Going to Great Lengths



HMH - Length Strength Paper Clips
HMH - Length Strength Centimeters 
Grades: 2-3
Summary: Use paperclips to measure various objects.  


How to integrate: Modeled, Shared, Independent






Bamzook BBC - Measures
Grades: 3 and up
Summary:  The mission based game that involves a range of measurement skills.  Game 1: Read the measurement using the standard method.  Game 2: Try to convert centimeters to inches Game 3: Try to figure out which is the heaviest robot based on grams and kilograms  Game 4: Using a combination of different measurements try to create a set that is closest to 1 meter. 


How to integrate:  Shared, Independent 

How Big Are You? Dino Train
Grades: 1-2


Summary: The Dino Train conductor needs your help to see how much room he'll need for each dinosaur on the train.  Using non-standard measurements (i.e. other dinosaurs), figure out whether one dinosaur is the same length as others by estimating.


How to integrate: Modeled, Shared, Independent

Send in the Trolls - Cyberchase
Grades: 3 - 4


Summary:  Out of the lineup, select the troll you think with the medium height.  Then arrange the trolls in order and eliminate from each side till you find the median troll. 


How to integrate: Shared, Independent




Tooby and Binoo - Sorting sizes
Grades: K - 1


Summary: Sort the snowman by the size from smallest to largest.  You have three levels - the first one sorts three sizes, the second sorts four and the third level sorts up to five sizes of snowmen.


How to integrate: Shared


Teaching Measurement - Lengths, Mass and Capacity 
Grades: 2 and up 

Summary: Great interactive site for each of the strands of measurement.  They have interactive elements and worksheets for students.  A MUST use for all interactive whiteboards. 


How to integrate: Modeled, Shared, Independent



Sleuth on the Loose - Cyberchase
Grades: 2-4


Summary: Use proportions (non-standard measurements) to find the mama dragon's height. 

How to integrate:  Modeled, Shared, Independent

Adding Strategies

Save the Whales - Ten Facts
Grades: 1-2
Summary: Great to use on any IWB.  This game features pairs of numbers that add to ten.  Students are given one number and must find the corresponding number in order to get 10.

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled
An easy to use game that shows students how to easily make any number into a friendly number.

Catapult Math - Counting On
Grades: 1-3
Summary:  Adding on a number line can be tricky to show.  Use this neat game that shows the jumps to destroy the castle.  You can choose to hide the jumps as well.

How to integrate: Shared, Independent
Use it as a game to start your students thinking number lines and jumps.

HMH - Counting On
Grades: 1-3
Summary:  Add the numbers together to find the sum by using a number line.

How to integrate: Shared, Independent
 


Gorilla Shopping - Counting On 
Grades: 1-3
Summary: Find out how many bananas are in the pile by adding on the number picked each time. Drag the bananas to the gorilla and count as he eats them. Use the number line at the bottom to help work out the running total.

How to integrate: Modeled

Subtraction Games

Alien Munchtime
Grades: 1-3


Summary: "It is lunchtime at the Alien Academy. Help the lunch lady serve all of the hungry little aliens exactly what they want. Then, help create your own dish to serve. Practice your subtraction facts while having fun with the aliens!"  Great to use on the Smartboard as it is fast and easy game that can get multiple students involved in a small amount of time.

How to integrates: Modeled, Shared, Independent


Lucy's Costume Closet
Grades: 1-3

Summary: "Lucy is the costume designer for Just4You Movies. Help her dress the different actors and actresses while practicing your subtraction facts. Can you pick the best outfits for the Hero, his sidekick, Dr. Notsonice and his minion, Q-bort?"  This game is probably best suited to play independently rather than as a class.

How to integrate: Independent


Sketch's World 
Grades: 1-3

Summary: "Sketch lives in a wonderful world drawn on notebook paper. But, mean erasers are trying to erase his world. Help Sketch collect pencils and paints while doing subtraction problems and help save his world!"


How to integrate: Independent

Speed Grid Subtraction Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Grades: 2-4

Summary: This tests your students to start thinking about their number facts and how to work backwards.  Students work against the time to see how many questions they can answer in the time of their choosing.

How to integrate: Modeled, Independent (I prefer to do this as a math center with 2-4 students playing against each other)

Target Takeaway
Grades: 1-2

Summary: Use the number line to help the students visualize simple subtraction problems.


How to integrate: Modeled, Shared, Independent


Count On Convict
Grades: 2-3

Summary:  Use groups of ten to help you subtract two digit numbers.  This game breaks subtraction down step by step by using groups of ten to help you reach your answer.  It can be a bit complicated but once you get it, it's another strategy to help you with subtraction.

How to integrate: Modeled, Shared, Independent 

Subtraction Facts with Regrouping
Subtraction Facts with no Regrouping
Grades: 2-3

Summary:  This is a great game for students to guide them through a step-by-step on how to regroup.  It shows students how to break out each place value and how to borrow and regroup.


How to integrate: Modeled, Independent

Subtraction Game
Grades: 2-3

Summary: Match the UFO to the tile to see what's hidden behind it. 

How to integrate: Shared, Independent



Soccer Goal
Grades: 1-2

Summary: Look at the question, take away the number of players and try to kick the ball to see if you win.  This game is great for students to read the number sentence and make sense of it using the pictures.

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled

Word Problems

Adding - Bees on the Flower
Grades: 1-2
Summary:   Choose the number of bees you want to add on the flower and then choose the correct number to create word sentences to match the bees on the flower.   Use the reveal to check their statements.

How to integrate: Modeled  

Addition Sentences  
Subtraction Sentences
Grades: 1-2
Summary: Choose objects to add together to create a story.  Check to see if you're correct.


How to integrate: Modeled 




Calculating Stories - Counting On
Grades: 1-2
Summary: Use the contexts, eg 3 fish at a shipwreck, to relate number stories to sums:
3 fish are swimming near a shipwreck and 4 more fish join them, which is 7 altogether.
3 add 4 makes 7
3 + 4 = 7

How to integrate: Modeled  


Calculating Stories - Subtraction  
Grades: 1-2
Summary:Relate subtraction to taking away by using calculations within contexts. Try putting characters in unusual contexts - parrots at the bus stop, fish in a tree...! Ask pupils to record the calculation behind the number story.

How to integrate: Modeled  


Calculation Stories - Altogether
Grades: 1-2
Summary: Describe and solve problems in different contexts, using number stories.
For example, there are five parrots in this tree, and two more in the other tree... so let's start with 5 and add on the others... how many are there all together?
Try unusual contexts, such as fish at the bus stop or submarines in a tree!
How to integrate: Modeled  

Comparing Sweets - Subtraction 
Grades: 2-3
Summary:  Ask pupils to give various amounts of sweets to the two children, then complete the number sentence below.
Challenge pupils to write the problem as a calulation (eg 6 - 3 = 3), then check with the reveal.

Or ask them to show a particular sum, eg 'what is the difference between 5 and 12? How can you show that using the sweets?'
How to integrate: Modeled   
  
T-Chart Spaceships 
Grades: 3-4
Summary:  The aliens have landed!  Bipods are aliens with two legs, Tripods are aliens with three legs.  Pick a total amount of legs you want and figure out how to reach that total using a T-Chart.  

How to integrate: Shared 


Thinking Block
Grades: 2-4
  
Summary:  This site is great to use models to help students understand math problems.  There are a lot of different options to choose from.  A great tool for students to visualize.

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent 

Patterns are Everywhere

Moon Rock Patterns 

Grade: 1-3

Summary: Here is a simple and fun activity about patterns.  Look at the pattern the spaceship leaves behind and place the appropriate moon rock on the question mark to complete the pattern. A perfect score is 400! Can you do it?

How to Integrate:  Shared, Modeled, Independent

Pattern Generator

Grades: 1-3


Summary:  This activity allows the user to learn to recognize several types of patterns through filling in the missing pieces. The patterns in this activity are made of:  -shapes - letter - numbers
Look at the pattern and see if you can continue it.  It has three levels of difficulty.


How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent

Crack Hacker's Safe
Grades: 3 and up

Summary: Crack Hacker's safe by figuring out the pattern.  Each pattern has two or three attributes that you must figure out.  It could be colour, number or shape!  

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent

Pattern Quest
Grades: 5 and up

Summary: Guess the secret pattern by choose 4 out of the 6 shapes. You have 8 chances to change your guesses until you guess the right pattern.

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent

Playing with Patterns
Grade: 1 - 2

Summary: A quick introduction to what patterning. Students will use shapes to create simple patterns.

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent


Who's Missing
Grades: 2-4

Summary: Look at what's is missing and try to figure out by looking at the pattern. 

Level 1:
Level 2:
Level 3


How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent


Music Pattern
Grades: 1-3


Summary: Listen to the pattern and see if you can figure out what comes next.  Patterns can be sound too!


How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent

Types of Graphs

Under the Sea! - Data Analysis 
Grades: 2-3


Summary: Learn Alberta has always short fun lessons for each strand.  In the Data Analysis, students can choose two topics - Organizing Data and Creating Bar Graphs. Here is a breakdown of the activities:


Organizing Data:
Crystal #1 - Tally Marks
Crystal #2 - Tally Chart
Crystal #3 - Line Plot
Crystal #4 - Line Plot


Creating Bar Graphs: 
Crystal #1 - Use tally chart to create bar graph
Crystal #2 - Label the data on the bar graph
Crystal #3 - Label the Bar Graph
Crystal #4 - Use the data in the bar graph to answer questions

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled, Independent

Bar Graphs - Interactive
Summary: A great interactive tool to use on the SmartBoard to show how we create bar graphs.

How to integrate: Shared


Exploring Graphing - Concrete Graph
Grades: 1-2

Summary: Olivia octagon will give a quick lesson on why it's important to use graphs. 

How to integrate: Shared



Counting Animals - Concrete Graph 
Grades: 1-2

Summary: Count the animals and shade in the box.

How to integrate: Shared



Cyber Chase - Bugs in the System
Grades: 2-3

Summary: It seems there's an infestation in cybrary.  Help graph the different colour bugs in each of the rooms to see how many there are altogether.

How to integrate: Shared, Independent

Make your own Pictograph
Grades: 1-3

Summary:  Show your students how to make a simple pictograph using this website.  You can customize the Picture, Scale and add a description and a title to your graph.

How to integrate:  Shared, Independent

Interpreting Data

Bar Graph 
Grades: 2-3
Summary: Using either horizontal and vertical bar graphs, students will learn to interpret the graph by extracting important information from the graph.  There are a variety of graphs to choose from.

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled


Pictograph
Grades: 2-3

Summary: Using horizontal and vertical pictograph, students must extract information from the pictographs.  There are a choice of units to change the scale of the pictograph.  Three questions to answer are:  How many ... ?, How many more... than ... ? How many fewer ... than ...? 

How to integrate: Shared, Modeled

Calculator Tally
Grades: 2-3

Summary: An easy start to having kids look at the data before it's put into the table.
How to integrate: Shared, Modeled
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