TeachersFirst's Numbers & Operations - Grades 3-5
Explore this collection of resources for grades 3-5. Use these resources to meet the NCTM standards in the area of Numbers & Operations. Many of these tools are ideal for use on your interactive whiteboard or in your BYOD classroom. Topics include operations, fractions, decimals, order of operations, and more.
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Study Jams - Scholastic
Grades
3 to 8
tag(s): addition (128), animals (265), climate (78), decimals (89), differentiation (70), division (100), ecosystems (69), energy (126), estimation (34), forces (35), fractions (164), game based learning (167), human body (91), landforms (37), light (46), matter (44), measurement (128), minerals (15), multiplication (123), number lines (33), percent (58), place value (35), plants (134), probability (95), problem solving (219), rocks (35), solar system (95), sound (66), subtraction (110), weather (155)
In the Classroom
Excite your students with the Jams! Share the Jam videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students sing along and learn more about science and math. Especially younger students will enjoy this feature. Create a link to the site on your classroom website or blog for students to use for review and practice at home. Use the many topics available to differentiate for all students in your classroom. Create learning centers using this site or use it on individual laptops. Print out the quizzes for students to take as an assessment.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Zearn - zearn.org
Grades
K to 5tag(s): addition (128), classroom management (133), data (133), decimals (89), differentiation (70), division (100), fractions (164), geometric shapes (132), measurement (128), multiplication (123), numbers (120), operations (75), subtraction (110)
In the Classroom
Use Zearn on a projector or an interactive whiteboard to demonstrate specific concepts or use as weekly math centers for student practice. Zearn provides data to target instruction to specific students or concepts needing additional reinforcement. Since Zearn is a complete math program, with individualized lessons for students to work on, teachers can conduct small group instruction while others work independently. Zearn is perfect to use for gifted or advanced students, allowing them to work at their own pace. Be sure to put a link to Zearn on your class web page for students to use at home. Zearn does not support Android devices but will work on all other devices with a browser and Internet access.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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4 Numbers Game - 4nums.com
Grades
1 to 8tag(s): addition (128), DAT device agnostic tool (136), division (100), equations (121), mental math (19), multiplication (123), problem solving (219), subtraction (110)
In the Classroom
Share the 4 Numbers Game on an interactive whiteboard or projector to demonstrate how to play, and then create a link to 4 Numbers 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 any 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 4 Numbers 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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Math Fair Problems - Gaileo.org
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): charts and graphs (165), data (133), equations (121), functions (52), geometric shapes (132), measurement (128), number sense (71), numbers (120), order of operations (28), patterns (63), probability (95), problem solving (219), statistics (109), 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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Mathsticks - John Duffty
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (128), division (100), fractions (164), money (120), multiplication (123), numbers (120), percent (58), place value (35), preK (246), probability (95), problem solving (219), puzzles (142), roman numerals (7), subtraction (110), time (92)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save Mathsticks as a resource for math activities. Download and laminate games for use in math centers. Create take-home bags for students to practice and play games at home. Be sure to check out the "Popular Now" link for activities other users have recently downloaded.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Worksheet Genius - worksheetgenius.com
Grades
K to 5This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (128), counting (58), decimals (89), division (100), fractions (164), handwriting (16), multiplication (123), negative numbers (12), number lines (33), numbers (120), phonics (48), place value (35), preK (246), rounding (8), sentences (24), spelling (92), subtraction (110), temperature (32)
In the Classroom
This worksheet tool offers many customization options, so it is easy to differentiate for ability levels within your class. Use worksheets from Worksheet Genius in learning centers. You can also make a touchable center by sharing them as a center on an interactive whiteboard. Share a link on your class website or newsletter for parents to use at home. Use Worksheet Generator for review before quizzes and tests.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Fact Cafe - Math Fact Cafe
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (128), counting (58), division (100), money (120), multiplication (123), preK (246), problem solving (219), subtraction (110), time (92), worksheets (66)
In the Classroom
This site offers many customization options, so it is easy to differentiate for ability levels within your class. Use worksheets from Math Fact Cafe in learning centers. Share a link to the site on your class website or newsletter for parents to use at home. Use Math Fact Cafe for review before quizzes and tests.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fill in the Chart - Susan Jones
Grades
2 to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): multiplication (123)
In the Classroom
Share Fill in the Chart on your class website or newsletter for multiplication practice at home or from any computer. Create a link on classroom computers for student practice during center time. Differentiate learning by assigning different practice charts based on individual student needs. This site doesn't time students, therefore causing less stress. if you prefer, have students time themselves with each activity then challenge them to improve completion time and accuracy with each practice. Or time your students using the free Online Countdown Timer (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DynaMath - Scholastic
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): addition (128), angles (50), charts and graphs (165), division (100), fractions (164), geometric shapes (132), mean (20), multiplication (123), place value (35), subtraction (110), symmetry (29), time (92)
In the Classroom
Read an article each week together using your interactive whiteboard or projector. Try the math activities together to incorporate your language arts and math. Be sure to include this site on your class web page for students to access both in and outside of class for further practice. This site is excellent for enrichment and reading practice for fluency and comprehension. Use DynaMath as a classroom center. Have students explore articles and share with classmates. Use as part of a Guided Reading lesson to integrate math with language arts (and also science or social studies!).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Room Recess Educational Games for Kids - roomrecess.com
Grades
K to 6tag(s): addition (128), antonyms (13), division (100), flash cards (40), fractions (164), game based learning (167), keyboarding (29), multiples (16), multiplication (123), operations (75), parts of speech (40), prefixes (9), preK (246), reading strategies (72), sequencing (18), spelling (92), subtraction (110), time (92)
In the Classroom
Choose these games for student play during computer lab or at classroom centers to practice math and language skills. Although simple, they provide fun review of skills. Demonstrate some of the activities on your interactive whiteboard. Although this site was created to help teachers find educational "fun" activities to do during indoor recess, the activities would also be great for learning centers or use in an interactive whiteboard center. The reading category for this site is the most valuable for learning new skills or reviewing skills.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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4 Numbers - Luminosity
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): mental math (19), operations (75)
In the Classroom
Put this link on your blog, wiki, or class page for free play by students. Be sure to bookmark on a classroom computer. This engaging game is challenging and provides many opportunities to stretch thinking. Play on an Interactive Whiteboard (or projector) in class with individual students or as teams. Create a Math Olympics by making this site a station on a computer or Interactive Whiteboard that student must rotate through to other stations. Other stations can include computer or paper and pencil activities to round out the Math Olympics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cyberchase - PBS KIDS
Grades
3 to 7tag(s): data (133), engineering (111), fractions (164), money (120), problem solving (219), sports (77), weather (155)
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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Battleship Numberline - Power My Learning
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): decimals (89), estimation (34), fractions (164), measurement (128), whole numbers (10)
In the Classroom
This site is great to use on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) as a math center or as a short practice filler. Create a link to the site on classroom computers for students to use during math centers. Share this site with parents through your classroom newsletter or website to use at home for number practice. Have students create an accuracy log for activities and challenge them to increase accuracy levels.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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LearnZillion - Eric Westendorf and Alix Guerrier
Grades
2 to 10tag(s): data (133), equations (121), fractions (164), functions (52), measurement (128), number sense (71), numbers (120), problem solving (219), ratios (52), statistics (109)
In the Classroom
Create a classroom account and create playlists for different instructional content. Assign content as stuednts move along in the curriculum. Assign videos for students to use for review and remediation, or assign videos for self-motivated students who are ready to move ahead. Share this site with parents (on your class website or wiki) to use as review when helping their student with homework.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mr. Martini's Classroom - Mr. Martini
Grades
1 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (128), decimals (89), flash cards (40), mixed numbers (8), negative numbers (12), operations (75), order of operations (28), percent (58), subtraction (110), worksheets (66)
In the Classroom
Create links to flashcards and activities on classroom or computer lab computers for students to use for fact and math content practice. Share a link to the site on your classroom newsletter or blogs for students to use at home. Use activities on this site on your interactive whiteboard as a classroom center or during inside recess.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ultimate Speed Math - MrNussbaum.com
Grades
1 to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (128), division (100), multiplication (123), subtraction (110), vision (44)
In the Classroom
Individualize the game for students to practice skills needed. For example, if a student is having trouble with multiples of 7 choose to practice those facts only while decreasing the time allowed for completion. Create a link on your classroom computers to use as a center for fact practice. Provide this link on your classroom website or blog for use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A+ Click - A+click
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): decimals (89), fractions (164), logic (164), operations (75), order of operations (28), test prep (69)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your classroom newsletter or blog for students to access at home. Introduce the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector then create a link on classroom computers. Challenge students to progress through different grade levels and share problems with the class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sumdog - Crocodile Clips
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): addition (128), game based learning (167), numbers (120), operations (75), subtraction (110)
In the Classroom
A great interactive site to use for skills related practice. Have students work in small groups to design a math game that incorporates engaging pop culture characters and themes with a topic like the games in Sumdog. Share the games on your class wiki or on video using a video sharing site such as SchoolTube reviewed here. Provide this link on your class website for students to access both in and out of the classroom. Encourage students to play these games at home for further skills practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cash Out - mrnussbaum.com
Grades
1 to 5tag(s): addition (128), coins (4), counting (58), money (120), subtraction (110)
In the Classroom
Reinforce student skills and give them practice in counting money and making change. Start out at easy levels with hints and work up to a greater difficulty level. This site offers great opportunities to differentiate for your students! Students can work in groups or individually. Have real coins available for those who need to feel and see the change before clicking the online coins the correct amount of times.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Maven's Mysteries - Scholastic
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): decimals (89), equations (121), fractions (164), logic (164), measurement (128), money (120), patterns (63), probability (95), ratios (52)
In the Classroom
These activities are ideal for a learning center, computer cluster, or individual computers. Why not make a list of all of the mysteries at this site. Have students record the correct answer to each of the mysteries as they complete them.The mystery activities would also work on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Project the "Mystery of the Day" and have students keep a "Mystery Journal" with all of their answers. Review the answer (and process) together. Challenge students to write some mysteries of their own and share them on a class wiki or blog.
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