Digital Tool Name: Fluency by Heart

Suggested Grades or Age Group: I would suggest this resource for elementary students from kindergarten through 5th grade. 

Subject Areas or Purpose: This tool was created for learning numbers and math facts by heart. 

Description: Fluency by Heart gives students the opportunity to practice their math facts using visual representations to help. Students can choose to practice number identification all the way through division facts. As students master one set of facts, they can move onto another set. Fluency by Heart gives students only a set number of problems each day to practice so they are not overpracticing. If students are logged into an account, it can track their progress for them and their teacher to see. 

Example: Click here for a Fluency by Heart overview!

Ideas for Use:  My students use this for morning work each day. It could also be used as extra practice during math, if time allows. It could also be a quick and easy thing to assign for homework. 

Reviews:  I love having my students do this each day! It is good practice for them to see a visual to represent the problem given. I also love how students can select which types of problems they solve, so that it is on their level. 

Privacy: Students do not need to be logged in to complete Fluency by Heart. However, if they do log in with their gmail account, they can track their daily progress and the teacher also recieves data on their fact fluency. 

Digital Tool Name: XtraMath

Suggested Grades or Age Group: I would recommend XtraMath to be used by elementary aged students. 

Subject Areas or Purpose: The purpose of XtraMath is to increase math fact fluency. 

Description: XtraMath is an online fact fluency practice tool. Students are given a set of math fact cards that they must complete. They only have a set amount of time to solve each fact before they are given the answer and moved onto the next problem. 

Example: Click here for more details on using XtraMath.

Ideas for Use:  This is a quick 5-10 minute practice that your students could do everyday in class or for homework. 

Reviews:  I like XtraMath as a quick way for my students to practice their math facts. The only issue that I have is that the free version is more limited. If you or your school pays for an XtraMath account, you can customize the students programs to give them a specific operation to work on. 

Privacy: Students do need to log in with an account in order to be able to get onto XtraMath. They can log in with their school Google account. 

Digital Tool Name: Prodigy

Suggested Grades or Age Group: I would recommend Prodigy for elementary and middle school students. 

Subject Areas or Purpose: Prodigy has both a math and english game. The math game has a wide variety of skills based on the students grade level.  The english game has questions relating to grammar, vocabulary, spelling, sentence writing and more. 

Description: Prodigy is a fun, engaging online game where students enter a fantasy world as a character and are met with challenges and adventures. In order to complete tasks or challenges, they must answer questions correctly. 

Ideas for Use:  My students use Prodigy as an activity to do when they complete their assignments in math or ELA and need to fill time. 

Reviews:  I like having my students get onto Prodigy because they love all of the different challenges and adventures, but I know that they are learning in the process! They complete a diagnostic type task in the beginning so that Prodigy can place them based on their current level. As a teacher, you can also assign certain skills or standards to your students so that their questions are specific to what you are teaching. 

Privacy: Students can sign in with Google to play. As a teacher, you can set up a class and your students can join using a code so you can review their data. 

Digital Tool Name: Boddle

Suggested Grades or Age Group: I would recommend Boddle for K-6th grade.

Subject Areas or Purpose: Boddle has both math and english games, but I would recommend it for math. 

Description: Boddle is an online game, very similar to Prodigy. In Boddle, you choose an avatar and play games and go on adventures. In order to complete tasks, you answer a question. There are a variety of academic skills covered in Boddle based on the students grade level. 

Ideas for Use:  This is another great option for students to play if they complete their work and are looking for a fun way to practice math skills. 

Reviews:  My students love Boddle! They find it very engaging and don't feel like they are doing hard work when playing Boddle, even though they have to answer questions in order to complete their adventures. 

Privacy: Boddle has a whole section on their website verifying their privacy and security for students and teachers.