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= WIKISPACES WILL BE ENDING THIS SUMMER. I WILL MOVE THESE LINKS TO A GOOGLESITE IN THE FUTURE. = = Lenny's Hyperdocs = = These google docs have links and related materials for each topic. =
 * Lenny's Hyperdoc Blogs and twitter I follow, bell ringers, Dan Meyer links.
 * Apps My Favorite Math Apps
 * Algebra Number tricks and more
 * Brain Based Strategies To Boost Retention Primacy-Recency, Going Limbic, VAK and more
 * EIS Effective Instruction Series This hyperdoc has the links and resources that we used with the "teachers new to ESU6 schools" training
 * Elementary Math games and activities.
 * Holidays Activities to help celebrate several holidays
 * Why & How to Use Homework What is homework, homework policies, how much should it count and much more.
 * Homework Alternatives to typical math homework and related strategies to engage students
 * Games Resources and links for games in grades K-8
 * Geometry resources including origami, paper folding, pinwheel, frog and more.
 * Growth Mindset Carol Dweck and Jo Boaler The concept of a "Fixed vs Growth Mindset" is a **must utilize and implement** for every teacher and parent.
 * [|L to J] You Do Not Have Permission to Forget, Lee Jenkins
 * Managing Response Rates
 * Math Network ESU #6 Math Network ESU #4
 * Probability Stats Landing Page
 * My favorite Picture Books and ideas on how to use them with students.
 * Questioning Strategies to develop student understanding
 * ** STEM & STEAM Links **
 * Vocabulary resources, links, games, and more

= Lenny's Links to Connect to Children =
 * **KenKen links**
 * **Sticky Cloth or Cling Cloth**, Scotch Sticky Spray $16.29 from Amazon, From Amazon Nylon Material 36X 60 inches $5.99 link 60X180 $26. The second one may be a little better quality with better edge. I most recently went to Walmart and purchased a plain colored table cloth. My first one was too thin, the second one a little thicker works great. Powerpoint with examples
 * Subscribe to NCTM Stmart Brief
 * Sign up for Dan Meyer’s <span style="background-image: url(">[|blog] : More links for Dan Meyer, <span style="background-image: url(">3 Acts, <span style="background-image: url(">101 questions , <span style="background-image: url(">graphing stories
 * <span style="background-image: url(">Marilyn Burns Math Blog Sign up to receive Marilyn's Blog. This provides several math strategies for elementary and middle school.
 * <span style="background-image: url(">MiddleWeb is all about the middle school and middle grades with a sharp focus on teaching and learning in grades 4-8. Sign up to receive blogs
 * <span style="background-image: url(">Bedtime Math Making math a fun part of your child's life. Hints for doing math with your child are found <span style="background-image: url(">here.
 * Join <span style="background-image: url(">NCTM, choose from one of 3 journals. These would be the single best source of ideas to help your student enjoy learning mathematics.

= Check out Lenny's other Wikis = = Other ESU #6 Wikis =
 * Flipped Classroom thoughts and video teaching resources. **
 * Pre-algebra and algebra content
 * Geometry
 * For Parents
 * Manage Student Response Rates
 * Math Intervention Resources
 * http://esu6math.wikispaces.com/ check out on the left "Video Teaching Resources"
 * http://esu6craftknowledge.wikispaces.com/ Craft Knowledge document, descriptions, and YTube links
 * ESU #4 MRL with Design Questions and strategies
 * Resources for Best Practices Marzano Correlation from Laura Kroll
 * Activities and games to reinforce words that have been taught can be found at http://esu6vocabulary.wikispaces.com/Reinforcing+Taught+Words
 * http://esu6tig.wikispaces.com/ ESU #6 Wikispace developed by technology group.
 * http://esu6engagement.wikispaces.com/

A response for **"I am bad at math"** is posted on this [|blog.] Book for K-2 parents: Adding Math, Subtracting Tension: A Guide to Raising Children Who Can Do Math, Prekindergarten-Grade 2 Book for 3-5 parents: Adding Math, Subtracting Tension: A Guide to Raising Children Who Can Do Math, Grades 3-5 Best Jobs: #2 Mathematician, #3 Actuary, #4 Computer Systems Analyst.

= NCTM Links = = Lenny's Top Sites = = Interesting Math videos = = = = Blogs I follow: = = Recently discovered link =
 * NCTM web site
 * Teaching Children Mathematics twitter @TCM_at_NCTM
 * Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School @MTMS_at_NCTM
 * Mathematics Teacher @MT_at_NCTM
 * NCTM Facebook
 * Principals to Action Resources
 * Illuminations web site Illuminations provides free resources for math educators of pre-K through grade 12.
 * Twitter <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@NCTMIllum
 * Pinterest
 * Calculation Nation
 * Think Finity (searchable by Nebraska Standards)
 * YouCubed from Standford
 * Math Twitter Blogosphere
 * Google Earth and Math
 * Game show power points Be-A-Gameshow Host
 * NRICH enriching math
 * Math professional development from NCSM
 * http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/math interactive simulations
 * Dynamic Paper from NCTM Illuminations Does not work on Firefox, need to use Chrome or other web browser.
 * The Futures Channel [] Sign up for emails.
 * The free // Get the Math // multimedia project combines video and web interactivity to help middle school and high school students develop algebraic thinking skills with a focus on reasoning and sense making. []
 * NCTM SmartBrief brings you the mathematics education news that really matters. Knowledgeable editors handpick key articles from hundreds of publications, summarize them and provide direct links to the original sources. In other words, NCTM does all the research and you get the latest news in your inbox or on your handheld device, absolutely free. Subscribe at: []
 * Zoom smaller and smaller to view a cell or even molecules or zoom into outer space and see everything in between. Zoom
 * Activity packets from NCTM, elementary, middle level and high school. Packed with great ideas.
 * Free book down loads from Shell Centre
 * Girls are All About Math
 * "My Favorite Number" from the Big Bang Theory On a related question
 * 2011 was a prime year. The next prime year is 2017 and the next prime twins are 2027 and 2029. List of Primes up to 10,000
 * Donald Duck in MathMagic Land
 * Vihart Videos This one is on "Doodling in Math Class". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnX5_LbBDUthis one is a parody of the 12 days of Christmas.
 * Video of how Vihart creates videos.
 * Connecting the Dots parabolas, circles, and more,
 * Ted Talk Teaching Math Without Words
 * Uri Treisman NCTM 2013 presentation on equity, race, and the opportunity to learn for all students in math.
 * Powers of 10 video http://blog.powersof10.com/
 * Solar System and distances
 * Other math videos resources at http://esu6math.wikispaces.com/Video+Teaching+Resources
 * Math in the Movies
 * Greatest Picture
 * Dan Meyer http://blog.mrmeyer.com/
 * http://teachhighschoolmath.blogspot.com/
 * http://mathforum.org/blogs/max/
 * Math Arguments180
 * Dan Shaben's web site
 * 5 good mathematics feeds for teachers from Richard Bryne
 * Math Shell from NMPDS
 * MathChimp games, videos and worksheets for grades K-8
 * PHET from Colorado, lots of simulations and math activities
 * Looking at PISA results
 * Dynamic Paper This site from NCTM Illuminations allows the creation of graph paper, number lines, nets, geometric shapes, spinners, number grids and much more. I had problems with the applet using Firefox but it worked well using Google Chrome.
 * Math Links from Mrs. Joy Wolfe
 * Interactive elementary web sites
 * http://www.youcandothecube.com/secret-unlocked/solution-stage-one.aspx Is the rubik cube coming back.
 * http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=29945 "Get Outdoors and Do the Math" a collection of activities to do outside.
 * http://insidemathematics.org/ This web site contains lessons, videos, student work on a wide variety of mathematics by grade level.
 * http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/ Site underdevelopment that will provide resources to implement common core standards.
 * Interesting math fact in videos Numberphile
 * Clip art for the math classroom http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/math.php
 * Reasoning and Sense Making, new additions to NCTM library of books plus 5 new free activities on reasoning and sense making in different high school content areas. These can be found at http://nctm.org/standards/content.aspx?id=23749
 * Geogebra tutorials http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/more-geogebra-tutorials-for-beginners.html
 * http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/youth/getonthelist.shtml Free financial materials are available from the Actuarial Foundation. The materials are called "Building Your Future" There are also some math materials available at http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/youth_education.shtml
 * http://www.coolmath.com/ Cool Math Activities
 * http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ Interactive Mathematics and Puzzles
 * http://calculationnation.nctm.org/ Math game site developed by NCTM
 * [|http://jwelker.lps.org/]Jerald Welkers site with many resources for secondary
 * http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ lesson plans available in many areas including math..
 * [|Smart phones] used to help instruction in algebra.
 * [|http://www.adrianbruce.com] math games and math resources
 * [] geometry vocabulary, activities and applets
 * http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/ This site offers a wide variety of logic puzzles. Some traditional games with some new ones. I especially liked the battleship game.
 * http://purposegames.com/ This site allows to create a game as well as use created games to practice concepts.
 * http://kutasoftware.com/ worksheet generator some are free and a membership for others
 * [] This website has lots of resources. Random number picker, flash card generator, create a video game with 10 questions and answers and much more.
 * This study highlighted in Scientific America looks at the link between female teachers who are concerned about their math skills could be passing that along to the girls they teach. My observation is that ANY teacher who is not comfortable with math teaches memorization and procedures rather than understanding and that ALL of their students would suffer. http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=little-girls-are-made-of-sugar-and-2010-01-25
 * http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/ Wikispace with links other content resources
 * http://www.nctm.org/about/content.aspx?id=25054 A Missed Opportunity, Early Childhood Mathematics. "From the beginning, we should help children go beyond the vocabulary and rote elements to focus on mathematical relationships." "The NRC study reports that many early childhood programs do not extend children’s mathematical knowledge. Instead, they have these young students repeat the same tasks in varied settings without posing challenges that would push them to the next level."
 * http://www.nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=25036 podcast from 2009 NCTM paired with article from journal.

Lenny's information > Mr. D Teaching examples
 * ESU #10 video training
 * Math Ed podcast
 * Brick is Special http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRg0Cz
 * Sue Perfect Attendance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8OWQ6Zbin
 * The School Forms @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMngoQ69f5w&feature=related
 * Kids have trouble at school http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5nhGJabXss&feature=relmf
 * Brick and Math http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7l5LYiJHC0&feature=relate
 * Bloom's Taxonomy Seinfeld
 * Bloom's Pirates
 * Bloom's Andy
 * Five Minute University
 * English Study Group (Sketch Show)
 * Awareness Test (Moon Walking Bear)
 * Mouse Trap and Cheese
 * Conference Call
 * Bulldog & Persistence
 * 60 seconds on internet
 * Stuck on Elevator
 * Fibonacci Ted Talk
 * Bob Sun and The Power of Math
 * Power of Words Blind person sees
 * Omaha World Herald article ESU #3 Gretna Bennington Math Project Grades 2-8
 * NCTM Youtube channel
 * Top 10 math videos
 * Importance of vocabulary
 * 21st Century Learning
 * Student vs Learner - the housewarming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2Iv5D10Bs
 * Student vs Learner - the Quiz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by_eUi2C_g8&playnext=1&list=PL45209E5811AC6A7C
 * Student vs Learner - The teacher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hENtGSrOj5Y
 * NWEA http://mapregionmtg.wikispaces.com/
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroJtR9gQc8 Whole Brain Teaching 6th grade
 * http://wp.lps.org/math/ Delise web sites
 * http://mathplayground.com/ math games
 * http://www.10minutemath.com/ brown blobs
 * http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/videos.html
 * Big Bang favorite number http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYMmbHik08
 * Goal Setting from "A League of their own"
 * [|Miles Per Hour], how fast is 80 mph
 * Audri's Rube Goldberg Monster Trap
 * Kid Snippets "Math Class"
 * Flubero video http://flipteaching.com/index.php
 * ESUPDO YOUTUBE Smack down
 * 50 education/tech quotes to music
 * Pivot Table http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuhQ9lSMmjg
 * UNL math site http://scimath.unl.edu/csmce/index.php
 * Esher Stairway
 * Answer Getting by Phil Daro + Math Talk "Why Americans Stink at Math"
 * How to Maintain Classroom DisciplineHow not to do it, classroom from 50s
 * Whole Brain Teaching grade 6 choral response.
 * King of Queens chunking pizza order
 * Heart of a Teacher
 * Teacher video lessons to watch for video reflection
 * King of Queens12:40-15:30 substitute teaching
 * Grade 4 wake up exercise
 * My Favorite No
 * Whole Brain HS math
 * Whole Brain Order of operation