Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Enrichment resources

AIG~IRP - Public Schools of North Carolina.  Activities for gifted and talented students, listed by grade level and content standard.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Multiplication Fact Practice Printables

Adaptable multiplication charts for practice.  You can print multiplication tables to be complete, blank multiplication tables, partially completed multiplication tables, etc

Sunday, January 25, 2015

How is math different now?

Dr. Raj Shah explains why math is taught differently than it was in the past and helps address parents' misconceptions about the "new math".
Dr. Shah is the owner and founder of Math Plus Academy (mathplusacademy.com) an academic enrichment program with two locations in Columbus, Ohio. Math Plus Academy offers class in math, robotics, programming and chess for kids from KG to 9th grade. Math Plus Academy is on a mission to show kids the joy of mathematics and science.

Why is Math Different Now from raj shah on Vimeo.
Dr. Raj Shah explains why math is taught differently than it was in the past and helps address parents' misconceptions about the "new math".

Dr. Shah is the owner and founder of Math Plus Academy (www.mathplusacademy.com) an academic enrichment program with two locations in Columbus, Ohio. Math Plus Academy offers class in math, robotics, programming and chess for kids from KG to 9th grade. Math Plus Academy is on a mission to show kids the joy of mathematics and science.

"Putting the Practices into Action; Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, K-8" by Susan O'Connell and John SanGiovanni


 Putting the Practices into Action; Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, K-8 by Susan O'Connell and John San Giovanni. - Love this book. Concise and to the point. Provides good activities that you can use in your classroom easily.

Mathematical Practice #1 - Make Sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them-overview and activities

Geometric Solids Interactive Tool

Geometric Solids Interactive Tool - great tool to model 3 dimensional shapes.  You can view shape as a solid or a net.

Interactive Pan Balance

Interactive Pan Balance - great way to show equivalencies.

Pan Balance - Shapes. Drag and drop shapes to make the scale balance.  Sets up a way to model the standard, "Understand the meaning of the equal sign" (grade 1 standard).

Pan Balance - Numbers. Use this tool to strengthen understanding and computation of numerical expressions and equality

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Create a Graph


Want to create a graph to project? Want to put the data you gathered durng sign in time on a graph? 

Check out this online graphing tool:

Saturday, January 10, 2015