Marvelous Math with Mrs. Rose

Math websites for older students seem to abound, but sometimes it’s hard to find those “just right” sites for younger children.  I’ve always been impressed with NCTM’s “Illuminations” site and, when facilitating an Electronic Workshop yesterday after school for K-2 teachers, we found one website that our teachers of these younger students just loved!

Students can make “Ten Frames,” which is a great activity to develop number sense, while discovering all the addends that “make ten.”  Recognizing number pairs that, when added together make ten, is an integral concept in our base-ten number system.  Working with these virtual manipulatives gives students the opportunity to construct numbers and to further develop fact fluency.

Visit “Making Ten” at:   http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=75

Dear Parents, Students, and Teachers,

We’re always looking for more interactive, fun, and efficient ways to build FACT FLUENCY in our students–whether it’s addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.  Please try out this website that I’ve recently discovered (recommended by a colleague—thank you Mrs. Amber Bishop!), which is incredible.  Not only does it give students a motivating way to learn math facts and develop fluency, it tracks their learning, offering them what’s most developmentally appropriate to work on next!

Please give it a try and let me know what you think!

Click on:

www.brainormous.com

Have fun!

Mrs. Rose