Math vs. Zombies iPad game!

My students have become totally addicted to a game that I initially ignored as too much game, and not educational enough.

Was I wrong!  Math vs. Zombies is a computation game that has students race to answer facts before the zombie gets too close. Once the fact is answered, the zombie turns back into a person! The math, however, is what makes me most happy!

It makes a great review for all the basics, and kids can go back and redo any level once it's open.
The math progression is well-planned. In the easy setting, the math level 1 is basic addition, then tougher single digit, then teens digits adding single digit, then double digit adding a single digit, then tens adding tens, and then double digit adding a double digit, ALL WITHOUT regrouping! Great warm-up for all students, and then they can move up to medium and hard levels! And the same goes for subtraction, multiplication and division!

But most importantly, the game is fun! The kids love it so much, I'm making a bulletin board for the kids to keep track of their level and operation.

Try this one out with your kids!

-Peter

Fractals: The Mathematics Behind the Digital Artistry

Have you seen the work my "College for Kids" students did this summer? Check it out!

http://goo.gl/78n2Bx

Isn't it beautiful!

Chicago Science Video

Watch this video made by kids in Chicago, to summarize their work in a science class. Excellent!

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Interactive Addition with Regrouping

Here's a neat site for helping children understand what is happening in addition and subtraction problems. Just move the blocks, or click and hold the number and move them all at once.

http://flash4ed.com/math/regroup.html

I'm still looking for a carrying/regrouping page, if anyone has a link...

Navigating Stark School!

Welcome to my blog! In this space, I post some great links I have found that you might find interesting!

Our school will be holding a conference of workshops explaining many of the wonderful things we do at Stark, and sharing how parents and families can become involved in helping our children become the best students they can be!  Called Navigating Stark School, it is modeled on other workshops given periodically by the Stamford district or individual schools in Stamford.

We want you as parents to become partners with us, in order to make the most of your Stark School experiences. Come join our Stark family, as we prepare your child to succeed in the world. We have many ways that you can help us, and we can help you. Let us tell you about these great opportunities!

I will be talking about Everyday Mathematics, the mathematics curriculum mandated by the State of Connecticut, and briefly dicuss Connecticut's joining Common Core and the Smarter Balance States. 

Geometer Sketch Pad, for FREE! Hooray!

Hi Everybody!

Here's a new link I found! A free version of Geometer Sketch Pad (GSP)!  GSP has the power to be one of the most creative tools for instruction today!  Mostly because kids are free to do anything they want.  A digital sketchpad, if you will, with the mathematics tools to make amazing math happen (with the right direction and perserverance on the part of a child).

Many tools are disabled, like saving your work, but for a novice just trying it out, it's great!

Enjoy it!

http://go.keycurriculum.com/sketchpad_trial.html

Thank you to McGraw Hill for this wonderful introduction!

Peter Kinahan

I may very well have posted this website before, but I love his classroom resources, like the lunch count chart and the calmness counter!  Also, his spelling apps seem neat, my daughters will be trying them at home.

http://www.ictgames.com/

It is an English site, but they have been using Interactive Whiteboard technology for a few years. Mr. Barrett has also been doing this about as long as I have, so I like noticing his growth and progress over the years...

Thank you, Mr. Barrett.

Sincerely,

Peter Kinahan

 Send him a note here...

jamesbrrtt@aol.com

A Non-Math Game!! Space Shapes

Here's a non-math game that's great for noticing the shapes of words.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/hfwords/starwords/gamefs.shtml

Dinosaur Listening Game

Here's a game that asks kids to identify and choose the word they heard.

http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurwordsrepeat.html

Grover, Elmo, Marshmallows, Dan Ariely and Steven Colbert

I was reading this article today, and I found the links humorous!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2013/04/the-plusses-and-pitfalls-of-te.html

Interesting thought here. Are we really doing our children any favors by giving them everything? Is our nation too enchanted with instant gratification?



http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/389614/june-14-2011/close-sesame

Very Funny! Does he really get paid to do this?

Links to Websites and Resources

Links to Websites and Resources


Just click on “ctrl+ the link” to open each one, then click on favorites in the toolbar and add to favorites. Or better yet, invite me in, and I’ll show you how to add them to your opening tabs!

These are just some from my home computer’s favorites links. As I add more, I’ll send them.



Crickweb

An English website, with free downloadable Promethean activities. Click on Extras tab. Kid favorites are Sweet shop and Number Balance. Hundred Square here is excellent, too!

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/


Arcademic Skills

Arcade website, where students can play each other. Make a private game.

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/




Multiplication.com

Loads of multiplication practice games.

http://multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm




Another English website, over ten years old, which continues to make great activities and resources, but you need to look around.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/educational/index.html




National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Website, also downloadable to run from your computer. Dedicated to math resources, especially focused on NCTM’s national standards. Free.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/




Illuminations

Nat. Council of Teachers of Mathematics resources.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx


Specifically, look for Bobbie Bear. This clothing activity begins strand 25 Mathematical Applications.



Free Math Resources for Interactive Whiteboard

(It’s a teaser to get you to buy their other resources, but these are free.)

http://www.mathsframe.co.uk/free_resources.asp




My Old Blog

Not often updated, but someplace I like to put good links I find. Look in the earlier months last year.

http://starktitle1math.blogspot.com/




Clock Games

A great JUDY clock for teaching!!!

http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/Math_Games/Jude_e-Clock/clock.htm




Similar

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/ClassClock/clockres.html








Matching (excellent, kids love it, has different levels, starts with R, then 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

To the hour

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthecR.html


To ½ hour

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.html




To 15 min.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec2.html


To 5 min.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec3.html


To 1 min.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec4.html


To 1 min.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/StopTheClock/sthec5.html




Clock Races!! Lots of fun!!

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html




Neat site to look at clock faces. Check out the internal clocks.

Chris's Virtual Clock and Watch Collection

http://www.csmith.info/clocks/




http://www.csmith.info/clocks/internalworks/index.htm


LITERACY

Raz-Kids

This is a great pay-site with literature books for online-onscreen read-alouds. Check out the free samples:

http://www.raz-kids.com/


Timez Attack! Links



This website is the place where you download a FREE 3-D video game. Made by Playstation game developers for their own children, it was so good it took on a life of its own. Now they have a division game and an addition/subtraction game (that reminds me of AVATAR the movie, the graphics are that good).



They give away a free version, hoping parents will see the value and upgrade to the paid version. It is worth the money.

Remember, this game TEACHES multiplication, rather than practices it.

http://www.BigBrainz.com
Download the school version, and teachers can see your child’s results. Use the home version if your internet connection is weak. The home version does not need to be Internet connected, the School version does.



Dreambox Learning

Dreambox Learning is a pay site that uses adaptive learning, i.e. the computer responds to right and wrong answers and adjusts the questions accordingly. It is around twenty dollars, and many people like it and speak highly of it.

http://www.dreambox.com/
Common Core Links

Within a few years, Connecticut and 47 other states will be migrating to Common Standards among all states. While it matches our current standards (80% in L.Arts, 92% math), Conn. will be changing CMT to match it in 2014-2015. Connecticut is part of the Smarter Balanced consortium, one of the two creating the tests.

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/


http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states



An Ohio Common Core resource

http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/COS/default.htm



Internet Portals

These are websites with a collection of links to other websites. Also called gateway sites.



Internet4Classrooms.com

Good site with ads, but lots of links under every topic.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm



Clock resources

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-time.html


Global Classroom

A technology teacher’s collection

http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html


Learn-With_Math_Games

Both online and off.

http://www.learn-with-math-games.com/index.html
IXL

(A pay-site someone mentioned)

http://www.ixl.com/


Old Favorites

Everyday Math

https://www.everydaymathonline.com/




Promethean Planet

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/



i-Tunes

Here’s the phrase to search with on I-Tunes:

Promethean Planet – Activtips

(I found 131 How To videos last night, all between 1 minute and six minutes. Don’t watch them all. Just look them over and start with topics you know a little about.)

Fruity Fractions: Websites to Try Out

Fruity Fractions: Websites to Try Out

Crickweb-

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/
A website with lots of resources especially interactive, Flash-based games. Use the search function.

Recommended: Ordering Fractions game.

Math Playground-

http://www.mathplayground.com/mathvideos.html

This website has videos that explain procedures, step by step. Geared for younger students.

Khan Academy-

http://www.khanacademy.org/
A website filled with short videos that explain how to do also anything in the upper school curriculum.



http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/


http://www.coolmath-games.com/


http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm


http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/math.shtml




Internet 4 Classrooms-

An Internet Portal

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/


This is a collection of links to many games and topics, arranged by subject and grade level.



www.Google.com


type in “Interactive” and the topic or objective

(i.e., interactive adding fractions has 926,000 websites!)



www.Youtube.com and     www.Zuitube.com
 Videos and demonstrations



http://illuminations.nctm.org/

A website of flash activities by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

http://www.figurethis.org/index.html
Math Challenge for Families, a site with puzzles and problems for kids and parents from NCTM.org


http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=11


http://visualfractions.com/IdentifyCircles/identifycircles.html


http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bowling_for_fractions/


For more information, please contact me at PeterMKinahan@gmail.com or (203) 918-2755



Division Websites

Division Websites

Long Division Pages

Snork- Catchy quick music, question prompts, simple problems. Excellent start.

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php


Soft Schools. Sound cues, but lots of ads.

http://www.softschools.com/math/division/long_division/


Adjustable, and on a clean white background, no ads.

http://www.thegreatmartinicompany.com/longarithmetic/longdivision.html


-Change the problem type by changing the XX)xx  frame by clicking.

Math Portals

(a portal, like a doorway, is a collection of many sites and resources in one spot)

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/division.php


http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/division_math_fourth_4th_grade.htm


http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/division-games.html

Other Teacher’s Websites

http://www.d123.org/olhms/mdoran/Long-Division.cfm


http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/everyday-math-study-guides.html

Clock Resources

Clock and Time Resources


Teaching Clock A

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/classclock/clockres.html

Teaching Clock B _Judy Clock—has the “Change the clock face” button

http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/Math_Games/Jude_e-Clock/clock.htm

Matching Analog and Digital to the hour R

http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthecR.html

Matching Analog and Digital to the half hour 1

http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec1.html

Matching Analog and Digital to the quarter hour 2

http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec2.html

Matching Analog and Digital to five minute intervals 3

http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec3.html

Matching Analog and Digital to the minute 4

http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec4.html

Bang On Time!: Matching written time to clock: (uses customary forms like quarter before) Change the numbers to speed up and slow down hands—watch the hands.

http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

Difference between two times

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/timetables/index.htm

Interesting clocks and internal workings (just for fun)

http://www.csmith.info/clocks/

http://www.csmith.info/clocks/internalworks/index.htm

http://www.csmith.info/clocks/fun/index.htm

http://www.csmith.info/clocks/modern/index.htm

Try those for fun!

Peter

BrightStorm.com

Bright Storm website is a neat webpage dedicated to helping high school math students do better. It has links to many textbooks, and videos. There are step-by-step directions to complete just about any math problem.

BrightStorm.com