Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Mud Flat Olympics
This site on the book "The Mud Flat Olympics" by James Stevenson, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
Education Development Center
Making Mathematics: Mentored Research Projects
After pairing professional mathematicians with groups of students, wonderful activities emerged. There are projects on this site, and use them in your own classroom.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Card Castle Addition
Use this site to see how Max and Ruthie built a castle inside Max's room! Teachers will want to look through the extra challenges and the teacher's guide to help with creating engaging lesson plans.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Subtraction Square Dance
This site has a square dance rhyme with some fun subtraction practice. Teachers will appreciate the activity page, the extra challenges, and the teacher's guide for easy lesson planning.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Bubbles: Teacher Notes
Students collect data to determine what happens to the sizes of bubbles when glycerin is added to dish detergent. They will practice their measuring skills and have fun at the same time.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: A Tour of Measurement
Peruse a collection of lesson plans, resources and FAQ's about measurement at every grade level.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures Home Page
Work on math and reading skills with these rhyming word problems. Organized by skill type and difficulty level, these problems let students input answers to instantly check if they are correct.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Math Magic
Comprehensive site of MS Word files that are easy to download which increase problem solving skills using technology in the classroom.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Math Magic
Comprehensive site of MS Word files that are easy to download which increase problem solving skills using technology in the classroom.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Estimating and Counting Money
The purpose of this lesson from the Illinois Institute of Technology is to review estimating and rounding to the nearest dollar as well as gain skills and practice in counting money. The students will define the meaning of estimate and...
The Math League
The Math League: Decimals, Whole Numbers and Exponents
This tutorial has definitions and examples of decimals, whole numbers, and exponents. In addition, a variety of topics are covered, such as comparing, multiplying and subtracting.
The Math League
The Math League: Percent & Probability
This tutorial gives definitions and examples of percents and probability and covers percent as a fraction and percent as a decimal.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Millionaire Radicals
In a format like TV's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," students answer math questions about radicals to earn points and help their group win the game. Teachers need to create their own question bank, which allows this game to be used for...
Other
Teach Net: Brain Binders
Brain binders are great teacher sources for problem solving and critical thinking with geometry. Students fold sheets of paper to create solid colors on each side. Various levels are included starting with two folds through five folds.
Other
Tufts University: Early Algebra, Early Arithmetic
This online resource is from the Tufts University offers lesson plans, worksheets, and ideas about using algebra with elementary grade levels.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans
What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story? Web English Teacher may be offering you resources to teach it right here! Also contains links to biographical information.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help students understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: The Meaning of Subtraction, and Mental Calculation
This website explains and defines basic subtraction. There are practice problems at the very end of this lesson.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Operations With Radicals
The rules for how to simplify radicals and how to perform the operations of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing radicals are explained. A multiple-choice interactive quiz is provided for the students to test their knowledge of...
Other
Mathematics Computation
This site gives you math worksheets to save the teacher time and keep the students learning.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: The Multiplication Table
This multiplication table has multiplication facts through 9 X 9 and also lets students practice them.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10: The Meaning of Percent
This excellent math resource explains and defines the meaning of percent. Multiplying and dividing by a power of 10 is incorporated as a preview to understanding scientific notation.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: The Meaning of Decimals
This website from The Math Page explains and defines decimals.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Percent With a Calculator
This tutorial explains how to use a calculator to find a percent. There is also a practice section at the end of the lesson.