TeachersFirst's Measurement - Grades 3-5
Explore this collection of resources for grades 3-5. Use these resources to meet the NCTM standards in the area of Measurement. Many of these tools are ideal for use on your interactive whiteboard or in your BYOD classroom. Share these resources for remediation or acceleration for all students.
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Math at Home - Dr. Eugene Maier, Don Rasmussen, and David Raskin
Grades
K to 5
tag(s): addition (127), division (97), fractions (158), geometric shapes (135), measurement (124), money (117), multiplication (121), number lines (33), numbers (119), patterns (62), place value (34), preK (261), subtraction (108)
In the Classroom
Even if you don't use the Bridges in Mathematics curriculum, this site provides many supports for any math curriculum. Include the math apps as part of a math center or include them in your shared resources for math practice. Use a bookmarking tool like Symbaloo, reviewed here, to share all of your math practice sites with students on your classroom computers and devices. Take advantage of the daily math activities to share open-ended math problems with students using Gravity, reviewed here. Display the problem on Gravity, and ask students to create a video sharing their response and problem-solving technique. Use the math activities to differentiate students' activities, use ideas from upper grades to challenge students, or help struggling students reinforce previous concepts by choosing ideas from lower grade levels.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Virtual Manipulatives - Toy Theater
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (169), decimals (84), fractions (158), measurement (124), money (117), number lines (33), number sense (70), place value (34), substitutes (26), tangrams (8)
In the Classroom
If you teach elementary math, this site is a must-have to include with your bookmarked sites. Include manipulatives from this site with blended learning and remote teaching lessons to provide students opportunities to explore and practice math content. Include a link to manipulatives and other student sites using Symbaloo, reviewed here, and share with students as a resource for practicing math concepts. Items to include might be instructional videos, online games, and other practice activities. Add manipulatives within a learning system such as Curipod, reviewed here, to create a complete online lesson that has opportunities for students to share and discuss their learning. Encourage students to share their findings by creating a screen recording using Free Screen Recorder Online, reviewed here. Ask students to conduct a math talk as a response to a teacher prompt after having the opportunity to explore and interact with the virtual manipulatives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SplashLearn - StudyPad, Inc
Grades
K to 5tag(s): addition (127), alphabet (51), blended learning (37), decimals (84), division (97), equations (120), fractions (158), game based learning (179), geometric shapes (135), Learning Management Systems (20), measurement (124), multiplication (121), number sense (70), place value (34), preK (261), sight words (21), spelling (97), subtraction (108)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free games and activities to provide practice and support with your math and reading curriculums. Differentiate learning based on student ability and confidence. Assign content based on students' learning goals. Share this site with parents to provide practice and support for math and ELA concepts at home. Use SplashLearn's reports and assessment results to guide your lesson planning and make adaptations to adjust to students' learning needs. Share this site with other practice activities using a bookmarking tool such as Symbaloo, reviewed here. Share your Symbaloo link with parents and on classroom computers for easy access to all learning tools shared. Use activities found in SplashLearn as part of a blended learning experience using Pear Deck, reviewed here. Include a link to the site along with videos and other learning activities found online or uploaded from your computer.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PictureStem Project - Tamara Moore, Kristina Tank, and Elizabeth Gajdzik
Grades
K to 3tag(s): animal homes (55), animals (283), design (80), engineering (123), geometric shapes (135), main idea (8), measurement (124), numbers (119), patterns (62), phonics (50), preK (261), reading comprehension (142), STEM (269)
In the Classroom
Enjoy these free, high-quality STEM units to use in your elementary classroom. As you teach lessons found on this site, enhance learning using a portfolio-creation tool like Seesaw, reviewed here, to share student work and reflections. Upload images of student projects then use Seesaw to add video reflections, students' written responses, and more. Share Seesaw portfolios with parents during parent/teacher conferences to demonstrate student learning. If you are unable to use the complete units in your classroom, be sure to look through the many lessons to "mine" for shorter activities that work in your teaching situation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Curious George STEM Collection - PBS Kids
Grades
K to 6tag(s): air (104), architecture (62), careers (138), charts and graphs (169), engineering (123), measurement (124), recycling (45), rockets (11), senses (20), simple machines (17), soil (16), sorting (4), STEM (269), water (101)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of these free lessons and videos to add to your current STEM teaching resources. Ask students to blog about their experiences as a substitution for handwritten journals using a tool like Seesaw, reviewed here. This tool makes blogging easy, even for the youngest students. To enhance learning for students, take pictures of class activities, then have students annotate images using Image Annotator, reviewed here, and Voxer, reviewed here. Use Voxer for students to extend their learning by adding a voice recording of their understanding of science and math concepts learned during lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NCTM Illuminations Measurement Resources Grades 3-5 - NCTM
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): charts and graphs (169), data (147), geometric shapes (135), mass (19), measurement (124), volume (34)
In the Classroom
Bookmark these interactives for use during your unit on measurement or to provide hands-on activities throughout the year. Share interactives on your whiteboard or during small group lessons and discuss problem-solving ideas with students. Add a link to interactives along with other online games to your class website for game play at home. Consider using a tool like Symbaloo, reviewed here, as an excellent way to organize and share your resources. Collaborate with your students to create a class book using an online book creator tool like Book Creator, reviewed here. Book Creator allows you to add images, text, and audio to create online multimedia books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Shapes and Measures - S Riley Teacherled
Grades
2 to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): geometric shapes (135), measurement (124)
In the Classroom
Engage your students by bringing technology into geometry. Introduce the concepts of angle measurement, area, perimeter, 3D shapes, rotation, translation, and symmetry as a whole group on your interactive whiteboard. Have students practice at centers during your unit. While preparing for summative assessments, assign for homework to practice. Highlight definitions, examples, non examples, and where this is found in the real world. Enhance learning throughout any of the lessons by sharing additional resources using a curation tool such as Padlet, reviewed here. Add links to videos, articles, or online activities related to the lesson's content. As you complete lesson activities, extend learning by asking students to share their understanding of using angles or symmetry by creating digital books using Book Creator, reviewed here, flyers made with Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here, or infographics created with Canva Infographic Creator, reviewed here. Post on your class website or blog for students to review and critique for further practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Fair Problems - Gaileo.org
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): charts and graphs (169), data (147), equations (120), functions (51), geometric shapes (135), measurement (124), number sense (70), numbers (119), order of operations (28), patterns (62), probability (98), problem solving (226), statistics (119), transformations (12)
In the Classroom
Use Math Fair Problems throughout the year as a classroom center or homework. Choose one day a week to set up a student rotation through different problem activities. Share activities with classroom tutors as individual practice for students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dandy Candies - Dan Meyer
Grades
5 to 9tag(s): area (52), measurement (124), perimeter (20), problem solving (226), volume (34)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site (and video clip) on your interactive whiteboard or projector during units on measurement, volume, and perimeter. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Have students make concrete representations of candy and packaging to demonstrate responses. Before solving this activity, create a quick poll using Survey Anyplace, reviewed here, to see how much students know. Extend the challenge by having students write packaging/measurement challenges for their classmates to solve, perhaps for a product they especially like!Comments
Can't wait to use this for morning meeting! Diane will be so proud of me!Patricia, NJ, Grades: 6 - 12
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Cyberchase - PBS KIDS
Grades
3 to 7tag(s): data (147), engineering (123), fractions (158), money (117), problem solving (226), sports (80), weather (161)
In the Classroom
Introduce math concepts in a unique way, using Cyberchase adventures on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use this site at your centers/stations to practice, use, and apply math and science skills. Put a link on your class website for students to use for review, reinforcement, and enrichment.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mr Nussbaum's Math Games - Greg Nussbaum
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (169), coordinates (15), decimals (84), estimation (34), fractions (158), measurement (124), money (117), number sense (70), operations (72), rounding (8), time (92)
In the Classroom
Make a shortcut to this site on classroom computers and use it as a center. This site offers multiple levels, so it is easy to differentiate for ability levels within your class. Share this link on your class web page and/or in a parent newsletter for practice at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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K-5 Math Teaching Resources - Nicola
Grades
K to 5This site includes advertising.
tag(s): data (147), geometric shapes (135), journals (16), measurement (124), mental math (19), rhymes (21)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource to supplement current classroom activities. If you are just implementing math journals, this site is a wonderful resource for ideas and implementation. Print out game directions for use at centers or in folders. Share this site on your class webpage for students to access both in and out of the class for extra practice and/or enrichment.Comments
This site has proved an invaluable resource for teachers at my school. Lots of great resources for Math Centers/small group work and the journal tasks for K-5 are all really good! Highly recommend it to any teachers and/or math coaches trying to get their head around the Common Core Standards.Jane, , Grades: 0 - 5
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Math Maps - Tom Barrett
Grades
K to 6tag(s): map skills (56), maps (208), measurement (124)
In the Classroom
What makes this site special is that the content comes directly from educators and students. Use the existing math problems as a challenge activity or to demonstrate how math can be used in the real world. Share the maps and math questions on your interactive whiteboard or projector. The different pin colors represent different age groups so you can choose appropriately leveled math problems. You can easily differentiate for individuals by telling them which color to explore. This site is a great way to get your students to learn more about their community. Have your students research a community spot and create a math problem about it as a class. Enter the information onto the map together or under teacher supervision for other classes all over the world to use. Allow students to explore on their own and keep a math log of all the problems they found and solved on a "trip around the world with math."Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AAA Math
Grades
K to 8Be aware there are several advertisements at this website (all appropriate). But considering this site is free (and full of ready to go math activities), the advertisements are worth the minor annoyance.
tag(s): estimation (34), exponents (35), measurement (124), mental math (19), money (117), patterns (62), place value (34), statistics (119)
In the Classroom
This site has countless possibilities in the classroom. Use the descriptions and activities as an anticipatory set for a new topic in math class. Share the activities on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Set up a learning station for students and differentiate the activities for your lower and higher level math students. Provide this link on your class website for students to use to review at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mathematics - 5th Grade - Utah State Of Education
Grades
4 to 6tag(s): fractions (158), measurement (124), mixed numbers (8), multiplication (121), numbers (119)
In the Classroom
Get your interactive whiteboards ready for the "Fraction Track" activity. Don't miss all of the concise, free lesson plans. There are links to find other grade levels and lesson plans for every level of math instruction through Calculus. There are intervention strategies available for remediation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Can You Fill It? - PBS
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): logic (163), measurement (124), volume (34)
In the Classroom
Share the Can You Fill It? game on an interactive whiteboard or projector to demonstrate how to play, and then create a link to Can You Fill It? on classroom computers. Challenge students to begin playing without time limits. As they become more skilled, start using the clock and have them try to beat it. Have students take a screenshot of the game. Next, they can upload the screenshot image and add voice bubbles to explain what they learned. Use a tool such as Phrase.it, reviewed here. If you do not know how to convert a screenshot into an image file, take a picture of the screen using a digital camera, then upload the file to your computer. Be sure to share a link to the Can You Fill It? game on your class website or blog for play at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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