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Games and Extra Practice

Below are a number of resources for parents to further supplement lessons with online practice questions, videos, printable worksheets, and fun games to play at home.

The links below may provide students with an opportunity for practice. These websites are not connected to CEMSE or to Everyday Mathematics and our posting them does not constitute an endorsement.

Games by Grade and Unit

This page contains a list of games listed by grades and units.

Extra Math Practice


IXL

IXL provides a fun and engaging environment in which students can practice their math skils and be rewarded for their hard work. If you purchase a membership, you can also set goals, track students' progress, and monitor their usage information.

Khan Academy

This site features a library of over 2,700 instructional videos and 240 practice exercises covering a variety of subjects, including many elementary mathematics topics.

XtraMath

XtraMath is a free web-based program that helps students master basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Students learn to recall them quickly and accurately and can then use these math facts as a basis on which to build more complex problem-solving skills.

Figure This

Math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families.

Games


Everyday Mathematics Online

Everyday Mathematics Online provides many useful resources for students and parents, including games and an interactive reference book to help with assignments. To use it, you'll need to know your username and password, which you can get from your teacher if your school has subscribed.

Interactive Arithmetic

One- and two-person versions of "Connect Four" help reinforce addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills.

Games for practicing a variety of skills

Fun and interactive online games to practice a wide range of skills, including multiplication, angles, percentages, and other skills.

Help with Understanding Concepts


National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

This website links to hundreds of "virtual manipulatives," which can help students visualize and better understand concepts covered by the Everyday Mathematics curriculum.

Telling Time

Make the Sun rise and set with this interative clock while learning to tell time.

Create Graphs

Practice making pie, bar, line, area, and x/y graphs.

Generate Random Numbers with Virtual Dice

This random number generator comes in the form of many-sided virtual dice. Use conventional integers or custom-design your very own!

Other Resources


Fun Facts from Factoid

These fascinating facts will encourage students to learn more about math and science.

Math links on the Internet Public Library

The Math page connects to scores of links to help learn more about geometry, measuring, money, and more!

EM for Parents

Everyday Mathematics for Parents: What You Need to Know to Help Your Child Succeed

The University of Chicago School Mathematics Project

University of Chicago Press

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Related Links

Everyday Mathematics Online

With a login provided by your child's teacher, access resources to help your child with homework or brush up on your math skills.

Understanding Everyday Mathematics for Parents

Learn more about the EM curriculum and how to assist your child.