Math Resources
Math At Home
Students should spend about 35-45 minutes on Mathematics related activities each day to stay sharp. Mathematics can often be an intimidating content area to tackle at home by yourself. We hope that the resources listed below will give you some ideas about how to keep what students have learned sharp and even stretch what has already been taught this year into some new topics.
Daily:
5-10 minutes spent practicing skills. Use online games or card games rather than worksheets!
20-25 minutes spent learning. Work on assignments from teachers presented in Google Classroom or from one of the CPM & Other Content Related Resources listed below.
10-15 minutes spent extending math thinking to areas outside of the textbook learning how math is used outside of the classroom.
CPM & Other Content Related Resources
CPM Parent Guide:
This resource provides worked examples for each section in the textbook with practice problems to support. There are answers provided for each problem set for all topics. Also, all the topics for the entire year are included in each guide.
This offers video based lessons on a wide variety of math topics for all Middle School aged students.
<-- Here is a short video explaining what it's all about.
Your teacher may already have a Khan Academy course set up, and if so, this is great. If not, this service has "Math By Grade" which organizes the content in a very friendly way.
This site has a collection of tasks that really give creative problem solving skills a work out. These tasks can often force students to think a little outside the box when doing the math, which is a great way build understanding.
Enrichment Activities
This site has a lot of math themed games if you need a brain break but still need to exercise your math muscles. Here are two examples of fun games.
This free online course gives the student tools and techniques to master even the most difficult subjects. It is offered starting March 18th.
This free online course helps students to understand how they can best become learners in Mathematics. It discusses problem solving, how to practice, understanding that mistakes are all part of the game, and how to think like a Mathematician.
Extending the Math Thinking:
Tinkercad - 3d Modeling
This is a great free site to create realistic and amazing 3d scale models. Create one from scratch or play around with ones already created. (Works well with the iPad)
Python: Coding
Python is one of the greatest programming languages to learn first. There are a lot of crossover skills in programming and math. Here is a link to a free course.
STEW: STatistics Education Web
There are tons of lessons available that use data and statistics in really interesting ways. Some of the lessons use different tech resources, and various household materials, but all the lessons are high quality.