These are some interactive web sites.  Check back as I will keep  adding sites.  If the web site does not load up try the reload/refresh button on the menu bar.

Patterns	Tangrams	Addition	Pattern blocks
Subtraction	Numbers On The Clock	Time Clock	Ordinal numbers

 

Web Sites for the 2nd & 3rd Semester

Number Game	Add "em Up	Fractions	Math Baseball
Two Minute Warning	Take It Away	Dare To Be Square	Tic Tac Toe
Fact Families	Ordinal Numbers	Ordinal Numbers II	Adding 3 Numbers
Missing Number	Place Value	Hidden Picture	Fun Brain Math

 

Web Sites for the 4th Semester

Change Maker	United States Mint	Kids Bank
Pot of Gold Money Game	Fleet Kids Money	Money Central Station
Money Drills	Subtraction Hidden Picture	Addition Hidden Picture
Piggy Bank	Geoboard	Triangles
Math Facts (printouts)         Zoom Dino Math

Northside has developed "Fast Freddy" to help with math problem solving. Fast Freddy is provides a progressive strategies to solve word problems. The students start in kindergarten using the basics strategies They learn new strategies that advance with them into the upper grades. Each grade builds upon the previous years strategies.

In our class, we use "Fast Freddy" 3 - 4 times a week.

Facts~ Find the important facts in the problem. Circle the facts & underline the question. Action~ Model any KEY actions. What are going to do- add, subtract, compare, skip count. Sovle~ Solve the problem. Draw a picture, look for a pattern, act it out. Think~ Write and explain your thinking. Write a number sentence.

Mrs. Smothers' class knows all about odd and even numbers. Here's the proof!

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We use the Touch Dot Tap and Tally System to teach the students to add and subtract.To subtract with the Tap & Tally you count back using the dots. Example: 9 – 5 = 4 Count back using number 5. I say “9 come out of my mouth – 8,7,6,5,4 counting back the dots on the number 5. My answer is 4.
. To count on, start with the higher of the two numbers- 7 + 2. Say the 7 and count on 8,9 while touching on the 2 points on the number 2. Please check your orientation packet for more information.

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Math Journals

Every morning as soon as we come in the door we start our math journal. Our math journal consist of a review of math skills that we are working on in class. The students work out four problems each day. When all the students are finished, we work them out all together.

 

Skipping Counting Dances

Part of our math curriculum is to be able to skip count by 2's, 5', & 10's.  This skill lays the foundation for multiplication.  In our class, we learn to skip count using music and dancing.  The children love it.  Ask them to sing them at home for you!

Math  Wall Everyday we "do the math wall".  Our math wall allows us to practice skills we will use throughout the year.  For example: we add a straw everyday to count the numbers of days we have been in school.  As we get to 10 we make a bundle of ten.  This builds the ground work for place value. 

 

Math Centers

It may seem like playing, but the children are using manipulates to reinforce math skills.

 

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