I want to be a middle school math teacher. Here are some helpful math sites for other middle school math teachers to get ideas.
Math Fact Cafe
This site has a lot of math worksheets you can use, from word problems to money and multiplication tables. And it is FREE! They also have flashcards and games.
Math-Play
Math-play is a game site mostly for middle school math students. It has decimals, algebra, and geometry. BUT there is also elementary games and other fun games such as jeopardy that students will enjoy.
Math Playground
This website has several games and activities for math from 1st grade-6th as well as algebra and geometry. Any teacher can get fun ideas from it to use in their class or to make a technology-free game out of it to use as a class.
Cool Math 4 Kids
This site has A TON of games dealing with different types of math: multiplication, addition/subtraction, fractions, long division, and more! Plus the website looks really cool and kids would enjoy the games.
Owl & Mouse
This site is specifically for teachers. It has different ideas for 1st- 8th graders in math. There are lessons plans teachers can use to help their students learn in a fun and different way.
I thought this video was really cool! It is a step-by-step demonstration of a math game. It is called The Math Operations game and it has big cards students can use to play the game. Check it out!
From the same person as above, she describes another math game students can enjoy. This game is called the money game. Same as before, she goes over how to do it step-by-step, so it is easy for teachers and students to learn.
This guy shows us how to teach numbers to Kindergarteners. He uses a number grid, which students enjoy. Also it is somewhat a hands-on activity that everyone can love to do!
