Hi
Everyone,
Here’s
another great resource that can be integrated into the classroom:
This website
contains lessons, worksheets and other useful tools all presented with a clean
layout that is easy to navigate. What I like most about it is how organized the content is. Apart from each topic and unit of study being neatly
divided, it also has a variety of extras that are incredibly
useful in the classroom.
The
Interactive Math section provides utilities such as flash cards, games and
converters that can prove useful in the classroom. They also have a sections
for accommodations such as the large print worksheets to help students who are
visually impaired. What is also fun is they have a holiday section with
worksheets that have various holiday themes for those festive times of year.
I hope
everyone finds it helpful!
Dante
I think I like the Interactive Math section the best as this section provides many authentic and differentiated activities that could be used in the classroom to fit the needs of various students.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I'm not a big fan of the worksheets as they seem to go against what we've learned in this class and focus on knowledge type questions, rather than the other categorizes. I also find that worksheets reinforce "memorization" and students focus on memorizing process and this seems to solve the "short term problem" but when they have to focus on the concept that they learned two months ago, many of them have forgot it, despite the fact that they did many questions practicing the concept on a worksheet.
This article looks at worksheets in the math classroom and why they don't work: http://www.conceptuamath.com/blog/5-reasons-why-math-worksheets-don%E2%80%99t-work.html . To recap most of the main points, worksheets are
-boring/ not engaging
-don't encourage higher order thinking
-don't promote communication or collaboration
-are not accessible
-don't provide immediate feedback
-they don't teach, teachers teach
I think I like the Interactive Math section the best as this section provides many authentic and differentiated activities that could be used in the classroom to fit the needs of various students.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I'm not a big fan of the worksheets as they seem to go against what we've learned in this class and focus on knowledge type questions, rather than the other categorizes. I also find that worksheets reinforce "memorization" and students focus on memorizing process and this seems to solve the "short term problem" but when they have to focus on the concept that they learned two months ago, many of them have forgot it, despite the fact that they did many questions practicing the concept on a worksheet.
This article looks at worksheets in the math classroom and why they don't work: http://www.conceptuamath.com/blog/5-reasons-why-math-worksheets-don%E2%80%99t-work.html . To recap most of the main points, worksheets are
-boring/ not engaging
-don't encourage higher order thinking
-don't promote communication or collaboration
-are not accessible
-don't provide immediate feedback
-they don't teach, teachers teach