see 3 groups of 5.

Then moving the the last image in the center picture above (the image which is red, yellow, and blue in the bottom right corner) you can see how a student might say, "I see three groups of five plus three more - but I see it in a different way." Remember, that is just the example page and it is followed by the wide open opportunity presented on the next slide. When you look at the third picture above you can see how a student might describe two groups of 9, two groups of 8, or even 2 groups of 7 while other students describe groups of 2, 3, or 5. You may also hear that a student sees a 25 minus two groups of 4 and 2 groups of 1. The possibilities go on and on as your provide students with rich opportunities to explore Number Sense and to explore and describe their insights together.

The routine continues - but at a deeper level - in Textured Cube Conversations. Remember, every level is available on every day in this blog post, and all content in 20 Days of Number Sense and Rich Math Talk is exclusive to this post.

The first image will present a structure, several examples of how the structure can be visually decomposed, and will finally reveal the number of unit cubes. Then a new image will appear with 4 opportunities on the bottom of the screen for students to show their thinking to each other.

All of the Cube Conversations images are available in PDF format so that you can provide each student with their own copy to annotate - and then to share their ideas with one another.

Advanced Cube Conversations will feel very much like a rich task. Two of the Advanced Cube Conversations are illustrated in the pictures above.

The thinking that comes from these tasks is tremendous!

On the downloadable PDF you will find a page with a large image of the structure an an additional page that provides 4 smaller versions of that picture so that students will have multiple opportunities to try out a variety of entry points.

In each case the question is, "This structure is composed of how many unit cubes?"

I hope you enjoy 20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk. If you do, please leave a comment. You can even share who is using it. Perhaps we'll see some classrooms from around the world leaving comments like, "We are using #20DaysNS in Hunters, Washington!"

As always, you can find me on Twitter @stevewyborney

I'll be keeping an eye on #20DaysNS on Twitter.

I wish you well as you work with your students and give them opportunities to develop their numbers sense and engage in rich math talk.

All my best,

Steve

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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.

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Parents know that we need to read 20 minutes a day with our kids.

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Whether you're reading books on the couch, cooking dinner, running errands, or scheduling your day, opportunities for math talk abound.

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Advancing Equity and Strengthening Teaching through Elementary Mathematical Modeling

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Welcome to this webinar about teaching the new Mathematical Modelling expectations for the primary grades of the revised mathematics curriculum. In this webinar, we take you through the lessons that have been created by Ontario educators to support Ontario educators.

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This school year I'm creating and sharing 100 new Esti-Mysteries.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Kindergarten: Esti-Mystery 0095 - "Spring Rings"

Grades 1-2: Esti-Mystery 1112 - "A Cup of Rings"

Grades 3-8: Esti-Mystery 3111 - "Eliminate That Pair of Numbers"

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Grades 1-3: Esti-Mystery 2106 - "If You Look Very Carefully"

Grades 4-12: Esti-Mystery 4075 - "Factor In All The Clues"

November 27 - December 1

Kindergarten: Esti-Mystery 0094 - "Fishing for Four"

Grades 1-2: Esti-Mystery 1111 - "Fishing for Five"

Grades 3-8: Esti-Mystery 3110 - "Fishing for a Letter"

Grades 1-3: Esti-Mystery 2105 - "I Caught a Three"

Grades 4-12: Esti-Mystery 4074 - "A Fish With Exactly Four Factors"

Kindergarten: Esti-Mystery 0093 - "Whistles"

Grades 1-2: Esti-Mystery 1110 - "Moustaches?"

Grades 3-8: Esti-Mystery 3109 - "The Wide Vase of Whistles"

Grades 1-3: Esti-Mystery 2104 - "The Tall Whistle Vase"

Grades 4-12: Esti-Mystery 4073 - "One Third of a Vase of Whistles"
Estimation Clipboards Splat! (PPT) The Fraction Splat! Series (PPT) Splat! for Google Slides The Mystery Number in the Box Videos 80 Cube Conversations
Kindergarten: Esti-Mystery 0092 - "Three Colors and Three Clues"

Grades 1-2: Est-Mystery 1109 - "Bean Bags"

Grades 3-8: Esti-Mystery 3108 - "Rounding Bean Bags"

Grades 1-3: Esti-Mystery 2103 - "Flat Objects Add Up Quickly"

Grades 4-12: Esti-Mystery 4072 - "Square Bean Bags"

Kindergarten: Esti-Mystery 0091 Pencil - "Sharpener Shapes"

Grades 1-2: Esti-Mystery 1108 - "The Clue Numbers are Clues"

Grades 3-8: Esti-Mystery 3107 - "That's One Sharp Pencil"

Grades 1-3: Esti-Mystery 2102 - "Super Sharpeners"

Grades 4-12: Esti-Mystery 4071 - "Erasing Some Numbers"

Kindergarten: Esti-Mystery 0090 - "Pumpkin Patch"

Grades 1-2: Esti-Mystery 1107 - "Did the Vase Melt?"

Grades 3-8: Esti-Mystery 3106 - "The Pumpkin Pattern"
Grades 1-3: Esti-Mystery 2101 - "Pumpkin Puzzle" Grades 4-12: Esti-Mystery 4070 - "Three Brown Pumpkins"
The Numbering System Enters the Thousands!

Long-Time Esti-Mystery Fans will notice that the numbering system looks a little different now. The files are now numbered in the thousands! So, what happened?

When I started creating daily Esti-Mysteries, you might remember that it was a very difficult time for all of us around the world, and I made a promise to create a new resource for my blog readers (nearly) every day of the school year. I emailed every day with a new resources and let you know "I'm sticking with you every day!" From that time on, I created a lot of Esti-Mysteries, at every level - and I kept creating the next year... and the year after that. And the numbers grew...

When I started, the numbering system didn't seem like it would ever run out of room.

The 100 Level Esti-Mysteries were for grades 1-2, and they had file names like this: 100, 101, 102, ... 145, 146, 147 ...

The 200 Level Esti-Mysteries (for grades 1-3) had file names like this: 200, 201, 202, ...

That all worked fine until...

That all worked fine until the Esti-Mysteries reached numbers like this... 196, 197, 198, 199 ... ???

At that point, I realized the Esti-Mystery after 199 couldn't be numbered 200, because that was already used at a different level. So, this year I continued the numbering system with 4-digits.

The Esti-Mystery Numbers Pick Up Where Last Year Left Off

They simply begin with the level number in the thousands place.

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Teaching Tools - resources for whole-class teaching
Here you can find a list of ictgames resources designed to aid teachers' delivery during whole-class teaching, less fun-led, rather tools for demonstration.

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Arrow Cards
A place value demonstration tool. Great for counting in 100s, 10s or 1s!
You can hide/reveal the arrow cards and the Deinnes blocks. You can partition the whole set of arrow cards or just one card.

Try starting and 50 and counting backwards in 1s, many children find this very challenging at the next multiple of 10.
Watch a video clip about this resource,(link to YouTube).

Flip Counter
A counting and place value demonstration tool. Great for counting in 100s, 10s or 1s! You can 'tick' to see every flip, press '+' in the hundreds column and the game will count in 1's up to 100. There's a 'flip speed' slider so that you can control how fast the game counts. There's a dragable decimal point for KS2 teachers. Try starting and 100 and counting backwards in 1s, many children find this very challenging at the next multiple of 10.
Watch a video clip about this resource,(link to YouTube).

Rubber Band Reckoner
A very simple number ordering activity. Children use a piece of card and and an elastic band to demonstrate their thinking.

If the card starts at 0 and ends at 50, where is 75?
WEDYK?: What else do you know?

You can reveal the exact position once you've described your thinking.

Clock Demonstrator
Move forwards and backwards in units of 1min, 5mins etc.
Isolate just one clock hand to aid explanation.
Hide and reveal hands so that you can challenge children to show you first on their clocks.
Use colour-coded hands and the corresponding colour-coded digital clock to introduce the digital format.
KS2 teacher can select Roman Numerals.
Watch a video clip about this resource,(link to YouTube).

Equivalent Fractions
Place a whole 1 brick on the stage first, then add another above it pressing to reveal it as fractions of the whole.

Great for comparing equivalent fractions.

Fraction Finder
Demonstrates a paper-based method for finding fractions of a number,
e.g. What's ⅓ of 12?

"⅓ is one part of an amount that's been cut into 3."

Now draw a rectangle, cut into 3 pieces. Then use on-screen counters to share 12 between three boxes.

Coin Calculator
Model use of coins without the hassle and confusion of holding so many in your hands. Demonstrate equivalent coins for the same value. Drag coins onto the stage then split or re-combine coins.
Hide/reveal the total whilst children work it out on their drywipe boards.
Includes Sterling, Dollars and Euros.

Twilight Takeaway
This game uses The Bar Model as an informal calculation strategy to illustrate subtraction as difference. Work out the difference between how much the yellow flies collected and how much the green flies collected.

Sum Scales
Model the meaning of the equals sign. Make an expression on each side of the scales. Tests to see if each expression is equal.
Includes a missing number tool.
Model the meaning of the =, < and > signs.

Watch a video clip about this resource, (link to YouTube).

Advent Calendar
5 Christmas themed Maths and Music games. There are 24 windows in the little village. They're not numbered so that you can return to favourite games.
Chimneypot Pressies: -identify odd and even numbers.
Fireplace Facts: -practise number facts for 10, 20 and 100.
Musical Icicles: -play Christmas songs using the icicles.
Bobbing Robins: -the robins sing Christmas songs.
Snowman Sums: +/- mastery with part-part-whole.

Array Display
Model The Commutative Law in multiplication.
Multiplication can be done in any order.
Use arrays to become familiar with the meaning of multiplication.
Count the number of 'times' by clicking on each column in the array.

Watch a video clip about this resource, (link to YouTube).

Calmness Counter
A noise-o-meter for the classroom, (requires a microphone).

Blending Bingo
Noisy and fun, one-armed-bandit style bingo aligned to Letters and Sounds. This is the original phonics bingo. I remade this one after many requests.

Forest Phonics
A simple spelling game using spelling patterns. Aimed at children aged between 4 & 7yrs.

Foam Phonemes
Great for the 'Full Circle Game', (Letters & Sounds).

Choose approx 10 sounds that you're going to need, (rotate the right-hand rainbow to see more).

Arrange the foam letters to make that word.

Phoneme Patterns
A cover-flow style list of words using each phoneme pattern. Includes sound buttons, dots and dashes.

Wordy Woods
Collect and build up a bank of known keywords. You can store up to three lists of 24 words. On a woodland fairy theme.

Sky Writer
An aeroplane-themed handwriting demonstration tool.

Cursive and non-cursive text.

You can change the colour of the smoke mid-flight!

Writing Repeater
Re-plays your on-screen handwriting. Write a word and re-play it continuously.

The best thing is your hand doesn't get in the way when the children are trying to learn!

Why not prop-up your class tablets and let a different groups of children practise different words?

Visual Writing Targets
Prints on A4 14 labels.

Choose targets for today's writing, then print off and glue into books.

A great teacher time saver. Speeds up marking and shares expectations.

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Teaching Tools - resources for whole-class teaching Here you can find a list of ictgames resources designed to aid teachers' delivery during whole-class teaching, less fun-led, rather tools for demonstration. +/-/x Facts Arrow Cards A place value demonstration tool. Great for counting in 100s, 10s or 1s!You can hide/reveal the arrow cards and the Deinnes blocks.

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Welcome to ictgames. Here you'll find free to play educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old; written by a UK teacher with 20 years experience. The games are linked to the UK KS 1 and 2 curricula. Here are some help videos to get you started.

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Free educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old. Made by a UK teacher with 20 years of experience in education.

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Free math fluency centers for K-5 to assess fluency, monitor progress, and plan instruction and intervention.

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Universal Screeners for Number Sense - Forefront Education

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Interview-based K-6 math screeners designed by teachers to assess for students' number sense. This open-source project provides free, high-quality assessment tools to over 9,000 schools in the US and internationally.

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With the implementation of new standards, assessments, and (for some) new curriculum, teachers are feeling bogged down and yet left out on their own to make sense of it all.

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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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Welcome to Dr. Nicki's Math Fact Fluency Club! FIND PLENTY OF RESEARCH BASED RESOURCES FOR MATH FACT FLUENCY!

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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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Clothesline Math has been a growing trend in mathematics education. I saw Andrew Stadel give a talk on it (back in 2015), however it was geared toward middle school and high school math. My mind, never shutting off, was pondering how to make it fit for my elementary teachers. And in my research, there aren't many elementary clothesline cards out there.

Clotheslines become interactive number lines. Students are able to manipulate cards to show proportional reasoning, precision, equality between numbers, and magnitude. The clothesline builds students' number sense. It's a routine that can work from kindergarten through high school.

Each set of cards has been designed to have equal cards as well as multiple representations. They are all PDF files.

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Here are 5 weeks of number sense routines (5-10 minute math talks) tailored to each grade K-5. Every slide deck includes a "how to" and a week each of: