Sunday, October 6, 2019

Digital Resources for Math Rotations


Learning rotations are an important part of today's elementary math classroom.  Here are some digital resources that are being used in our district.  Each of these resources may be used on student iPads.
As a 1:1 school, these really should be set up with each student using their own device.

Math rotations should include more than just worksheets and more than what is listed below.  I enjoy learning about how you organize learning rotations.  What are your students doing?

What other digital resources do your students successfully use?  I would like to get more added to this list.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

These are listed in no particular order.

MobyMax

Management:  Teacher and District
Login: a unique username/password.  ClassLink works great
Interface:  website
Grades:  K-8
Click here to get signed in.

XtraMath

Management: Teacher
Login:
     Teachers will use their school Google account.
     Students will login with a first name and PIN number.  ClassLink works great.
Interface: website
Grades: K-5
Click here to get signed in.

Happy Numbers

Management: Teacher and District
Login: 
     Students will sign in with a class number.  ClassLink works great.
Interface: website
Grades:  K-2
Click here to get signed in.

Khan Mappers

Management: Teacher
Login:  Use a school Google account.  ClassLink works great.
Interface: website
Grades:  This has worked well so far for 3-4.  I haven't seen how well it works for K-2

This spinoff of Khan Academy may be customized according to each student's MAP score. 
Click here to get signed in

OSMO Numbers

Management: none
Login:  none
Interface:  iPad App, available in Self Service
Grades: K-2

This is geared more towards our K-2 learners.
Students will complete leveled math activities.  This is best done when students use their own iPad and NOT shared devices.  This is one of several OSMO apps available to all students.

I have distributed iPad stands and mirrors to all K-2 classrooms.  Let me know if you would like to request more.

Click here to learn more.

Freckle Math

Management: Teacher
Login: 
     Teachers will log in with their school Google account.
     With the App, students may log in with a class code or QR code.
     From the website,  ClassLink works great.  With it, login info only needs to be entered once.
Interface: website or iPad App
Grades: K-5

There are student activities for math, ELA, social studies, and science.
Click here to get logged in.

Prodigy Math

Management: Teacher
Login: 
     Teachers will log in with their school Google account
     Students can get started with a class code.  Click on 'new student' to enter.
     For students using the website, it is set up in ClassLink.
Interface: website or App.
Grades: 1-8

Click here to learn more.

Mathigon

Management:  Self-managed
Login:
      Users will log in using their school Google account
Interface:  website
Grades:  K-12 for Activities, 6-12 for the Courses

Click here to read my separate blog post about this resource.

We had some successful piloting work using this tool on the interactive Promethean boards in K-2 classrooms.