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Mathematics

4.OA.1-3: Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

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1. AAA Math: Equations

Activity Description

AAA Math: Equations
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This activity gives students the needed practice to reinforce classroom instruction on simple algebraic equations. Each lesson provides the student with a short review of the lesson, interactive practice, and play, which includes timed games.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Diploma

Levels

High
2. Algebra Lab: Order of Operations

Activity Description

Algebra Lab - Order of Operations
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Algebra Lab is an online learning environment that focuses on the high school math topics and skills called upon in introductory science courses.  It has an excellent glossary and math topics appropriate for our learners. These include fractions, decimals, exponents, order of operation, and word problems. It provides vocabulary development and practice of language in a context related to math and science. Includes extensive teacher support, lesson plans, practice exercises, comprehension exercise, and more. For this activity, you will be presenting Order of Operations.

 

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels
3. Algebra2go: Pre-Algebra Math

Activity Description

Algebra2Go
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This Web site is filled with tools to assist teachers as they set up their math course as well as students looking for individual help. The site includes class notes, video worksheets, video lectures (using different formats if you cannot access YouTube), homework sets, topic quizzes to assess if students are able to skip the topic, and much more.

This is the Algebra2go Prealgebra course from Saddleback College with all lesson and class resources available for immediate download in one large zip file (1.14GB). 

 

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, ESL: English as a Second Language, CTE: Career Technical Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, Intermediate High, Advanced
4. EdReady: Math Readiness System

Activity Description

EdReady
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EdReady is a personalized math and English readiness learning system that evaluates the skills of each student in the context of their goal and then provides a learning pathway to mastery. EdReady supports and accelerates math and English readiness.

 

This activity takes you through the steps to set up your own EdReady account and how you can use it with your students.

 

OTAN supports agencies wanting to try EdReady with their students. They will set up teacher accounts and needed student pathways. Students are assigned a “Goal key” that ensures the student is working in their teacher’s account. Teachers can track student progress and time on task.

 

For more information about EdReady, please see the Web-based article titled, “Accelerate Learning with EdReady”.

 

 

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

5. GCF LearnFree: Basic Math

Activity Description

GCF LearnFree Math Lessons
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GCF LearnFree provides help with basic math in the areas of subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and percents. With an emphasis on images and interactives, their math tutorials make learning math easier. The tutorials are designed to be like a math workbook, so learners can practice what they learn directly within the lessons and learn at their own pace.

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

Low, Intermediate
6. Shodor Interactivate: Order of Operations

Activity Description

 
Interactivate: Order of Operations
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This activity allows two users to play a game of order of operations where each player tries to connect four game pieces in a row before his or her opponent does. The players can choose to answer problems that use addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, exponents, and parentheses. They can also choose the difficulty level. This activity would work well in groups of 2 for about 15-20 minutes.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

7. Shodor Interactivate: Solve for X

Activity Description

Project Interactivate is mathematics courseware containing more than 29+ classroom-tested interactive activities and tools. Suggested lesson plans and discussions based on various concepts contained in the activities help support standards-based approaches to mathematics education.

Shodor Interactivate Equation Solver
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Students can also use the site to learn fractions, do comparisons, create Venn Diagrams and practice other mathematics concepts. Great for the visual learner.

This activity allows students to practice solving algebraic equations using the additive inverse and multiplicative inverse properties. As the user solves the problem, the activity tracks each step, noting the property that was used and the number of steps used to solve the equation. There are three different levels of difficulty.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

8. Test Prep Review: GED Science Practice Test

Activity Description

 
Screenshot of GED Test Prep website
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This activity involves a GED Science practice test, which can be used as an in-class assessment, printed assessment without answers, or supplemental student resources following instruction. The site was originally set up for the 2002 GED; however, many of the modules are beneficial in preparing for 2014 GED. All assessments have answers and explanations. This is a commercial site and their intention is to sell their products; however, the practice tests are free.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

All Levels
9. Utah Education Network - Writing Algebraic Expressions For Words

Activity Description

 

Screenshot of the Writing Algebraic Expressions Lesson
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This activity asks students to translate verbal expressions into algebraic expressions and includes Evaluating Expressions Bingo Game and Expressions Card Game to practice their skills.

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

Intermediate, High
10. Algebra2go: Prealgebra Math

Activity Description

This Web site is filled with tools to assist teachers as they set up their math course as well as students looking for individual help. The site includes class notes, video worksheets, video lectures (using different formats if you cannot access YouTube), homework sets, topic quizzes to assess if students are able to skip the topic, and much more.

Algebra2Go
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Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Levels

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