The productivity tools a computer offers coupled with real life situations in the classroom has taken math to a new level. Students gain by demonstrating and modeling math concepts learned through their drawings, writings, and demonstation of numeration skills. These tools and applications can be wonderful assessment tools.

Pizza Day Fractions

Students can use the following activities to review and assess skills in counting change. Students can use coins in the symbol library to fill the boxes in this inspiration template. Using the moving van tool in Kid Pix, students can manipulate the mouse to move the change to the appropriate boxes. Use the Piggy Bank site to create your templates!

Piggy Bank
Inspiration Template

Using the digital camera students can take pictures to display math they view everyday in their school building. Coupled with calculating and writing this becomes a very powerful tool.

Excel Multiplication Template

Graphing with Graph Club, Excel and even drawing graphs can only strengthen students skills in collecting, gathering, picturing and reflecting about their data.

Graphing Valentine Hearts
Favorite Pets
Probability with Dice Rolls
Graph Reflection with Excel

Some Graphing Ideas

Creating a Pictograph in Excel

Online Math Tools
There are so many interactive math tools available to students. Using them coupled with real hands on manipulatives can only strengthen young mathmaticians.

Print out patterns created by students for other students to copy using the real pattern blocks.

Activity Pattern Blocks
How to Use the Pattern Blocks

Students are challenged to use all seven piece to complete the eight different patterns. Luckily for some, hints are provided.

Tanagram Puzzles at Illuminations