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      Due to copyright reasons, I will not be posting any official Math in Focus materials.  Below are links that are related.  To access official Math in Focus materials online follow these directions: Math In Focus access
       
       

      Bar Modeling samples and practice can be found using "Thinking Blocks" on www.mathplayground.com
       
       
      National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has a great website called Illuminations for lessons and activities organized by grade and topic.
      http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx
       

      http://www.math-aids.com/ - Print practice worksheets for virtually any topic! 

       
      Check out fun activities at www.mathcats.com  cat
       
      Chapter 1: Whole Numbers
      Place Value Blocks 
      usdebtclock.org - WOW! - See if you can wrap your brain around this!
      Car Racing game -  Greater Than / Less Than            >   /  < 
        Estimating Products 
       
      Chapter 2: Whole Number Multiplication and Division  
      Thinking Blocks - Bar Models
       Try this timed test! (Extended Facts)
       Estimating Products
      www.multiplication.com - lots of games and strategies for learning facts
      Schoolhouse Rock videos 
      mathplayground.com - division facts
      aaamath.com - more division practice
      aaamath.com - long division practice
      Order of Operations - Make 24 game at mathplayground.com
      Multiplication board game (bigger numbers) 
      mathworksheetsgo.com - long division practice with 0 in the quotient
       
      Chapter 3:Fractions - Adding/Subtracting    
       Thinking Blocks - Bar Models
      Baseball Math - Take a swing at simplifying fractions 
       

      Find Grampy - Use benchmarks for estimation  

       
      Worksheet Generator - Print some practice problems
       
      Khan Academy - Fractions  Everything you need to know!
       
      Chapter 4:Fractions - Multiplying/Dividing  
       Thinking Blocks - Bar Models
       Multiplication - fractions and mixed numbers - you enter the numbers, see the result, and make sense of the process.
      mathplayground.com - solve and simplify multiplication of fractions
      What is the rule?   See multiplying fractions using letters to gain insight into algebra.
      Multiplying mixed numbers- See it with pizza!
      1 or 2 player jeopardy game - multiplying and dividing fractions / mixed numbers 
      Put on Your Thinking Cap - Mimi's Lettuce 
       
       Chapter 5: Algebra
      Thinking Blocks - Bar Models that you create 
      (click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Algebra" tab on left side)
      Coolmath.com - Mini-lesson on solving equations
      Khan Academy - distributive property lesson
      Khan Academy - Commutative and associative properties
       
      Chapter 8: Decimals (to the thousandths) 
       Place Value Blocks  -  change the value to 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001
      Thinking Blocks - Bar Models that you create 
       
      (click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Decimals and %" tab on left side)
      mathisfun.com - addition and subtraction 
       funbrain.com - regrouping to the hundredths
      decimal sharks - round to the hundredths 
      shodor.org - rounding decimals playing "connect 4" with a friend 
       Quia - decimals and whole numbers jeopardy game
       
       
      Chapter 9: Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
        Thinking Blocks - Bar Models that you create 
      (click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Decimals and %" tab on left side)
       math-play.com - Decimals jeopardy game (adding/subtracting/multiplying)
      ixl.com - estimating products with whole numbers review 
      mathisfun.com - dividing decimals with long division review (click here for animation)
       mathplayground.com - dividing decimals by decimals video 
      virtualnerd.com - review of estimating quotient with compatible numbers 
       
      Chapter 11: Graphs and Probability
       

      Shodor.org - Fire!!!

       commoncoresheets.com - review worksheets to download/print
       shodor.org - mini-lesson and interactive tool activity
      softschools.com - double bar graph maker
      mathplayground.com - coordinate grid "Find the Aliens" game 
      purplemath.com - using a T-chart to find plot points
      KhanAcademy - graphing lines tutorial 
      math-play.com - theoretical probability  
      shodor.org - experimental probability  
      (read a discussion about theoretical versus experimental probability)
       Studyjams.scholastic.com - Tree diagrams 
       
      Chapter 12: Angles
       mathisfun.com - types of angles + interactive model
       mathplayground.com - measuring with a half-protractor
      mathisfun.com - vertical angles + interactive model
       
      Chapter 13: Properties of Triangles and Four-sided Figures 
      mathisfun.com - classifying triangles + interactive model 
      mathisfun.com - quadrangles interactive model
      Khanacademy.com - triangle inequality theorem
       
      Chapter 14: Three Dimensional Shapes
      education-portal.com - types of pyramids and more 
      mathisfun.com - click on shape: prisms, cylinder, sphere, cone
      mathisfun.com - platonic solids (contains edges, faces, vertices, nets, and formulas for surface area and volume) 
       
       
      Chapter 15: Surface Area and Volume
      nationalgeographic.com - 1 cubic foot video (more available at website) 
      mathworksheets4kids.com - surface area worksheets for various solids
      mathworksheets4kids.com - volume worksheets for various solids 
       
      Chapter 6: Area of a Triangle
       flocabulary.com - music video
      ixl.com - online practice 
      mathopenref.com - includes examples with decimals 
      shodor.org - change difficulty to include height outside of the triangle
       
       
      Chapter 7: Ratio
      Thinking Blocks - Bar Models 
       
      aaamath.com - find the ratio 
      aaamath.com - determine number based on ratio 
       math.rice.edu - word problems with visual aids
      shodor.org - a thinker if you dare to follow the tortoise and the hare. 
      articlesforeducators.com - challenging problem only for those who really want to think!
       
      Chapter 10: Percent
      Thinking Blocks - Bar Models that you create 
      (click on "Problems" tab in the lower right corner, then the Green tab in top right corner, followed by "Decimals and %" tab on left side)
      mathplayground.com - Percent Shopping
      mathplayground.com - Percent Invaders (you set the percentage to practice) 
      math-play.com - percent/fractions/decimals jeopardy game 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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      algorithms, fractions, graphs, etc.!
       

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