Learning Math Facts
Posted by Abbey on April 9, 2008 in Math
Are you looking for an alternative to flash cards for your students to practice their math facts? There are many free online resources now available to help student with this task and at the same time cultivate some excitement around mathematics. Here are some links which come highly recommended by teachers, not just for learning the facts in the classroom, but also as a suggestion to parents as possible homework practice.
A special thanks to Cassy Turner, Singapore Math Teacher Advisor, who introduced me to some of the links highlighted in this post. If you have other similar websites you have tried and approved for your students to learn their math facts, be sure to send me a comment below.
Every Day Math Account Set Up
Posted by Janice on February 12, 2008 in Math
Adam Dysart gave us these directions to help elementary teachers set up the Every Day Math accounts for their classes.
Follow the simple 12 steps in the attached Word document to set yourself up as a teacher/administrator in everydaymathonline. Once you have established your login, you may set up a class in the system so kids can access the games and interactive reference guides. You can edit or revise your class list and even view students’ performance on the everyday games. Be sure to print student login cards by going to STUDENT PASSWORDS on the main menu page in order to give each student in your class the access he/she needs in or out of school.
Using Video From the Internet
Posted by Eric C. on November 28, 2007 in Foreign Languages, Instructional Strategies, Language Arts, Math, Music, Science, Social Studies, The Arts
More and more teachers are looking to the Internet as a source for videos to use in their classrooms. But before getting carried away there are a couple of major considerations to think about. First, is access to the videos you want blocked? Second, is your school’s Internet connection robust enough to handle watching video? (more…)
Social Bookmarking – Made Easy
Posted by Gary on October 31, 2007 in Internet Research, Language Arts, Libraries, Math, Social Studies, Web 2.0
Del.icio.us is a practical social bookmarking tool teachers can utilize to make classroom use of the Internet more efficient. By using a Delicious account teachers can easily and simply share internet sites with students at multiple computers. Watch the video below (created by Commoncraft) to learn about Social Bookmarking with Delicious. If you have more questions or want to investigate and think about using a Delicious account contact the Instructional Technology Specialist assigned to your building.
eScrapbooking
Posted by Abbey on October 15, 2007 in English Language Learners, Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Math, Photo Story 3, PowerPoint, Science, Social Studies
Scrapbooking is more than organizing a collection of pictures, words to document important memories. It is a selection process to capture details where powerful personal insights are revealed. eScrapbooking is the digital version of that process which can aid students in sorting through all the scraps of information they are bombarded with and in capturing snapshots of their own learning. It is also a useful tool for teachers to reflect on their practice. (more…)
WebQuests for technology Integration
Posted by Janice on May 7, 2007 in English Language Learners, Foreign Languages, Instructional Strategies, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
As we all think about how to integrate technology into our curricula in a well thought out manner, many teachers have asked about WebQuests. Some of us have taken classes from Bernie Dodge or Tom March on how to develop them. I have been asked often for resources that contain good WebQuests that are already designed for classroom use. Here are some sites for you to look at and use if you care to. (more…)
Graphing With Excel
Posted by LeAnn on January 20, 2007 in Excel, Math
Now that you have a presentation station, it is much easier to create graphs as a class. Learn how to create a graph in Excel that you can take back to your classroom and manipulate depending on what you are graphing.
- Blank Excel Template (.xlt)
- About Graphing in Excel (.pdf)
- Getting to School Example(.xls) – For the primary grades this is great teacher-led graph to introduce Excel at the beginning of the year. The comment boxes also allow for writing predictions and observations or you can merge cells together and type responses.
- Finding Shapes Example (.xls) – If you ever have your students go on a search for shapes, here is a graph where you can ask the class to make predictions (record in comment boxes), collate data and then make observations about the data. You can also use this reinforce the number of sides of a shape when just seeing the name. You could also present this graph to individual students for them to collate their own data.
Resources
Almost Everything You Need for Using Spreadsheets in the Classroom
Lesson plans and activities to understand the different parts of spreadsheet.
Create a Graph
Easy way for students to create graphs.
Dr. Christie’s Using Spreadsheets in K-12 Classrooms
More lesson plan ideas.
Florida Gulf Coast University- Excel Tutorials
Quick Ideas
Spinning Coins Activity
Groups Graphing
Lemonade Stand
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