- Adding and Subtracting and Positive and Negative Numbers - On-Line Mathematics Tutor, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Animations that use a number line to illustrate counting, adding and subtracting, and negative numbers.
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- Addition and Subtraction Game (CEC) - Kaye Miller; Lincoln City Jr. Academy, Lincoln City, OR
A group activity for grades 2-8 that provides review and drill in the format of a game for learning facts in subtraction and addition, appealing to multilevel and multigrade situations. Students get so caught up in the game they consider it an exciting
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- Addition Flashcards - A+ Math
Elementary online flashcards for practicing simple addition.
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- All Aboard! - Melanee Stearns, Libby Humason; SCORE Mathematics
Students take a "train trip" to a city of their choice. They should have prior experience with telling time, reading charts and maps, using compass directions (NSEW), and calculating distances on a map. Upon completion of this activity, students will
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- Arithmetic CD - John Banfill
The Arithmetic CD contains over 1700 basic arithmetic lessons for K-8 students. Each lesson has an explanation, some interactive practice, and challenge games. The lessons on the CD consist of interactive html files and require a web browser to operate.
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- Aunty Math - Angela Giglio Andrews; DuPage Children's Museum
An every-other-week math challenge for grades K-3 from "Aunty Math." Each challenge is presented in the form of a story taken from the life of Aunty Math, her two nephews, and her niece. Students with questions or suggestions can e-mail Aunty Math directly,
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- Basic Educational Materials, Publishers
Math skills workbooks for teachers and homeschoolers in the areas of computational math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; basic measurement skills - the ruler; and a Computational Skills Evaluation (CSE) - a diagnostic evaluation of
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- CESAME Support Site for Investigations Discussions - CESAME, Brown University, Math Forum
A place to share ideas, questions, and experiences from teaching TERC's Investigations in Number, Data and Space at four levels: Grades K-1; 2-3; 4-5; and Special Needs Students. Discussion archives are searchable and browseable, and you may also join
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- Continental Mathematics League (CML)
Information about the Continental Math League, including samples and solutions from CMLs for grades two and three, Pythagorean for grades 4-9, Euclidean for grades 4-9, and calculus. Also, order Best of CML books containing questions, and obtain the competition's
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- Counting And Graphing (SMILE) - Vernita Smith, Mahalia Jackson Elementary School
A lesson for grades 1-2 designed to introduce counting from 1-25 and graphing using the pie graph and the bar graph. From the Graphs and Visuals section of a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons by the Science and Mathematics Initiative for
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- Digi-Block - Digi-Block, LLC
Manipulatives for K-4 classrooms. Students pack individual blocks into holders to create larger blocks of 10, 100, and 1,000, exploring place value and operations and learning the base 10 number system visually and physically.
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- Discover Time Demo (Kids Domain) - Cynthia Sorrells, Managing Editor
Kids learn to tell time with a pirate game: download a demo for the PC.
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- Dog-eared resource - Cyndie Jacks, Editor
Innovative, creative, "outside the box" lessons/activities and ideas for use with students in grades 1-4. Suggestions for children's books and relevant Web sites on a variety of topics, including mathematics, are found each issue of this subscription-based
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- Dollar Bill's Adventures with Money - BDi Software
Software for Mac or PC created to teach real-world problem-solving skills to students in grades 1-5. A freeware demo of the CD-ROM includes up to 12 activities to download, or play online using Shockwave. Activities for grades 1-2 focus on coin identification,
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- Dositey.com - Dositey Corporation
Interactive lessons, exercises and worksheets, educational games, open-ended questions in Math and Language Arts, and more.
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- Everyday Mathematics Center - University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP)
An NSF-funded center established to support educators, parents and students who are using, or will soon be using, Everyday Mathematics, a comprehensive K-6 mathematics curriculum developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project and published
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- Exclusive Educational Products - Exclusive Educational Products
Order math resources and manipulatives for the curriculum of Ontario, Canada, as listed by grade or by the strands of number sense, measurement, patterning and algebra, geometry, data management, and assessment. Virtual workshops include samples from
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- Extending Our Knowledge of Place Value (SMILE) - Angie Morris, Burnham School
A lesson designed to reinforce the knowledge of place value for first and
second graders by using their auditory, visual, and/or kinesthetic learning styles and the numbers 10-99 only. From the Arithmetic section of a collection of almost 200 single
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- The Fizz & Martina Math Series (Grades 1-6) - Tom Snyder Software
Each of the 4 titles of Fizz & Martina Math teaches students the process of "talking math." There are cooperative learning activities, student materials, and follow-up activities. Students work in teams to solve the problems, sifting through numbers
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- funschool.com
A site the goal of which is to make learning fun, and to communicate educational concepts in an effective manner, offering over 700 educational games and activities, many of them math-related. Browse by grade level or consult the site map.
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- Fun With Math: Grades 1-2 - Dept. of Teacher Education, California State Univ., Hayward, CA
Students solve addition and subtraction illustrated word problems using one- and two-digit numbers.
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- Geometric Shapes (SMILE) - Violet M. Nash, Spencer Math and Science Academy
A 2nd grade lesson on identifying geometric shapes using colors and math problems. Also see a followup lesson on geometric shapes and making a vest. From the Geometry and Measurement section of a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons by the
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- Grades 2-3: Lesson Plans (The Lesson Plans Page) - Kyle Yamnitz, Univ. of Missouri
A searchable archive of lesson plans for arithmetic, patterns, basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), time, estimation, graphs, place value, fractions, measurement, number sense, and many more. Includes suggestions for games
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- The Great Calculator Debate: Concerns About Calculator Use in Elementary Schools - Thomas W. Cowdery
Written for the Illinois State University College of Education course Principles of Curriculum Design, this student paper draws on the NCTM Standards, NEA Public Agenda studies, voices from Mathematically Correct, meta-analysis and other research into
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- Helping Your Child Learn Math - U.S. Dept of Education
A second, revised edition of Helping Your Child Learn Math for parents of children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The book includes a variety of activities that will help children learn and apply mathematical concepts such as geometry, algebra,
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- House of Math Word Problems for Children - MathStories.com, Inc.
More than 2,000 math word problems for grades 1-8, classified by grade and topic, with over 150 math word problem sheets, each focused on one topic with sufficient room for students to show their work. There are math work sheets based on history and science,
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- Inch by Inch and Centimeter by Centimeter Extravaganza (SMILE) - Pamela J. Bates-Hines, Ninos Heroes Academy
A lesson for the very early grades designed to teach students to measure one inch to a yard; measure one centimeter to a meter; and compare and contrast standard to non-standard units of measurement. From the Geometry and Measurement section of a collection
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- It's About Time (SMILE) - Vernita Smith, Mahalia Jackson Elementary School
A lesson for grades 1-2 designed to teach students to tell time to the hour on an analog clock, and how to compare more and less time. From the "Miscellaneous" section of a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons by the Science and Mathematics
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- Jacqueline Cooke
An elementary-school teacher in Gresham, Oregon, Cooke has assembled math resources such as problem solving strategies and 100 Problems for Primary People, a collection of word problems.
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- Kids SyvumBook Series - Syvum Technologies, Inc.
Interactive educational software for English, Knowledge, and Math, targeted for kids ages 6-12. Each Kids SyvumBook offers multimedia strips and main activity frames. Four levels of Math SyvumBooks help improve arithmetic, algebra, and basic number skills
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- Learn To Count Money (Play to Learn) - Fenzi Designs
Specify what kind of coins or bills and how many pieces you want to count, then play the game. With hints and answers.
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- MATH*Ability - Durkee, Greene
MATH*Ability teaches basic math skills through frequent practice to children in grades 2-9 in Salinas and Monterey, California. It uses a series of daily practice sheets, with each successive sheet building on the skills mastered at an earlier stage.
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- Math Activities for Grades K-4 - Biezad, Ward; NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Lesson plans based on aeronautical themes and NASA projects. Topics include: Converting Units and the SR-71; Predicting and Estimating Speeds and the SR-71; Shape Identification - Geometry in the Constellations: The ER-2; Geometry and Shapes in the X-36;
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- Math and Logic Contests - Mike Coulter
Contests for teams of students in each of grades 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Sample problems are provided onsite, along with current contest standings. Problems range from those most students should be able to solve independently to complex, multi-step problems
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- The Math Circle - Bob and Ellen Kaplan, Founders
Read news, press, and history about this non-profit organization dedicated to students "who enjoy math and want the added challenge of exciting topics normally outside the school curriculum." Serving the greater Boston area since 1994, children ages five
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- Mathematical Tale Winds - Jerry Ameis; Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg
Elementary school children can be encouraged to solve mathematical problems by embedding routine and non-routine mathetical problems in short and long stories. Notes for teachers and parents are included. Contents: Concept stories (use to help develop
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- MathKeys - Houghton Mifflin Company and MECC
A K-6 Mac and Windows software series for Kindergarten. Supports any K-6 math program, combining graphic representations of manipulatives with mathematical symbols and writing tools to provide students with the power to explore mathematical concepts in
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- Math Madness - Four Corners
Hands-on math workshops, Math Madness and Math for all Seasons, for K-3 teachers and administrators in the New Jersey/New York/Pennsylvania areas, for teaching math concepts through games, activities, poetry, literature, and music.
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- Math Matters - Math Matters
The goal of Math Matters is to help students develop a solid math foundation and prevent math anxiety. 7 M's of math (myths, memory, models, metaphor, meta learning, multimedia, miracles), brain research, MM software (CD-ROMs), and related links.
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- Math Problem of the Week - John Schwartz, Centennial School, Manitoba (Canada)
Weekly questions revolving around the math curriculum for K-6 in Manitoba for grade one, grades two and three, grade four, and grades five and six. Solutions appear the following week, listing by first name only the students who have anwered correctly.
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- MathSURF - Pearson Education, Inc.
Activities and teaching tips designed to supplement Pearson/Scott Foresman and Pearson/Prentice Hall's math teaching materials for grades K-6. Activities are linked to chapters from textbooks and can be used as part of classroom instruction or on their
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- Math Tools Grade 2 - Math Forum
A community library of software tools for second grade math students (7-8 year-olds) and their teachers. Math2 is one section in the Math Forum's Math Tools digital library of software for computers, calculators, PDAs, and other handheld devices, with
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- Math Web-Linked Lesson Plans (grades 1-6) - McGraw-Hill School Division
Web-linked activities and lesson plans related to chapter themes in McGraw-Hill's mathematics program Math in My World, providing directed explorations of Web sites, with student project sheets to print, and teacher answer keys.
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- Mathworld - Matt Bowling
The author developed this math story to act as a structure for the California second grade math curriculum. He finds it to be a big motivator to kids who are not usually interested in math.
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- Melodies, Methods, and Models that make Math Marvelous and Meaningful - Brenda Barrow
Staff Development K-5 Math Workshops offered by Brenda Barrow, "The Math Lady." Order a math songs CD or a set of 70 math hall signs.
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- Money Challenge Demo (Kids Domain) - Cynthia A. Sorrels, Managing Editor
Learn to count change: download four two-player games for the Mac.
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- Money: Demonstrating Coin Values up to $1.00 (SMILE) - Camille Gales, Coles Elementary School
A lesson designed to teach students to use a variety of coins to make change up to the value of a dollar. From the Arithmetic section of a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons by the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement.
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- numeracysoftware.com - Numeracy Software Solutions
A British site providing teachers with free downloadable resources to support
maths teaching in the primary school. News (much from the BBC), products to purchase (Counting Machine; Using Counting Machine in the Classroom), downloads, and numeracy links.
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- Place Value (SMILE) - Ceopal Porter, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche School
A lesson for grade 2 designed to teach students to know the place value of the ones and the tens; to know how many ones are in one ten; and to be able to write numbers using more than one place value. From the Arithmetic section of a collection of almost
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- Pumpkin Pie For All! - Dee Lehar; SCORE Mathematics
Pumpkin pie for the whole class - imagine making enough pie so that everyone could have a piece, with enough pie to take one home. The recipe you have makes 1 pie at a time, which only has 8 pieces... Aligned to the California State Standards. From the
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