Links to Parent Information Articles:

New York Times article on Singapore math

New York Times article on homework and math anxiety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gpuSofjMtI

Links to Parent Information Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gpuSofjMtI

Websites for Challenge and Enrichment:

https://www.youcubed.org/

http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage

http://mathwire.com/archives/enrichment.html

http://gifted.uconn.edu/projectm3/m3_students/

www.gregtangmath.com

http://web.archive.org/web/20081026000728/http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html

https://www.polyup.com/

tablet apps - Bedtime Math – choose “Sky’s the limit”

• • • • •  DragonBox

Virtual Manipulatives

https://mathigon.org/polypad

https://www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html

https://toytheater.com/category/teacher-tools/virtual-manipulatives/

Grades 1 - 2

Addition Facts

This BrainPop games uses strategies to practice addition and subtraction facts:

jr.brainpop.com/games/teachleyaddsubtract/?tid=64

Kakooma is a fun puzzle to practice facts. One of the numbers in the box is the sum of two other numbers.  Click the sum!

gregtangmath.com/kakooma

Break Apart is great for working on fact strategies.

www.gregtangmath.com/breakapart

Numskill is just like the card game.  Click two addends and the sum they make, BUT each card must be a different color!

www.gregtangmath.com/numskill

Expresso is a good challenge for students who are comfortable with their facts.  You must use the numbers flexibly to form the target number.

www.gregtangmath.com/expresso

This BrainPop game uses strategy and decomposing numbers, so it’s a good one for the more confident student who is pretty comfortable:

https://www.brainpop.com/games/additionblocks/index.html

The games from Mr. Nussbaum do have some advertising on the side.  Play near an adult and be careful where you click.

mrnussbaum.com/trimathlon-online-game

mrnussbaum.com/dr-chomper-and-fast-food-math

mrnussbaum.com/fun-addition-games-from-computermice

Grades 3 - 5

Multiplication Facts

Seeing multiplication facts as manageable:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7xapVB-Wk

Sites that allow you to pick target fact families to work on:

Puzzle Pics choose facts, not timed

http://www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_multiplication.html

Math Monster choose facts, not timed

http://www.mathplayground.com/math_monster_multiplication.html

Meteor Multiplication, timed, choose facts or mixed practice

http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_MeteorMultiplication.html

Sites for mixed practice and speed:

Multiplication Blocks – BrainPop mixed and timed

https://www.brainpop.com/games/multiplicationblocks/

Kakooma - choose X - tracks time but no limit

http://gregtangmath.com/kakooma

Fractions

Quick fluency with recognizing fractions.  Choose level 5, “Fractions.”

http://www.gregtangmath.com/numtanga

Number bond game to make one whole

http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_fractions.html

Equivalent fractions

http://mrnussbaum.com/dolphins/

Decimals

Number bond game to make one whole

http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_decimals.html

Converting fractions to decimals

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/FractionsToDecimals.htm