Mathematics Curriculum Support Websites for Teachers

Curriculum

Elementary Mathematics Curriculum and Resource Documents http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/math.html

Ottawa Carlton District School Board has put together a resource with all the ministry resources! http://sites.google.com/site/ocdsbministryresources/Home

Mathematics Associations

Ontario Association for Mathematics Educators http://oame.on.ca/main/index1.php?lang=en&code=home

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/

Curriculum Processes

Capacity Building Series - State of the art summaries of educational strategies designed to improve student learning and achievement. Ontario content. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/capacityBuilding.html

Inspire: The Journal of Literacy and Numeracy for Ontario - Online home to “New Leader” and other highly practical articles on successful practices in literacy and numeracy.

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/index.html

Mathematical Process Posters http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/math2/postersmathprocesses.html

Problem Solving Strategies - Problem solving strategies and problems that address these different types of strategies.

http://pred.boun.edu.tr/ps/ps7.htm

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What Works: Research into Practice - Concise research summaries designed to help practitioners put the best, evidence-tested ideas into practice at the school and classroom level. Ontario content. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/whatWorks.htmlMathematics Curriculum Supports

EduGAINS – A dynamic site where Ontario educators involved in Grades K-12 teaching and learning can access a wealth of resources and information to support mathematics. http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/math2/index.html

EQAO- This is a Ministry website intended for use of parents and educators. There are former tests written for grade 3 and 6 students that may be used in the classroom. http://www.eqao.com/Educators/Elementary/036/036.aspx?Lang=E&gr=036

eWorkshop - Online resource developed for elementary teachers by the Ontario Ministry of Education and TFO; includes modules on Literacy and Numeracy with videos of teachers in action, activity sheets, lesson plans and more. www.eworkshop.on.ca/www.atelier.on.ca/edu/core.cfm (French learning community of Ontario)

Get Smarter About Money – The Investor Education Fund (IEF) provides this resourceon financial literacy for the Junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions. Resources related to Financial Literacy from The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail are featured. www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca

Illuminations – virtual manipulatives, lessons, and more resources for K-12 http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Junior High Math - This multimedia resource includes interactive math activities, print activities, learning strategies, and videos that illustrate how math is used in everyday life. The resource addresses all the intermediate mathematics strands. http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?launch=true

Kindergarten - A teacher created site. Teachers can read the blog, ask questions and find links to other sites that cater to kindergarten. There is a math problem solving section that provides teachers with information on how to get started and photos. http://www.kindergartenkindergarten.com/ Kelly’s Kindergarten - A teacher created site. Includes very useful primary website with several game ideas and instructional resources for math. There are printable game cards and math activities relating to the math strands.

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http://kellyskindergarten.com/math/math_activities.htm

Kristen’s Kindergarten - A teacher created site. This site offers math lessons, worksheets and games. It also offers great organizational strategies, and portfolio ideas for showcasing student work language, math and science. There are PDFs for many of the activities.http://kpoindexter.wordpress.com/math/

Little Giraffes - A teacher created site that provides both pictures and instructions for primary math centers. There are lots of great ideas on this site.http://www.littlegiraffes.com/math.html

Math 5 Alive - This collection of interactive mathematics resources was developed for elementary school students by Learn Alberta. It includes lessons on many topics, activity sheets, a glossary, parent notes, and teacher support materials. http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html

Math Folders - This page features manipulatives, strategies, and printouts for teaching elementary math. The pages are based on Van de Walle's mathematics.http://www.kathimitchell.com/mathfolder/mathpage.htm

Mathvids - An interactive website for teachers of struggling learnershttp://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/index.html

Mathwire.com - Activities and appropriate worksheets that support the constructivist approach to learning mathematics and the NCTM Standards. http://www.mathwire.com/archives/index.html

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics- Designed to "illuminate" the new NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. (Activities, Lessons, Standards and Web Links)http://illuminations.nctm.org/

One, Two… Infinity – Marian Small has created this side with questions of the week on the home page, “past presentations” which take you to all of her slide shows, and more. http:// www.onetwoinfinity.ca/

Ontario Education Resources Bank - Many of resources for Ontario Elementary and High school including activities, lessons, units, course outlines, etc. Teacher User ID: tdsbteacher; Teacher password: oerb

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http://resources.elearningontario.ca

Primary Resources - Links to a variety of materials including: lessons, interactive applets, activities, background information, etc. http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/maths.htm#numbers

Spy Guys - A collection of interactive mathematics resources from Learn Alberta; includes lessons, parent notes, problem-solving strategies, and a glossary for the junior years. http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/math6shell.html

Statistics Canada – Grades K to 8 key resources. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/kits-trousses/courses-cours/edu05_0017a-eng.htm

TIPS4RM (Targeted Implementation and Planning Supports for the Revised Mathematics curriculum) – provides lessons, units, and other supports that correspond to the Ontario curriculum for grade 7-10 mathematics. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/lms/tips4rm.html

Van de Walle -This site contains a list of blackline masters you can download and print. You will find everything from dot cards to place value maps to base ten grids. http://www.ablongman.com/vandewalleseries/

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Games, Puzzles, and More

AIMS foundation provides activities which integrates mathematics and science. There are some sample activities as well as other resources like the Puzzle Corner. http://www.aimsedu.org/Activities/index.htmlhttp://www.aimsedu.org/Puzzle/index.html

Early Years Mathematics Activities and Games – From the Manitoba Board of Education, this site shares activities and games for teachers to use in their classroom and for families to use at home. http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/math/games/

Figure This – Developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; provides interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families. www.figurethis.org/index.htm

“Illuminate” Dynamic Paper - This tool allows you to create nets, graph paper, number lines, number grids, shapes, etc.http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=205

“Illuminate” Isometric Drawing Paper - An interactive tool to create dynamic drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes. You

can shift, rotate, color, decompose, and view in 2D or 3D. http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=125

Math Frog - Fun math resources and online games from the University of Waterloo; Junior; French and English. http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/

Math 3 Under the Sea - from Learn Alberta is an excellent game site that kids can play on.http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/index.html?launch=true

Math Goodies - this math website is designed primarily for students in the 5th through 8th grade; includes lessons, homework help, worksheets, and puzzles. www.mathgoodies.com/

Math Maven's Mysteries - students act as math detectives to solve a variety of math mysteries; includes audio supports and math printableshttp://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm

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Math Play - a collection of online math games for elementary and middle school students;

address knowledge and understandinghttp://www.math-play.com/

Maths Stuff - This site is one where teachers can print off ideas for math games to play with their students. The content is categorized by strand. http://www.greatmathsgames.com/

Multiplication.com - Lots of online games http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

Multiplication and Division Site – Practice multiplication and division facts in math in the format of video gameshttp://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com

Primary Games - This website has games that you can play with primary students. They range from using a scale to a math version of Pac Man.http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm

Puzzles.com - Puzzles and games by grade level that can be used in the classroom as well as at home for family engagement http://www.puzzles.com/PuzzlesInEducation/PuzzlesInEducation.htm

School Time Games – A variety of online learning games for studentshttp://schooltimegames.com/Mathematics.html

SET – A classification and comparing gamehttp://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle_frame.htm

The Kids’ Zone – Select “math” and the grade level of choice to produce a set of multiple choice activities http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=true

The Problem Site – Educational games, problems and puzzles http://www.theproblemsite.com/default.asp

Transformation Golf - This is a link to ‘Transformation Golf’ on linktolearning.com. Playing with others provides a chance for students to reason verbally and develop their communication skills. (Gr. 6 and up)http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/transform/golftrans.html

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TVO Kids - Click on the Math and Science link. Sites are geared to Primary students. http://www.tvokids.com/gamesCaution: this site loads slowly on some TDSB standalone computers

Visual Fractions - Identify fractions, rename (equivalent fractions) and compare fractions, combine fraction pieces to make wholes. Students can play games such as Find Grampy and use reasoning to name a linear fraction. (Gr. 4 and up)http://www.visualfractions.com/

Wired Math - free math games and resources for Grades 7, 8, 9, & 10 - from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo - English and French (Requires Adobe Shockwave)http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/wired_math/

Problems

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ABACUS International Math Challenge - A math contest that originated in Hungary over 100 years ago that is suited for students in grade 3-8; many archived problems are available; students can participate and submit resultshttp://www.gcschool.org/program/abacus/index.aspx

Figure This! - Math challenges for the middle grades; excellent suggestions for family math: a PowerPoint with notes and brochures you can print out for parents.

http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/math_index.htm

Math Playground – Hundreds of self-checking math word problems for students in grades 1 to 6. (I would argue that some are more appropriate for intermediate.) There are currently 675 word problems available.http://www.mathplayground.com/wpdatabase/wpindex.html

Math Word Problems – math word problems for Elementary and High school grade levels; includes solutions and videoshttp://www.onlinemathlearning.com/math-word-problems.html

McREL - Math Mountain contains many good problems at the elementary level; hints can be used to scaffold questions; solutions are provided.http://www.mcrel.org/mathmtn/

New Zealand Maths -Many math problems that problem solving. Problems range from Level 1 to Level 6.http://www2.nzmaths.co.nz/PS/L6/Level6.aspx

NRICH - Online MathsClub promotes UK mathematics curriculum enrichment. Includes articles, problems, games, and a bulletin board. http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/public/index.php

Team Building Exercises & Problem Solving Activitieshttp://wilderdom.com/games/TeamBuildingExercisesWebsites.html

Math Puzzles

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Galileo Educational Network Association (GENA) – provides engaging inquiry-based learning opportunities for students by providing job-embedded professional learning services to teachers, and conducting and publishing research.http://www.galileo.org/math/puzzles.html - student versionhttp://www.galileo.org/math/MathProblems.html - teacher version

Puzzles.com - puzzles and games provided by grade level that can be used in the classroom as well as at home for family engagementhttp://www.puzzles.com/PuzzlesInEducation/PuzzlesInEducation.htm

Sudoku- The Daily SuDoku for Kids provides a free puzzle every day for the younger SuDoku-er. These puzzles are mainly 6x6 SuDokus, with some 4x4 and some easier 9x9 puzzles.http://www.dailysudoku.com/sudoku/kids/ Sudoku- This is an online SuDuko site for older students that offer interactive tutorials. http://www.websudoku.com/ Sudoku- This site also offers SuDuko for kids as well as various other puzzles for both numeracy and literacy.http://www.puzzlechoice.com/pc/Kids_Choicex.html

SNAP Math Fairs - A SNAP Math Fair is a non-competitive event that gives teachers an opportunity to have their students do problem solving; these are the puzzles used. http://www.mathfair.com/puzzles.html

Virtual Manipulatives and Resources

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Create a Graphhttp://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx

Digital Learning Objects – Math applets for Elementary and High school; organized by strand and level

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/digital-learning-objects

Gizmos -Math and Science Simulations www.explorelearning.com

Hand Made Manipulative Instructionshttp://mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/Handson/manipulatives.htm

Illuminations Activities – K-12http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

Interactive Websites by Grade Level – K-5http://dukes.stark.k12.oh.us/lex/InteractiveWebSites.html

Math Movies - A must see site- Games, Worksheets, Logic Puzzles, Word Problems and amazing Math Movies (great for the interactive whiteboard)http://www.mathplayground.com/ index.html

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives – A digital library containing Java applets and activities for K-12 mathematics; organized by strand and grade level (English, French, Spanish, and Chinese)http://nlvm.usu.edu/

Online Manipulatives and Graphic Organizershttp://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/tools/tt_k.html

Percent Paint- That allows students can use this interactive hundreds chart to paint parts of the whole to show amounts for fractions, decimals and/or percents. There are 8 different colours of paint available.http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/PercentPaint/ppaint.html

Topmarks – Educational Search Engine

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Free Interactive Whiteboard Resources, always updated and organized by age level.http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=1

Visual Fractions http://visualfractions.com/

Virtual Manipulatives - This is an online math manipulative website. There are some ideas for games for teachers for grades K-8. http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html

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Videos

Images of Buildings- for a database of Toronto buildings . Great for Geometry and Structures lesson and activities. www.tobuilt.ca

Prime Radicals Episode 1 “Rule of Thumb” on Non-standard Measurement – this TVO video shows how we can use measurements of body parts to find the measurement of other parts of the body that are more difficult to measure accurately (e.g., twice around the base of one’s thumb equals the wrist measurement; three times around one’s wrist equals the circumference of the same person’s headhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33-A1mWYiQ or Click to Watch Rule of Thumb: http://www.tvokids.com/shows/primeradicals

Teachers T.V. – Links to other professional development videos and resources siteshttp://www.teachers.tv/videos/

Teacher Tubehttp://www1.teachertube.com/

Webcasts for Educators - Multimedia resources exploring research and effective practice to support both individual and small group study http://www.curriculum.org/secretariat/literacy_en.shtml

Wild about Math- Really cool videos and images related to math that are interesting and engaging to kids of any age . The people posting on the blog really LOVE math and want everyone else to love it too Links to many other math blogs. There’s a link in the top menu that takes you to some awesome articles.http://wildaboutmath.com/

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Geometer’s Sketchpad Resources

Dynamic Mathematics Visualization for Young Learners: Sketchpad in Grades 3-8www.kcptech.com/dgylconf/proceedings/sketches.html

Key Curriculum Press – The Geometer’s Sketchpad Resource Center*http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/

Ontario Ministry of Education Licenses Selected Atomic Learning Tutorials - Detailed ‘learn to use GSP’ files;Username - Ontario, Password – sketchpad http://www.atomiclearning.com/sketchpad

SmartBoard - Math practice skills grades 3-5 (Excellent for a smartboard)http://www.cobbk12.org/sites/literacy/math/math2.htm

SmartBoard - Interactive math resources for the SmartBoard and other interactive whiteboardshttp://www.theteachersguide.com/interactivemathsites.htm

Smart Exchange- Lesson plans and resources for your SMART Board.http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?subject=Mathematics

The Geometer’s Sketchpad Resource Center http://www.dynamicgeometry.com/

The Geometer's Sketchpad Math Forum Classroom Resources

http://mathforum.org/dynamic/sketchpad.links.html

Working with Geometer’s Sketchpadhttp://mathbits.com/mathbits/gsp/gsp.htm

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Dictionaries

A Maths Dictionary - An interactive teaching dictionaryhttp://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

A Math Dictionary for Kidshttp://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

eGlossary - Translated into 11 Different Languageshttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/mlg/mlg.php?&letter=a&language=

Math Glossary — An animated glossary of math terms by Harcourthttp://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html

Worksheet Generators

Blackline Masters - Lots of templateshttp://lrt.ednet.ns.ca/PD/BLM/table_of_contents.htm

Math Café - Here you will find facts worksheets, flashcards, and a worksheet generator for 1st - 4th grade.http://www.mathfactcafe.com/

Math Fact Sheets - click "pre-made" and choose from grades 1, 2, 3, and 4http://www.mathfactcafe.com/

Rubric Generator - Create rubrics for your students in seconds.http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

SuperKids or Superteacher is filled with math activites that creates math problems for elementary and middle school students…don't miss this one.http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/www.superteacherworksheets.com

Telling Time - Worksheet creator.http://www.time-for-time.com/worksheets.htm

The Teachers Guide- Is a gold mine of math activities!http://www.theteachersguide.com/freemathprintouts.html

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