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****Here is an AMAZING website. There are videos on concepts and how to do things for all different subjects. This particular link goes to a video on basic addition, and there are links on that page that provide practice opportunities:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/addition-subtraction/basic_addition/v/basic-addition
The home page for this webpage is: www.khanacademy.org. There are plenty of different subjects with many videos and exercises to practice concepts.
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Here are some other websites that are fun and worthwhile:
illuminations.nctm.org
- Click on activities, then choose a grade level.
nlvm.usu.edu
-Choose a grade level and subject area.
REVIEW CENTERS for 12/17/12:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=217 Coins/ money.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=27 Shapes and patterns.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_1_t_1.html?from=category_g_1_t_1.html Base ten blocks.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_270_g_1_t_3.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_1_t_3.html Sorting shapes, colors, and sizes.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_271_g_1_t_3.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_1_t_3.html Pattern trains.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_268_g_1_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_1_t_3.html Tangrams.
MEASURING CENTERS for 10/26/12:
http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/games/howbigareyou.html
http://www.gpb.org/countonit/games/kindergarten/measuring
http://www.gpb.org/countonit/games/first/measuring
http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/measuring_up.html
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/how_tall/how_tall.html
If you are interested in having your child practice XtraMath at home, e-mail me at [email protected] to get your child's enrollment code.
****Here is an AMAZING website. There are videos on concepts and how to do things for all different subjects. This particular link goes to a video on basic addition, and there are links on that page that provide practice opportunities:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/addition-subtraction/basic_addition/v/basic-addition
The home page for this webpage is: www.khanacademy.org. There are plenty of different subjects with many videos and exercises to practice concepts.
****
Here are some other websites that are fun and worthwhile:
illuminations.nctm.org
- Click on activities, then choose a grade level.
nlvm.usu.edu
-Choose a grade level and subject area.
REVIEW CENTERS for 12/17/12:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=217 Coins/ money.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=27 Shapes and patterns.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_1_t_1.html?from=category_g_1_t_1.html Base ten blocks.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_270_g_1_t_3.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_1_t_3.html Sorting shapes, colors, and sizes.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_271_g_1_t_3.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_1_t_3.html Pattern trains.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_268_g_1_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_1_t_3.html Tangrams.
MEASURING CENTERS for 10/26/12:
http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/games/howbigareyou.html
http://www.gpb.org/countonit/games/kindergarten/measuring
http://www.gpb.org/countonit/games/first/measuring
http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/measuring_up.html
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/how_tall/how_tall.html
Shapes:
Here's the website we will use to sort shapes:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=34
Here is another site about nets/3D shapes:
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/enrichment/gr4/EN0411b/EN0411b.htm_
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/shapes/play/popup.shtml
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=34
Here is another site about nets/3D shapes:
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/enrichment/gr4/EN0411b/EN0411b.htm_
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/shapes/play/popup.shtml
Here's how to make your own thermometer! (From http://www.jumpstart.com/common/make-your-thermometer)
Materials
Materials
- 1 pint jar with cap
- 1 straw, preferably clear
- Some clay or play dough
- Water
- Rubbing alcohol
- Food Coloring
- 1 marker
- Fill the jar with equal parts water and rubbing alcohol about ¼ of the way up the jar Liquid in Jar
- Add a few drops of food coloring to color the temperature-sensitive liquid. Using red coloring best mimics a standard mercury thermometer. Food coloring emphasizes the liquid level.
- Secure the cap and shake well to mix the liquid and to ensure the food coloring is evenly dispersed.
- Punch a hole with a pen in the center of the cap, allowing the straw to feed through. The hole should be sized closely to the straw.
- Position the straw so that it dips into the liquid but does not touch the bottom of the jar.
- Use the modeling clay or play dough to wrap around the straw where it enters the cap to create an air tight seal.
- Use a marker to mark on the jar the water level in the straw at room temperature. Building the thermometer is only half the fun. Now experiment with your students by having them take their thermometers and place them in differently-heated places to watch what happens. Take it outside; place it in a shadow, in the sun light or wherever to see how temperature reacts with their thermometers.
How does it work?Liquids contract and expand depending on the temperature. Rubbing alcohol is more temperature-sensitive than water, so the liquid changes according to temperature quicker than using only water. When it is hotter, the liquid in the jar expands, pushing fluid up through the straw; the opposite is true for the cold.
This is also a good chance to educate your students on the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales. Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius and boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Fahrenheit, on the other hand, has water freezing at 32 degrees and boiling at 212 degrees.
OR you could try these other versions:http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/thermometer.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/thermometer.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/thermometer.html