Marvelous Math with Mrs. Rose

Click HERE to try an interactive geometry exploration online.  Using virtual manipulatives, you can explore how to find the area of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles!

This site, from NCTM’s Virtual Manipulatives Library, can also be accessed through this URL:

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=2&srchstr=Geometry

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below!

Mrs. Rose

Math Enrichment, or extending our students’ thinking in mathematics, comes in many forms.  It happens in the classroom; at home; while working on projects in other subject areas; and even on the computer.

One of my favorite sources of Math Enrichment is using technology, especially virtually manipulatives, on the computer.  Parents–please visit some of links I’ve included in “Wonderful Websites” on the banner of my blog.  Worthwhile opportunites to extend our children’s thinking in number sense, algebraic expressions, geometry and measurement, data and probability, etc., are available from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) websites, found at:

 http://illuminations.nctm.org/

I really like this site because you can search by content area, grade level, math standard, etc., etc.  Student can work with virtual manipulatives online and parents can read about standards, problem solving, sample lessons, you name it!

Please check this site out  as well as others listed on my blog banner for some family Math fun!