Appropriate Web Sites:

http://www.funschool.com/index.html Frog Palace is a game found at the Funschool website. Upon entering the game, the student is told that they are to buy expensive stones (to build a palace for the Queen) with the King's money. In each scene, the student is given a price and they must recognize the dollar amount in terms of its place value. Using money bags that are divided into ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands, the student must pay out the correct amount. If correct, they receive the stones, get a cheer from the frogs and continue. If incorrect, they are prompted to try again. The game continues until the student has collected all the stones. Then, while waiting for the stones to be made into the castle, the student is prompted to play a math facts game. When that game is complete, the scene changes and reveals the new castle.

The Math Forum This is actually a great math website for all ages, but if you click this link it will take you directly to appropriate material for elementary grades. The site includes a forum for asking "Dr. Math" questions and also great puzzles, project ideas and word problems.

 

Example Lesson Plans:

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math.html#math1 This is an absolutely marvelous database of lessons for elementary mathematics! You will find lessons for grades K-5 and above in this database.

http://mathforum.org/teachers/elem/k-2/lessons-individual.html Another database of math lessons that includes a lesson called "Paper Dot Plates" which reinforces the understanding of sub concepts of a number and "Go Fly a Pattern" which covers several concepts including problem solving and reasoning as well as patterns.

http://www.dositey.com/mathk2.htm This website is full of terrific ideas and resources (including lesson plans) for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Number Sense...all geared for Grades K-2, but you can find more advanced math here as well.