JLA Math PD

Online Activities

• Cyberchase - Online games and activities the correspond with the PBS television show - covers lots of math topics

• Illuminations Tools - interactive tools from NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Illuminations website to help teach math concepts; lesson plans also available at this site
• Immex - elementary math problem sets include: Monster Mash (2-4); Paul's Pepperoni Pizza Palace (2-3); and Mini Buffy's Millennium Party (4-6)
• KET EncycloMedia - also known as United Streaming
• Marco-Polo Education Site - includes link to Illuminations
• McGraw Hill Math - companion website to several math series offering online games, activities and lesson plans
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Teacher Resources

• Fizz and Martina Series - three titles are available for checkout from the JLA library
  • Buddies for Life - (1/2) Covers basic addition/subtraction facts; simple story problems
  • Caves of Blue Falls - (2/3) Covers addition and subtraction; units of money, measurement & time
  • Blue Falls Elementary - (3/4) Covers multiplication facts; one and two-step story problems