Links

This list can be overwhelming! Once you find one or two you like, use them for awhile before exploring more.

Tasks/Problems/Lessons

• Surrey School District First Peoples Lesson ideas: Elementary, Secondary

• YouCubed (Jo Boaler)
  Includes many activities that focus on visual math and growth mindset. There is also a special page for YouCubed at home.

• 3-Act Math Tasks: Dan Meyer, Graham Fletcher, Andrew Stadel, Kyle Pearce

• Math for Love (Dan Finkel)
  Openers, Games, Rich Tasks, and Lessons

• NRICH: Great problems! This is a UK site so Primary means K-5ish and Secondary means 6ish-12.

• Mathigon

  • Virtual manipulatives, games and puzzles, rich activities

• Math Walks (Traci Jackson)
  Problems to write on the sidewalk! (also just a great selection of problems)

• Play with your Math

• TED Ed problems (problems prompted through videos)

• Illustrative Mathematics

• Selections by Fawn Nguyen

• Teacher Desmos
  Also check this searchable DesmosBank

• NCTM Illuminations
  Tons of lessons and interactives across all grades and strands

• Mathematics Assessment Project

• CEMC
  University of Waterloo. Also check out their courseware (7-12).

• Peter Liljedahl
  Numeracy tasks & good problems

• Robert Kaplinsky

• Math Visuals (Berkeley Everett)

• Yummy Math (Brian Marks & Leslie Lewis)
  Real-life math problems across the grades

Routines

Routines are a type of task/problem. What makes them routine is that they have a similar structure across all problems, and are usually intended to be done over a shorter period of time.

• Which One Doesn't Belong (Mary Bourassa)

• Open Middle (Robert Kaplinsky)
  Open middle means that there are multiple ways to approach and ultimately solve each problem

• Number Talk Images (Pierre Tranchemontagne)

• Fraction Talks (Nat Banting)

• Same or Different? (Brian Bushart)

• Splat! (Steve Wyborney)
  Various levels of figuring out how many counters are underneath a splat

• Visual Patterns (Fawn Nguyen)

• Menu Math (Nat Banting)
  Using as few mathematical objects (number, expression, shape, etc), satisfy a list of constraints/conditions.

• Estimation180 (Andrew Stadel)
  An estimation challenge for each day!

• Esti-Mysteries (Steve Wyborney)
  Each image invites students to wonder what number is represented by the image. A gradual set of clues narrows it down to the number.

• Estimation Clipboard (Steve Wyborney)
  The Estimation Clipboard is a set of 40 lessons that each include 4 highly similar images. Each image provides an invitation to estimate.

• Would You Rather math (John Stevens)
  Choose a path and justify

• Slow Reveal Graphs (Jenna Laib)
  Gradually reveal information on a graph, prompting for noticing and wondering throughout

• Turner's Graph of the Week (Kelly Turner)
  Tons of graphs from media with a general set of question prompts

• Graphing Stories (Dan Meyer and BuzzMath)
  Sketch graphs to match contextual scenarios shown by video

• SolveMe Puzzles
  Equation mobiles, Who Am I?, and Mystery Grid

• Inquiry Maths
  Students explore mathematical statements (prompts)

Virtual Manipulatives (free)

• Math Learning Center

• Polypad

• Didax

• Toy Theater

Online programs

Please be cautious if you set up an online classroom to preserve students' identity (eg. don't use real names or other information)

• Mathology (K-2)

• Zorbits (K-3)

• MathUp (1-6)

• Knowledgehook (3-10)
  An assessment tool with follow-up instructional strategies (many features available for free)

• Discovery Math TechBook
  Grades 6-8

Support for Parents

• SurreySchools page for Numeracy at Home

• BC Ministry of Education

• YouCubed at Home (Jo Boaler)

• Math Before Bed (Jon Orr)
  Numeracy discussions

• Games for Young Minds (Kent Haines)

• Figure This
  NCTM resource of problems for families

General

• SurreySchoolsONE Numeracy Resources
  Assemble by Surrey Teacher-Librarians

• Distance Learning Support (Mike Flynn)

• Number Progression videos (Graham Fletcher)