The resource I found this week is called Math Goodies and it offers worksheets, activities, etc for grades first-eighth. The worksheets are sorted by grade and then within each grade they are sorted by the topic. There's worksheets on both procedural knowledge and conceptual, so they have multiplication and division facts, while also promoting understanding of word problems and concepts. Each worksheet is free to download. There's also tabs for webquests and word problems which can be helpful to show students how they could use these math topics in their own life. It has problems such as percent in daily life and number theory in relation to garden growing.The website also offers games and interactive puzzles for the students. I like this aspect of the website because it allows students to learn while playing or having fun at the same time. They can take their mind off of strictly curriculum and show how to use it in a real world setting. Each game also offers different setting of difficulty and different ranges of topics, so students can choose which level to practice with and which topic to focus more on. The puzzles consists of word searches and crossword puzzles. The crossword puzzles I think can be a good introduction to a new topic because it basically provides vocabulary terms or definitions and you have to figure out what the word it.
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Hey Calli!
ReplyDeleteI really like how in this particular resource, Math Goodies, it provides games but you also discussed how these games can help show how to use particular math subjects in a real world setting. For the students that do not see math as something that is needed to succeed in the "real world", I think this will be seen as very beneficial for them. I definitely will be checking this out! Great post :)
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