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First & Curious...Can you find your hands?
Showing posts with label Common Core. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Core. Show all posts

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Third Grade Math Games


Third Grade Math Fun


I've researched and explored the internet to find games that correspond with the Everyday Math Program. The direct linked games below will help third grade students in reinforcing their mathematical readiness.

Have fun playing these online games as you continue to build your marvelous math skills! ~ Ms. Oliver

*Clicking on the game title under any of the skill headings will automatically link you to the specific start page of the game. 
MEASUREMENT:

Math Basketball

Measure It!

The Ruler Game

Finding Length

Length Strength-Inches

Length Strength

Measure with Mr. Anker

Inchy Picnic


PLACE VALUE:

Shark Numbers

Place Value-Hockey

Place Value

Place Value with Pirates!

Play Football-Place Value


ADDITION:

Jet Ski Addition

2 Number Addition

Addition Pyramid

Line Jumper


SUBTRACTION:

Speedy Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction-Thinking Blocks

Estimate Faster


MULTIPLICATION:

Basketball Shoot a "3"

The Table Tree Game

Racing-Grand Prix Multiplication "Win the Cup"

Times Table Grid Game

Penguin Jump

Fishing for Multiplication

Multiplication Arrays

Multiply Arrays with Snappy

Leomonade Larry

Count by 3's-9's

Are you a Math Magician?

Help Sketch!

Fruit Splat


DIVISION:

Division-Equal Groups

Division Derby


TELLING TIME:

Clock Practice

Telling Time Basketball

Bang on Time

Match the Time

Division Bingo

Giraffe Dash

Flip Time


AREA & PERIMTER:

Area & Perimeter of a Rectangle

Area & Perimeter-Everything you wanted to know!

Perimeter Shape Game

Perimeter Explorer

Area Explorer


MONEY:

Counting Money

Make Change

Math at the Mall

Can you make change?

Mad Money

Count your $


FRACTIONS:

Fresh Baked Fractions

Combine Fractions

Bridge Builders

Fraction Flags

Dirt Bike Fractions



EXTRA:
Math Minute

Frog Jump-rounding numbers

Sheppard Software "Fun Kid Math"


Please be sure visit often as I will continue to add more corresponding games when I can't sleep!!! 



Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Everyday Math Online Games




The following online games will provide additional opportunities for grade one students to reinforce developmental math skills at home.  

*Click on the game titles below each unit for direct access to the games.

 UNIT TWO (Number Uses)

One False Move

Bunny Count

Telling Time

Pennies & Nickels

UNIT THREE (Patterns & Counting)

Guess the Number

Connect the Numbers

Number Cracker

UNIT FOUR (Measurement & Facts)

Measure It

Graph Your Data

UNIT FIVE (Place Value)

Baseball Math

Math Car Racing

UNIT SIX (Fact Power)

Function Machine

UNIT SEVEN(Geometry/Attributes)

Attribute Blocks

Fold the Shapes

UNIT EIGHT (Money/Fractions)

Change Maker

Spending Spree

Fractions

UNIT NINE (Value/Fractions)

Test the Toad

Can You Fill It

Interactive Bars

We currently use the Everyday Math Curriculum in our first grade classroom. The Everyday Math program uses a variety of manipulatives and exposes students to the same grade level mathematical content several times throughout the year.  

Monday, November 11, 2013

First & Curious 11/12-11/15

Increasing skill development in the classroom with Technology!

First & Curious with Oliver & Clark
Class Websites for the Week of November 11th-15th:
*The following games will match our curriculum this week. Students will have the opportunity to use these online educational games in school and at home.

MATH FOCUS:
Common Core:
 I can use addition and subtraction to help me understand math
 I can use number sense and place value to help me understand math
                     
Basic Number Concepts

Counting by 5

Addition and Subtraction Bingo

Addition and Subtraction

Graphing


READING/WRITING FOCUS:
Common Core: 
I can use phonic skills to help me read
I can figure out what words mean and use them in different situations
I can write different types of writing







*Please note: Additional websites may be added/updated throughout the week.








Friday, October 18, 2013

Cause & Effect with Camilla Cream


This week in reading we were very busy learning about cause and effect. We learned that the reason for something happening is the cause and the effect is what happened. This is an excellent topic for our first graders because it allows us to apply their own actions to their consequences. To better connect we read aloud “A Bad Case of Stripes” by David Shannon (Same Author of No David!) to help the kiddos identify with the authors theme-LOVE who you ARE! Here are some of the instances of causes and effects within the story that we discussed: (1). How come Camilla never ate Lima beans? Because her friends hated them and she wanted to fit in. (2).Why did Camilla's stripes change at school? Because they recited the Pledge of Allegiance and the kids kept yelling out different shapes and colors. (3). Why did Camilla not care that the kids thought she was weird? Because she ate her Lima beans and never got a case of the stripes again. The students then created their own Camilla Cream Characters and used the text for support as they described in writing some of the effects that occurred (cause) to Camilla. (I promise to post examples this weekend!!)
*The kids loved the story so much that we listened to it a second time on:

http://www.storylineonline.net/a-bad-case-of-stripes/




Monday, April 1, 2013

Quick Response

QUICK RESPONSE
“qr CODE”
A readable bar code that can store website URL's, plain text, phone numbers, email addresses and so much more… Simply hold your picture-taking device over the QR code and the designated website, audio, or text will open up on your screen.

Save paper…..Invest in Technology!

If you have access to ipads and ipods for your students you can expose the QR codes around your classroom as you implement a wide range of high-tech educational learning experiences.

Accessible QR codes in the classroom offer students the opportunity to be independent as they easily scan the class QR codes, quickly logging in/paper-free to the websites they need to complete assignments.  




Do you strategically use technology
and digital media with confidence in your lessons?

The possibilities for demonstrating technology in the Common Core Classrooms are plentiful when using QR codes in daily lessons. Teaching our students to use technological tools effectively in the classroom will prepare them for life in an extreme technological society.


JTech-devices will need the free app I-nigma to scan codes.