One of the big pushes of the new Common Core State Standards is for students to obtain fluency in their facts. These facts expectations are, of course, different depending on the grade level that you teach. My colleagues and I are always looking for ways to make fact practice fun, easy, and meaningful to the kids. One great online tool that we have found to suite this need comes in the form of a website called http://xtramath.org/. This website provides easy to manage skill practice for a multitude of grade levels. Watch the introduction video to learn more!
One of the really neat features of the website comes in the form of classroom management. If you set up a class on the website, the site will manage kids taking turns if you only have a limited number of computers. When a student finishes his/her math problems for the day, the program will access the roster and let that student know who to grab to go on the computer next. Genius!
Has anyone used this website before for fact practice? What has your experience been with it?
Here are some fun math applications to practice facts:
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MathFirst
FlashToPass
Hungry Fish
Butterfly Math
Math Academy
WipeoutWall
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Thanks for sharing the list along with Lindsay's post. There's also TutPup too.
ReplyDeleteI use xtra math with many of my students last year and we are just getting into it this year as well. I love using it for many reasons. For one, it lets me know if my students are practicing. I also love the graph feature which shows you how each student is progressing. I usually do a mad minute at the end of each week and have students graph their progress. We then compare their progress to how long they spent practicing on xtra math during the week. Most students notice that there is a relationship between how long they practice and the number of facts they get correct on the mad minute.
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