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Elementary School

Some good sources of elementary school math tasks (in no particular order):

Basic Fact Practice and Assessment:
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Games for Young Minds
Math Fact Fluency Games
Fluency without Fear
Math Fact Fluency Assessments

​Early Math Counts - resources designed to foster development of early math skills in children between birth and age five

Student-Centered Math - collection of resources which ensure students are at the center of learning

​Number Sense Routines - Google slides for every day of every grade level by Calvert County

Yummy Math - easily searchable database of real-world math activities

Bookshelf of Virtual Manipulatives

Math Visuals - visualizations of a variety of elementary math concepts

Same or Different? - What is the same?  What is different?  
Same but Different - Similar images with at least one difference.  What is the same?  What is different?  

​Number Talk Images - Interesting images meant to be used as launches for Number Talks
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Problem-Based Lesson Search Engine - Searches many of the sites listed below

Thinking Routines - Project Zero's Core Thinking Routines

101 Questions - Given an image, what is the first question that comes to mind?  

Estimation 180 - Ideas to foster number sense

Fraction Talks - Number talk prompts related to fractions

GFletchy's 3-Act Lessons - Short videos to encourage question posing by students

Splat! - Visual representations to build number sense, estimation, and algebraic thinking

Numberless Word Problems - To get kids thinking about the situation rather than the computation

When Math Happens 3 Act Math - Short videos to encourage question posing by students

Open Middle - Challenging math problems worth solving

Nrich: British website of rich tasks

Math Pickle - Math games and puzzles organized by grade or subject

YouCubed Tasks: Open-ended, low floor/high ceiling tasks organized by grade and concept

NCTM's Illuminations: Lessons and interactives sortable by concept or grade level

Inside Mathematics: Lesson tasks, performance assessments, problems of the month

Illustrative Math: Tasks aligned to CCSSM standards.

Which One Doesn't Belong - Collections of four items (of mathematical nature).  An argument for selecting any one of the four items can be made. 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Math Learning Center - Free virtual manipulatives for iPad, Chromebook, or web-based for computer or smartboard

GeoGebra Shape Makers - Students can derive the definitions of quadrilaterals through exploration of these shape makers. 

Howard County Public Schools - Routines, lesson seeds, videos...  Organized by grade/course

​Virtual Math Resources - Google slides to use in online instruction

​Would you rather? - Math conversation starters

​Math Plus - Mental math exercises and discussion prompts

Compound Interest for Kids - Games to help children learn about compound interest (even for young children!)
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Children's Books:
Which One Doesn't Belong

Professional Resources:
Teaching Through Problem-Solving
The Common Core Mathematics Companion: The Standards Decoded

Putting the Practices into Action book and online resources
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