LearnZillion has tons of free video math lessons that end with a quiz. Those in themselves are not that big of a deal, but three nice things about them are that they are designed by teachers, are free, and that teachers can create “virtual” classes and monitor student progress on them.

As a non-math teacher and as someone who detests anything to do with math, I cannot vouch for the quality of these lessons. However, I’m still adding it to The Best MATH Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress.

I heard about LearnZillion on NPR’s Market Watch program, and you can read/hear it here.

Oxford Owl is designed as a support site for parents to use with their children and help with reading and math. It’s great activities, though, would make it a nice addition to work during the school day, too. It has tons of online ebooks that provide audio support for the text, along with interactive follow-up exercises. It has plenty of math games and even math ebooks.

I’m adding it to The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers.

The BBC has recently added some new games to their Schools website. They’re good, but I wouldn’t necessarily say they are their best, so I won’t be adding them to any of my “The Best…” lists. They do provide some audio for the text, though, so they could also be engaging to English Language Learners:

Bitesize Science MI High

Bitesize Bamzooki Math

Bitesize Sarah Jane Adventures Science

Bitesize English Trapped

Here’s the newest addition to The Best MATH Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress:

This comes from Tracy Macfarlane: I love xtramath.org. It is a free site that helps kids master their math facts. Initially, the student takes an assessment quiz of what they already have mastered as indicated by a response of 3 seconds or less. Each consecutive session is based on the outcome of the previous assessments. It takes about 5 minutes a day, provides corrective feedback, visuals for goal setting, and can be used for the whole class or set up at home by a parent.

A big thanks to Kelvin Hartell, who let me know about Study Ladder.

It has impressive literacy, science and math interactives, and teachers can set-up “classrooms” to keep track of student work. Plus, it’s free!

I’m adding it to both The Best MATH Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress and to The Best Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress.

The Best Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress is a “The Best…” list that can come in very handy for teachers and for students. It lists free sites where teachers can register their students, and both can keep track of their progress. They can be useful for reinforcing concepts and language learned in the classroom. Most, thought not all, of the sites on that list focus on English.

I thought a similar list targeting sites that let teachers and students do the same with Math could be useful. I know that over the years I’ve seen a number of them, but never bothered to bookmark the sites.

So I put out a call this blog and on Twitter for suggestions. Here is what people recommended, and I hope others will contribute more:

Brad Wilson made this suggestion: Ten Marks is one that focuses on math. A colleague of mine really liked it, although I have not registered my own students before. Another for both ELA & math assessments is Easy CBM.

Nancye Blair wrote: Sokikom.com has a free component for number sense- fractions/decimals/prevents – that is very well developed, adaptive, and includes video tutorials. My students love it! They also have several components that one could pay to add on.

Bryan Corcoran said: One site that I’ve found to be quite beneficial is ThatQuiz.org. Toying around has found quite a variety of items to introduce and review with the students, and it catalogs quite a bit of data, making it easy to pinpoint individual problems, as well as class issues with specific math concepts.

Carrie Ward commented: In the past I have used Tutpop to register a whole class and track the progress they make with math through games played with each other as well as students from around the world! There are different levels, but it is aimed at elementary. I can’t remember who first told me about this site, but I like it.

This comes from Tracy Macfarlane: I love xtramath.org. It is a free site that helps kids master their math facts. Initially, the student takes an assessment quiz of what they already have mastered as indicated by a response of 3 seconds or less. Each consecutive session is based on the outcome of the previous assessments. It takes about 5 minutes a day, provides corrective feedback, visuals for goal setting, and can be used for the whole class or set up at home by a parent.

A big thanks to Kelvin Hartell, who let me know about Study Ladder. It has impressive literacy, science and math interactives, and teachers can set-up “classrooms” to keep track of student work. Plus, it’s free!

LearnZillion has tons of free video math lessons that end with a quiz. Those in themselves are not that big of a deal, but three nice things about them are that they are designed by teachers, are free, and that teachers can create “virtual” classes and monitor student progress on them.

As a non-math teacher and as someone who detests anything to do with math, I cannot vouch for the quality of these lessons. I heard about LearnZillion on NPR’s Market Watch program, and you can read/hear it here.

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The Best Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress is a “The Best…” list that can come in very handy for teachers and for students. It lists free sites where teachers can register their students, and both can keep track of their progress. They can be useful for reinforcing concepts and language learned in the classroom.

Most, thought not all, of the sites on that list focus on English. I think a similar list targeting sites that let teachers and students do the same with Math could be useful. I know that over the years I’ve seen a number of them, but never bothered to bookmark the sites.

If you know of any, would you mind leaving a comment. If your recommendation is included in the list I post, I’ll be sure to credit the people who made the suggestions.

Thanks!

Change The Equation is a new organization (it actually launched today) that, as Claus von Zastrow (its CEO) says:

…is an outgrowth of President Obama’s Educate to Innovate campaign–It has over 100 corporate members who are joining forces to improve STEM education. The aim is to help them align their engagement and philanthropy to make a bigger difference than they can alone.

Claus’ name might be familiar to readers. I often quoted his writings when he was director of Learning First, his previous position.

Claus also has a new blog which I’ve added to my RSS reader, and I suspect many more will, too!

Pie Color is an easy place to make pie charts that you can embed.

I’m adding it to The Best Tools To Make Simple Graphs Online.

Thanks to Internet Techies and Nunavut_Teacher for the tip.

I learned from Richard Byrne today that Dan Meyer, a highly regarded math teacher who uses a lot of multimedia in his lessons, has generously placed his entire curriculum for Geometry and Algebra online for people to use.

Also, just a reminder that I have my entire United States History curriculum from one year ago online, too.

Lastly, even though they certainly are not as complete, you might also find the lessons in my Theory of Knowledge, Ninth Grade English, and Intermediate English class blogs useful.