Delta Math & Padlet for Teachers

DELTA MATH

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https://www.deltamath.com/

Excellent overview video.

https://www.deltamath.com/overview

Delta Math includes middle school student standards by grade level:

Free Version

*Assign all problems in a given topic or select individual problems.

*Countless practice problems.

*Well written, student friendly explanations.

Paid Version

In addition to all the free features available, the paid version includes the following:

*Explanation videos.

*Add your own videos my adding YouTube links.

*Add your own problems, including graphs as needed.

*Create assignments for individuals or groups.

*Give more time to individual students.

*Create tests in which each student receives a different question or the same question as the other students.

Costs

*We paid $95 per teacher this fall.

*Latest price: https://www.deltamath.com/teacher/plus-features

*Delta Math is currently giving quotes to teachers or districts: https://www.deltamath.com/course-registration (scroll down).

CCSS Standards

Topics primarily for grades 6-12.

Consider using for some elementary topics and for TAG elementary students.

Most standards for middle school math, Algebra I, Algebra II, Precalculus, and Calculus are covered well. The coverage for Geometry is not as complete at this time.

For elementary school students, consider the following standards from the sixth grade list:

Grade 5

*Coordinate Points in Quadrant 1.

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*Volume of a prism with small boxes dynamically added to the box.

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*Fractions:

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*Order Decimals:

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Grade 4

*Multiply Fractions Word Problems Level 1 (Delta Math)

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*Measure angles with a protractor (Delta Math Geometry topic)

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Grade 3

*Fractions with dynamic images to illustrating simplification.

(Delta Math -- Simplify Fractions Graphically)

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PADLET

https://padlet.com/

Teachers supply a prompt for students to answer.

Students each respond with notes on a wall.

Notes can be formatted as a wall, canvas, stream, grid, shelf, backchannel, map, or timeline.

Students can add to their notes an upload, link, item from the internet, picture, film, voice, or drawing.