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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Free for your child: The American Math Challenge Oct. 12 and 13

Free online competition to practice math safely in competition with students from all over the United States. Practice begins Oct. 3rd.




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All new grade level activities and games to help your child with Math http://www.hmheducation.com/singaporemath/helping-your-child.php

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Parent Resources

  • Helping Your Child

Interactive Math Games on the Internet

  • Factor Trees and Prime Factorization
  • Ten Frames
  • Save the Whale: Number Bonds to 10 with unit block visuals
  • Number Bonds to 5, 10, and 100 Game: set the number you want to practice
  • Number Bonds with 100, Fractions and Decimals that Bond to One
  • Model Drawing Game: Thinking Blocks
  • The Singapore Maths: More Model Drawing
  • Mathsframe: 15 free interactive math practice in a game format
  • Timez Attack! Multiplication Mastery
  • Addition and Subtracting w/ Regrouping Interactive
  • Kids Kount: choose your child's age from 5 -12 and find great math puzzles

Practice Time

  • Mathletics: Practice for your child $59 for 12 months of access
  • ALEKS - individualized math program; free 48 hr. trial, $19.95 a month
  • Multiplication Tables
  • World Math Day - registration is open, free practice the entire month of February

Enrichment Opportunities

  • TenMarks - free personalized enrichment program
  • MathCounts National Program
  • Hotmath: Upper Elementary and Middle School
  • Ole Miss Math Challenge: Problem of the Week
  • Math Doodles: find your way to math through art
  • World Math Day: March 1st - register now

Videos Demonstrating Singapore Math Lessons

  • The Khan Academy Singapore Math Lessons (unfortunately the lesson #'s don't match Math in Focus)
  • Model Drawing Lesson with Multiplication
  • Singapore Math in Action: Place Value Lesson
  • News video from a district using Singapore Math for two years
  • School District from South Dakota explains Singapore Math and its benefits

Practical Information on the Singapore Approach

  • Madison Family Math Night Times-Union article
  • Number Bonds Explained
  • Singapore Math Demystified
  • Singapore Math Demystified Part 2: Can Solving Problems Unravel Our Fear of Math
  • Singapore Math Demystified Part 3: Is This the Most Visual Math?
  • Singapore Math Program - national articles

Resources

  • Singapore Math Source - a blog from a national trainer
  • 1800-TEACHER.com: log-in for free homework help, quizzes, workbooks, etc.
  • Products and Info. from www.singaporemath.com
  • Singapore Math books and manipulatives
  • HeyMath! The #1 e-math program in Singapore
  • Online Course to Learn about Model Drawing
  • Online Course to Learn about Number Sense and Computational Strategies

Background Knowledge and Research

  • The Right Level of Challenge
  • Problem Solving in Singapore Math
  • Place Value in Singapore Math

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