Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Teacher Resource - Principles of Instruction

https://www.aft.org/pdfs/americaneducator/spring2012/Rosenshine.pdf

This article goes into more depth of research based strategies for teaching math.

Student Resource - Dositey (K-8)

http://www.dositey.com/2008/index-page-home.php
This particular site has games to go until middle school which will help build students math skills.

Student Resource - Kids Numbers

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/

This site contains all research based math games for kids of all games.This also contains many activities children can do at school or home.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Student resource - Older students

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

This is a site with many different math games of a wide variety.  This site seems to be for older students, but is an easy way to incorporate math into the home in a fun way.

Student Resource - Games

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

This site is full of games with align with standards and are research based.  There is a search engine where you can click the exact skill you are looking to practice.  At this point your will find games for this the topic chosen.

Student Resource - Short 5 Problem Games

http://www.learningtoday.com/teacher-resources/math-games/

This site is full of about 12 small games to help students practice specific math skills.  These games each relate to some objective in which may be the same that the students are learning in class.  These games are very short consisting of about 5 math problems each.  It might be a good idea for a "homework" idea to help students think about math without worksheets.

The FOIL Method for Fourth Grade Math : Elementary School Math (YouTube)

This is a great video to teach the FOIL method to upper elementary students.  This teacher may work a little fast, but if I were showing this directly to the students it may be after I have introduced the subject and began teaching.  This may help when students begin to understand but do not fully understand or need it put a different way.