Mathematical Share-a-thon

Wouldn’t it be nice if you opened your email and up popped a series of mathematical supports?

Let’s start the year off right. Below I have listed ten resources that I think every math teacher should be exposed to. Add them to your math toolbox and enjoy. Your task is to continue this share-a-thon. Take the time to write a quick email listing your ten mathematical resources and send it out to as many math teachers as you can (the more the merrier). Ask these teachers to then do the same. A little exponential growth would be a good thing.

Be creative and don’t worry if your resources are not web based, books are a good thing too! Can’t think of ten? That’s okay. The idea of this mathematical share-a-thon is to support one another in this sometimes lonely field of teaching. Let’s share the wealth we have stored in our file cabinets and join together to spread the joy of mathematics.

Katrina’s Ten Mathematical Resources

1. Mathalicious contains CCSS lessons which ask real questions in open-ended ways requiring students to problem solve and think critically.

2. Yummy Math provides teachers with real-life lessons to bring into their math classrooms. Concepts are explored that are interesting to students with the goal of increasing mathematical engagement, reasoning, critical thinking and communication.

3. Livebinders is a bookmarking tool with resources galore. Create and organize your own materials. Search through other professional binders to find math content sorted by tabs. All the research is done for you here. You just have to do a quick search. Try searching for “CCSS” and you will be amazed what comes up!

4. TeachersPayTeachers is open marketplace where teachers buy, sell and share teacher created resources. Creating an account is free and you can download resources for as low as $1.

5. Formulator Tarsia is a free software download. With Tarsia you can create mathematical learning activities (jigsaws, domino activities, card sorting activities, etc) to print out, save and exchange for classroom use.

6. NRICH is an online resource which offers free enrichment materials to help inspire and engage learners.

7. Pinterest is the latest crave in visual bookmarking. The teacher resources to be shared are too vast to name. Take the time to investigate this tool and you will truly be amazed at the resources readily available to you. Follow my Pinterest boards www.pinterest.com/theboss1000/ and I will follow you back. You can even collaborate with a colleague, like Lynn Dizazzo and I have....check our our boards http://www.pinterest.com/pendesk/

8. Teaching Channel is rich with mathematical videos, lessons and general teaching resources. This collection is a phenomenal showcase of effective teacher videos to inspire teacher learning and instruction. Check out the new videos related to the CCSS!

9.  Ole Miss Math Contest adds some worldwide competition to the classroom. Students use various mathematical skills to work through the challenge of the week for some friendly math competition. If they are lucky, they may even win an Ole Miss Rebels t-shirt.

10. 101 Questions is Dan Meyer’s latest mathematical creation. Dan posts photos and then poses his big question, “What’s the first question that comes to mind?” Great hooks for lesson starters.

Don’t forget to share your ten!

Even better share them on Twitter....I can be found @mrskatrinahall and @pendeskllc