Math

Click on the picture to be taken to the 6th grade online textbook website. They all have a generic account written on the inside cover of their planners.

In K-5th grades we use a variety of math products, manipulatives, and programs to ensure that our students are learning essential math concepts to make them better prepared to take on the challenges of advanced math courses in middle, high school, and on the college level.

Everyday Math- Students learn math concepts by exploring and investigating math concepts through group work, math games, and teacher instruction. The algorithm, or "recipe", for solving problems are discovered, not explicitly taught to the student at first. This math program "looks" different from the more traditional style of introducing a topic and then having the students practice it using a number of practice problems listed after the lesson.

[] Check out the following website for great on-line resources to support math learning in your room.

**Some more websites to use to support your math teaching and learning. These include resources such as manipulatives, games, and teacher made materials.**
__National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics*__ (I seem to be able to use all of the manipulatives without membership. Let me know if it stops working for you.) Paid membership. A free demo is available. Award-winning site from Utah State University - this project began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).

[|Math and Literacy web based apps sorted by RIT score] A teacher in the Belle Plaine school district put together a long list of activities that kids can do during computer lab time, any extra time they have in the classroom, or even with the mobile lap top cart. Quite a feat to put this list together!