Hi 1st grade and Family,
The first grade team would like to make sure that you have some of our math websites to use at hhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifome. Most of these websites are already on my Math Webquest but here is a reminder!
http://mathfactcafe.com/
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/math_elem.htm This is a great website covering every single math concept.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st_math.htm First Grade
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd_math.htm Second Grade
http://www.allentownsd.org/EETT/firstgrade.htm -First grade math websites
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/grade_2.php Second grade math worksheets
http://www.narragansett.k12.ri.us/Nes/2ndgrademath/2ndgrademath.htm Second grade math websites
Math Games:
Math Magician- http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html This is a great website! Students can pick what kinds of fact problems to solve and then are given problems to solve in 60 seconds. Also, a certificate is issued each time and students can print the certificate. The students will love printing the certificate and taking it home or have a wall in the classroom to display the certificate. Students enter their names that will be printed on the certificate.
Math Journey- http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html
Directions: Travel around the world by answering math problems. The journey begins and ends in London, and has stops in 30 cities along the way. To board the plane to each new city, you must answer a math problem correctly. If you get a problem wrong, you have "missed your flight". Miss three flights and the game is over.
To begin: Check the skills you want to practice, or choose a predefined skill set from the Combinations column. After you've made your selections, scroll down and press the Begin the Game button.
Math Baseball: http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Solve math problems and swing the bat
http://www.mathmastery.com/cyberchallenge/ Drill and Practice math
Web Manipulatives:
Pattern Block Play: http://ejad.best.vwh.net/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml
This program can be used to familiarize oneself with the different shapes, their relations, and their proportions. By rotating them, one can also get a good feel for their symmetry. But the real purpose behind the program is to use it as a tool to learn and practice fractions.
Let's illustrate this with an example. Lets assume that the hexagon represents a whole or one unit. In that case, a triangle represents one sixth (or 1/6), so it is very easy to show graphically that 3 * (1/6) = 1/2 (i.e. that three triangles occupy the same space as half a hexagon). You can do this by dragging out three triangles and one hexagon and laying down the triangles right next to the hexagon or even on top of it as the following figures show:
Of course, you can make any shape or combination of shapes represent one unit; even more, you can have any combination of shapes represent any number of units. The possibilities would be endless.
Pentominoes: http://www.scholastic.com/blueballiett/games/pentominoes_game.htm
Polygons: http://www.mathcats.com/explore/polygons.html You'll find hundreds of polygons to drag anywhere you want. (Try dragging the samples above!). Explore symmetry, tessellations, and much more!
Interactive Math Activities: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_2.html Virtual manipulatives related to the NCTM standards
Time
Bang on Time-http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html Read the time in words and then stop the clock when the hands are in the matching position. What score will you achieve in ten turns. Adjust the hand speed to be really slow-3. It is a little hard so this is a great one to practice as a whole class in first grade. Second graders can do it by themselves.
“Play Clockwise” http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/clock/index.htm
This another great one to do as a whole class students will love it.
Money
Change Maker - http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html Get as much money in your piggy bank as possible, by figuring out the correct change.
Money Flashcards - http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money
Consumer Math and Money- http://www.aaamath.com/mny.html
Problem Solving
Figure This- http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/toc.htm
Math Maven’s Mystery- http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm
Sources for Hands on Science activities:
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html Exploring planets in the classroom
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/quick/earlyelem.html A-Z experiments
http://www.aimsedu.org/ Resources
http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/hop_jr/activities/index.html
