This year's math bulletin provides parents, students and educators with a variety of back to school resources for mathematics and provides you with several ideas, texts, tutorials and activities to begin thinking mathematically. The Math Bulletin provides resources for all math topics and for all levels beginning at early numeracy to college level.
The Shopping Bag:
Resources for Educators of Math will provide you with a variety of hand picked resources that were selected specifically to guide and assist you with the teaching of math.
The 'TOP TEN" Resources found at the above link include:
- Math Activities For Every Month of the Year
- Math Teacher's Book of Lists
- The Teaching of Math
- 5-10 Minute Classroom/Home Math Starters
- Just for the NEW Math Teacher
- Making Sense: Teaching and Learning Math with Understanding
- Teaching Middle School Math
- New Approaches to Teaching Math
- How the Mind Creates Math
- So What? Teaching Children What Matters in Math
Graphing Calculators are tools for quickly visualizing math. Just type an equation and it is drawn for you without complicated dialogs or commands. Graphing Calculators are essential for classes ranging from algebra through pre-calculus and biology to physics. Most Graphing Calculators include advanced statistics and financial features. See your equations, graphs, and coordinates all at the same time. Jump directly to points just by entering a number. Solve equations interactively for different variables. Also great for "what ifs." Many middle school students are required to have Graphing Calculators and almost all high school students are required to have them.
* Be sure to find out what your instructor's specifications are prior to making the purchase.Graphing Calculator Manuals will be helpful to those students at the beginner level or those delving into higher level skills in statistics and calculus.
Top 10 Multiplication Games that encourage children to rote-learn (memorize) the essential multiplication facts in a fun and motivating fashion. A sure fire way to improving math performance.
Free Resources
Worksheets You'll find a variety of topics at all grade levels. A great planning resource for the first week back to school. Select a few worksheets and copy them for your first week back.
Math Lesson Plans will provide you with numerous lesson ideas created by other math teachers. This resource grows on a regular basis.
Free Tutorials for the graphing calculator.
Grade by Grade Goals gives you a set of outcomes required for each grade. This handy reference will provide you with the concepts required to enter each grade. If you are in need of some extra support in a particular area, you will want to select the subject from the subject library and take a few tutorials or look through our tutor section which provides you with a listing of tutors that are available online and through email.
Math Formulas provide you with a great strategy to do some review before going back to math class. Most formulas should be memorized and one method to memorizing the formulas are to do a variety of math problems!
Great Beginnings will provide parents and educators with strategies for young children. An early start in math will lead to academic success. Starting as early as 2 years of age will have long term gains!
