Ready-Made CPS Content For Math and Language Practice

Elementary teachers, you have got to check out this fantastic math practice site at www.ixl.com! This is of a great example of how quickly you can be up and running with CPS using the verbal question mode and content like this from the internet. This site has a membership plan, but you can also get up to 20 questions free every day...perfect for a practice or review in the classroom.

It is designed with math practice at home in mind, but the site layout and the ease of finding specific skill practices make it really conducive to using with clickers or a whiteboard in the classroom.

Right now, there is Pre-K through 5th grade content, with more grade levels coming soon.

Give it a shot at www.ixl.com!

Another example of using Internet content with CPS for math practice is this interactive game, Leon’s Math Dojo, a free game at IKnowThat.com. The practice mode is great for practicing as a class because there is no timer. After practicing, it would be fun for the class to use the actual game, which has a timer, to see if the entire class can beat the game. Just start the game, have the students buzz in with clickers, and then submit the classsroom majority answer after all have buzzed in. This makes math practice a lot of fun!

Another fabulous site that I checked out today for math practice and a few language arts games, is http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/. There are some hilariously interactive games here, many of which are most conducive to practice in a computer lab, where students can even play against each other. However, the single player games would work great to play as a class using the whiteboard or CPS. For example, the single-player game, Minus Mission, would be really fun to play using the Mobi tablet. After the student answered, he/she could pass the tablet to the next person. It is a timed game, so this makes it even more challenging, but also adds to the classroom excitement! The single-player game, Country Toad, could be played in class the same way, but it teaches countries and their capitals.

These are all some great examples of using interactive Internet content with CPS and the whiteboard to keep students more engaged, and these sites allow all students to participate in gaming content while having fun learning.