Ms. Amundsen-Claeson's Classroom
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      • CLICK HERE for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
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        • Section 1: Exploring Common Core's Roots >
          • Understanding the Rationale >
            • Recognizing the Standards
            • Recognizing the Goals
            • Higher Standards or Not?
          • Tracing Common Core's History >
            • Identifying the Barriers
            • Resuming the Conversation
            • Developing the Common Core Standards
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          • State Adoptions and Implementation >
            • Recognizing Common Core States
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        • Section 2: Grasping the Basics of the Common Core State Standards >
          • Getting Your Hands on the Standards
          • Brushing Up on Mathematics Practice and Content Standards >
            • Meeting the Standards for Mathematical Practice >
              • Digging Deeper into the Math Practices
            • Getting Familiar with Content Standards by Domain
          • Exploring the English Language Arts Standards >
            • Improving Reading Comprehension
            • Balancing Fiction and Nonfiction
            • Honing Writing Skills
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            • Fine-tuning grammar, usage, mechanics, and vocabulary
            • Addressing Standard 10
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            • Tapping the ELA appendixes >
              • Differentiating standards from curriculum
          • Focusing on Instructional Shifts >
            • Navigating instructional shifts in math
            • Exploring instructional shifts in English language arts and literacy
        • Section 3: Supporting Common Core at Home: Your Role as a Parent >
          • Creating a Setting Conducive to Learning >
            • How to handle homework (or lack thereof)
          • Modeling Lifelong Learning
          • Encouraging and Nurturing a Curious Mind
          • Making Learning Resources Readily Available >
            • Focus on high-interest reading materials
          • Making Education Relevant to the Real World
          • Supporting the School's Efforts
        • Section 4: Teaming Up with Teachers >
          • Communicating Effectively with Teachers and Administrators
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        • Section 5: Doing the Math in Kindergarten through Grade 8 >
          • Looking at K-8 Content Standards
          • Honing Skills in Fractions, Division, and Volume in Grade 5 >
            • Operations and Algebraic Thinking
            • Number and Operations in Base Ten
            • Number and Operations: Fractions
            • Measurement and Data
            • Geometry
          • Exploring Ratios, Rates, Variables, Exponents, and More in Grade 6
        • Section 6: Helping Your Child Achieve English Language Arts Standards in K-5 >
          • Looking at the Anchor Standards
          • Mastering Foundational Reading Skills
          • Reading and Understanding Literature
          • Reading and Deciphering Informational Texts
          • Writing Clearly and Effectively
          • Speaking and Listening Standards
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        • Section 7: Raising the Bar: English Language Arts Standards in Grades 6-12 >
          • Reading More Sophisticated Literature and Informational Texts
          • Honing Your Child's Writing Skills
          • Mastering the Spoken Word: Speaking and Listening
          • Exploring Higher-Level Rules and Conventions of Language
        • Section 8: Mastering Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects >
          • Improving Reading Comprehension in History/Social Studies
          • Deciphering Texts on Scientific and Technical Topics
          • Writing about History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
        • Section 9: Ten Tips for Parents >
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          • Does the School Offer Any Opportunities for Academic Enrichment?
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        • Section 10: Ten Ways to Help Your Child Achieve Common Core Standards >
          • Know What Your Child Is Working On
          • Monitor Your Child's Performance
          • Have a Daily Homework/Study Routine
          • Provide a Study-Friendly Environment
          • Don't Do Your Child's Schoolwork
          • Praise Your Child's Efforts
          • Provide Interesting Reading Material
          • Encourage Your Child to Take Advantage of Academic Enrichment Opportunities
          • Take Fun, Educational Trips
          • Encourage Stimulating Hobbies
        • Section 11: Resources for the Common Core State Standards
      • Standards for Mathematical Practice (ALL grades)
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Long Division

Snork's Long Division Game
  • Interactive and guided long division practice that only accepts correct answers and truly guides the student step-by-step through long division problems. In the beginning, choose the highest number you want to work with (the divisor) to be a two-digit number, in order to practice with two-digit divisors.

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Long Division
  • An interactive long division tool.  

Short Division
  • A page that explains short division in detail. Short division is the same algorithm as long division, but some steps are only done in one's head, not written down. 

All Four Operations

Math Mahjong
  • A Mahjong game where you need to match tiles with the same value. It uses all four operations and has three levels.

Pop the Balloons
  • Pop the balloons in the order of their value. You need to use all four operations. 

MathCar Racing
  • Keep ahead of the computer car by thinking logically, and practice the four operations at the same time. 

Calculator Chaos
  • Most of the keys have fallen off the calculator but you have to make certain numbers using the keys that are left. 

ArithmeTiles
  • Use the four operations and numbers on neighboring tiles to make target numbers. 

SpeedMath Deluxe
  • Create an equation from the four given digits using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Make certain that you remember the order of operations. Includes negative numbers sometimes. 

Place Value

Numbers
  • Practice place value, comparing numbers, and ordering numbers with this interactive online practice. 

Megapenny Project
  • Visualizes big numbers with pictures of pennies. 

Powers of Ten
  • A 9-minute movie that illustrates the dramatic changes of scale when zooming in or out by powers of ten (40 powers of ten), starting from a picnic blanket and ending in the universe, and then starting from a hand to the proton inside an atom.

Keep My Place
  • Fill in the big numbers to this cross-number puzzle.

Estimation at AAA Math
  • Exercises about rounding whole numbers and decimals, front-end estimation, estimating sums and differences. Each page has an explanation, interactive practice, and games. 

Place Value Game
  • Create the largest possible number from the digits the computer gives you. Unfortunately, the computer will give you each digit one at a time and you won't know what the next number will be. 

Free Exponent Worksheets
  • Create a variety of customizable, printable worksheets to practice exponents.

Baseball Exponents
  • Choose the right answer from three possibilities before the pitched ball comes. 

Exponents Quiz from ThatQuiz.org
  • Ten questions, fairly easy, and not timed. You can change the parameters as you like to include negative bases, square roots, and even logarithms. 

Exponents Jeopardy
  • The question categories include evaluating exponents, equations with exponents, and exponents with fractional bases.

Pyramid Math
  • Simple practice of either exponents, roots, LCM, or GCF. Drag the triangle with the right answer to the vase.

Exponents Battleship
  • A regular battleship game against the computer. Each time you "hit", you need to answer a math problem involving exponents (and multiplication). 

Exponent Battle
  • A card game to practice exponents. I would limit the cards to small numbers, instead of using the whole deck.

Pirates Board Game
  • Steer your boat in pirate waters in this online board game and evaluate powers. 

Expressions and Equations

Calculator Chaos
  • Most of the keys have fallen off the calculator, but you have to make certain numbers using the keys that are left. 

ArithmeTiles
  • Use the four operations and numbers on neighboring tiles to make target numbers. 

Choose a Math Operation
  • Choose the mathematical operation(s) so that the number sentence is true. Practice the role of zero and one in basic operations or operations with negative numbers. Helps develop number sense and logical thinking. 

Order of Operations Quiz
  • A 10-question online quiz that includes two different operations and possibly parentheses in each question. You can also modify the quiz parameters yourself. 

The Order of Operations Millionaire
  • Answer multiple-choice questions that have to do with the order of operations, and win a million. Can be played alone or in two teams. 

Exploring Order of Operations (Object Interactive)
  • The program shows an expression, and you click on the correct operation (either +, -, x, ÷ or exponent) to be done first. The program then solves that operation, and you click on the next operation to be performed, etc. until it is solved. Lastly, the resource includes a game where you click on the falling blocks in the sequence that the order of operations would dictate. 

Order of Operations Practice
  • A simple online quiz of 10 questions. Uses parentheses and the four operations. 

Fill and Pour
  • Fill and pour liquid with two containers until you get the target amount. A logical thinking puzzle. 

Balance Beam Activity
  • A virtual balance that poses puzzles where the student must think algebraically to find the weights of various figures. Includes three levels. 

Algebraic Expressions Millionaire
  • For each question you have to identify the correct mathematical expression that models a given word expression. 

Escape Planet
  • Choose the equation that matches the words. 

Expressions: Expressions and Variables Quiz
  • Choose an equation to match the word problem or situation.

Equation Match
  • Match simple equations that have the same solution. 

Algebraic Reasoning
  • Find the value of an object based on two scales. 

Algebra Puzzle
  • Find the vale of each of the three objects presented in the puzzle. The numbers given represent the sum of the objects in each row or column. 

Battleship
  • An interesting game where the student must choose the right solution to a 1-step equation every time she hits an enemy ship. Although some of the equations involve negative solutions, the game is multiple-choice, so it's possible to guess the solution, even if the student isn't familiar with negative numbers. 

Algebra Meltdown
  • Solve simple equations using function machines to guide atoms through the reactor. But don't keep the scientists waiting too long or they blow their tops. Again, includes negative numbers. 

Words into Equations Battleship Game
  • Practice expressions such as quotient, difference, product, and sum. 

Balance when Adding and Subtracting Game
  • The interactive balance illustrates simple equations. Your task is to add or subtract x's, and add or subtract 1's until you have x alone on one side. 

Algebra Balance Scales
  • Similar to the one above, but you need to first put the x's and 1's in the balance to match the given equation. 
  •  - only positive numbers
     - includes negative numbers

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** Please remember that I am in class most of the day, Monday - Thursday, and in various meetings and ClassConnects on Fridays, and therefore may not be able to get back to you immediately. Email is the preferred method of communication and is checked (and responded to) in the evening Mondays through Thursdays, and throughout the day on Fridays. Voice mails left for me will be answered generally in the evening as well. Thank you for your patience and consideration, as I do have professional duties outside of the classroom and familial obligations as well. **

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