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Brooklyn School Scores High Despite Poverty

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 0)
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P.S. 172 in Brooklyn topped the city’s fourth-grade math scores in 2009, even though 80 percent of the students qualify for free lunches.

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Added to math: Survivor challenges

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.andovertownsman.com (Views: 34, Clicks: 3)
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Classrooms in kindergarten through fifth grade broke into "tribes," as contestants on the show do, to complete Survivor-themed math problems and challenges. In between math problems, tribes could try a surprise bug- eating challenge - like true contestants scrounging for food in remote locales - but the bugs at Sanborn were gummi worms.

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Team UmiZoomi

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nickjr.com (Views: 51, Clicks: 5)
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Site has games related to the show and it also has great math tips for parents that can be done at home or in the car.

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Shifting Times Tables Game

nitajo sumitted ago via http://nrich.maths.org (Views: 22, Clicks: 0)
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In this activity, the computer chooses a times table and shifts it. So the four times table 481216 shifted by 3 would become 7111519....

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What's in the Box?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://nrich.maths.org (Views: 19, Clicks: 2)
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Four numbers in little boxes are put into a special big box that does a multiplication, then four new numbers come out at the end:

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Math Snacks

nitajo sumitted ago via http://mathsnacks.org (Views: 221, Clicks: 106)
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Math Snacks are short animations and mini–games designed to help learners "get it". Each snack presents a mathematical concept, particularly those addressed in grades 6, 7 and 8. Ideal for use in a classroom or on your own, they can even be placed on mobile devices for "homework".

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Hooda Math

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.hoodamath.com (Views: 367, Clicks: 10)
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Hooda Math offers free math games, tutorials, and forums for elementary-level mathematics.

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Students build empires to learn math

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sltrib.com (Views: 43, Clicks: 12)
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Teacher creates game that offers pupils real world problems and decisions.

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Woodlands Maths Zone

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk (Views: 733, Clicks: 37)
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Play maths games against kids around the World and improve your mental maths skills.

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Geometry Lessons and Topics

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.mathwarehouse.com (Views: 52, Clicks: 3)
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Site includes interactive lessons and teacher resources.

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Play Kids Games

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.playkidsgames.com (Views: 52, Clicks: 2)
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Play Kids Games provides free online kids games that are both fun and educational. Aimed at ages pre-K through middle school, Play Kids Games offers kids a safe environment to discover their abilities and learn new skills with interactive and fun computer games. Our games build skills in math, logic, memory, vocabulary, alphabet, spelling, geography, computer skills, color identification, shape identification and other various problem solving.

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Mend My Broken Heart

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.lessonplanspage.com (Views: 46, Clicks: 6)
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For Valentine's Day, cut out red &/or pink paper hearts. On each heart, write a math problem on half of it, and the answer on the other half. Then cut each heart in half (with zig-zag edges), mix them up, pass them out, let your students "mend their broken hearts."

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Fun Mathematics Lessons by Cynthia Lanius

Bart sumitted ago via http://math.rice.edu (Views: 90, Clicks: 6)
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Mathematics lessons that are Fun, Fun, Fun. Lessons on graphing, counting, calendar math, and many more.

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Ten Frame Gme

Bart sumitted ago via http://illuminations.nctm.org (Views: 120, Clicks: 44)
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Thinking about numbers using frames of 10 can be a helpful way to learn basic number facts. The four games that can be played with this applet help to develop counting and addition skills.

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