Reading, Math & Common Core Links

Cool Math 4 Kids:  Online math games for reinforcing skills with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, etc. Contains a link to coolmath.com for older students  and a 3 – 5 yr old section. 

Funbrain:   Games for math & reading, games grouped & searchable by grade level. 

 

Fun 4 the Brain:   Games for addition, subtractions, multiplication, division, science and just for fun. 

Gamequarium: Interactive mathematics games, virtual manipulatives, online calculators, and graphing tools. 

 

Harcourt Math Glossary: Interactive math glossary for students in K-6 that provides a searchable database of math terms, accompanied by illustrations and animated examples.  

Illuminations - Weblinks: Search 724 web links for games and information for number sense, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability.  

Illuminations - Activities:  Search 105 math activities online based upon grade spans.  

Internet 4 Classrooms: Contains various math games and activities.

 

Mathematics Benchmarks, Grades K–12: Benchmarks for K-12, as well as models of secondary school courses, sample secondary school assessments, and tasks. 

 

Math123xyz.com: Interactive multimedia math resources, including math lessons, interactive tutorials, learning tools, enrichment, and extra practice. Basic Skills, Pre-Algebra, Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonometry.  

Math Dictionary for Kids: More than 600 interactive mathematical definitions for elementary school students. 

 

Math Playground: Play logic games, solve word problems, and watch math videos. 

Mathwire.com: Activities, worksheets, and creative ideas for teaching math that are classroom-tested by teachers. Based on NCTM Standards. 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: Interactive manipulatives to use.  For example: access a spinner, make a graph, etc. 

Numbers Made Meaningful: Teacher-tested math stories and games based on the story Trouble with Zero, for PreK through grade 1. 

Rockin’ the Standards: A veteran elementary school teacher and his rock band have taken lyrics from common tunes and changed them to help kids remember the mathematics they’ve been taught in school. 

Soft Schools: Worksheets and games. 

Superkids: Online resource for teachers or parents to create math worksheets on topics including addition, exponents, and telling time. 

Time Monsters: Interactive online lessons and quizzes about time.  http://www.timemonsters.com/

 

 

 

Reading and Writing Resources

Starfall - Starfall has games, books, word families, poetry, etc.

 

 

ReadWriteThink - International Reading Association  - Parents guide to after-school activities.  

Roy the Zebra - Reading games

We Give Books - Read books from the free digital library and We Give Books gives books to children who don’t have them.

PBS Kids - Reading Games

Storybird -Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.  Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They’re curiously fun.

Wacky Web Tales- Mad libs that are geared for grade 3 and up.  A great way to practice parts of speech.  

Funbrain - Reading - Mad Libs Junior - Mad libs that are more structured.  You choose from a pre-formed list of nouns, verbs, etc.

Word It Out - Input words and they will be transformed into a word cloud.