Melissa+Wiens

Online Resources to help develop and teach Multiplication Skills

Math Tools [] Skillwise [] Illuminations [] Timez Attack []

Lesson Plan __Topic__: Online Resources to help develop and teach Multiplication Skills __Outcomes__: on completion of this lesson a student will be able to: A) Find, search, and use these interesting resources: [|www.mathforum.org/mathtools] [|www.bbc.co.uk/skillwise] [|http://illuminations.nctm.org] __Lesson__: __Hook:__ it is well known how great a resource the internet for many topics; however, it can be quite frustrating to have to sieve through some of the information that is available. So, I have come up with 4 great resources and tools to help teach and develop math skills, while focusing on multiplication. __Objective__- by the end of this lesson you will be able to use these sites as great math resources, I will talk and explain each site and then give you time to explore and search 1. Math Tools [|www.mathforum.org/mathtools] Explain: a.  a catalog of many online math resources and a discussion forum b.  a community of users that includes students, teachers, mathematicians, researchers, and software developers. c.  Tools, lesson plans, support materials, activities, top teach a number of different mathematical lessons How to use: a.  Browse- choose course, topic, type of resource, and type of technology b.  Math Topics c.  Search- Multiplication- SHOW a.  Resource Name, Topic, Technology, Type, If it costs $ and then various ratings b.  Type:  i.  Tools: to help teach topic, visuals, games etc  ii.  support materials: explanations, study sheets  iii.  activities: for students  iv.  lesson plans: A) Math Tools - Use “Browse” to search a Gr.3 Multiplication Lesson Plans - Use “Math Topics” to search Gr. 4 Multiplication Resources
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2. Skillwise [|www.bbc.co.uk/skillwise] Explain: - Factsheets, worksheets, quizzes, and games to help improve skills- for both math and words How to use: a.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> games menu at top – list of all the games b. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Choose numbers- whole numbers – pick something under multiplication c. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Search- harder to find what you need – not as specific B) Skillwise: - Find- using any method and play a multiplication math game 3. Illuminations: [|http://illuminations.nctm.org] Explain: a) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Created by NCTM- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics b) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Activities, lessons, web links and standards (NCTM’s standards of what a good math program looks like) c) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Calculation nation- a few games where you can log-in and play against other opponents, or play as a guest on your own
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 * -** find a multiplication factsheet
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How to use: a. choose which heading you want to use Activities, lessons, or web links b. For activities or lessons: you can choose grade level and type in key word and hit search c. For web links choose “standard” or topic – lots of various resources – cannot narrow it down C) Illuminations: - search multiplication activities and then lesson for gr. 3-5 - play game at calculation nation __ Conclusion: __ Timez Attack- great video game that teaches and assesses multiplication automaticity- can download base version for free I’m sure there are many more sites available to use as math resources, but these will be an excellent place to go to when planning a math lesson plan J
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__ Assessment: __ Students will demonstrate their understanding of these useful websites by successfully searching for multiplication activities, and playing games. Instructor will wander about providing help and informally assessing whether they’ve got it.

**Teach In #2- Making Student Awards In Publisher** __Topic__: Making an Award on Publisher __ Outcomes __ : on completion of this lesson a student will be able to: make their own award on publisher __Lesson__: __Hook:__ Elementary students love getting awards from their teacher. It’s a useful way to show recognition of hard work and learning success. Learning how to make your own awards so simple that you’ll be making lots of them for your students! __Objective__- by the end of this lesson you will be able to make your own student awards __ Development __ When you open publisher, there is normally a wizard that pops up, giving you a large list of options to choose a template from. To create an award you will want to select **awards/certificates** Choose a template that you like the best. If you like the template but want to make a few changes- go to **tools**, and then **format publication.** You can also make an award without using a template. -Add text boxes (change font, colour, WordArt) and images (clip art, creative commons, flickr) -Group text/images together– press crtl- while selecting all the text box’s then right click and choose group- if you ever want to ungroup, select the text right click and choose ungroup - Add a background - **format background,** if you add you own picture it may repeat the picture rather than stretch it out - another option make your picture as big as your page, right click and send to back

Education World- Award templates (Microsoft word) that can be modified and printed - @http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml Billy Bear 4 Kids- Generic award templates, allows you the personalize with name and print @http://www.billybear4kids.com/show/awards/certificates.html 1,2,3 Certificate- Many award templates to choose from, allows you to add personal information and print - @http://www.123certificates.com/
 * Online Resources: Make your own, or get ideas**