Are you using these 5 awesome websites for free math worksheets?

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Are you using these 5 awesome websites for free math worksheets?

If you’re like most math teachers, you pride yourself on creating your own materials. But every now and then, especially when time is limited, you need to use outside resources.

Having access to unlimited educational math content online can be both empowering and overwhelming at the same time. You want to find resources that will enrich your lessons and benefit your kids without wasting tons of time and energy surfing the web.

So, to make your life easier, here are 5 reliable websites that share useful, high quality, engaging, and easily printable math worksheets and activities for all grade levels:

1.) Engage NY Learning Modules

 
 

EngageNY shares a ton of printable, standards-based Pre-K through Pre-Calculus learning modules that you can use to structure entire lessons, differentiate existing ones, and to give your students extra practice. Another great feature of EngageNY is that all of their resources include scaffolding instructions for English Language Learners.

2.) Education.com/Resources

 
 

Education.com shares resources covering topics including arithmetic, geometry, money, time and measurement. Their learning resources are colorful, creative, and extremely popular with elementary and middle school math teachers 

3.) Kuta Software

When it comes to mastering math topics, practice is important. And while you're probably not a fan of teaching math exclusively through the use of high-volume, repetitive problem-solving, your students certainly need opportunities apply their skills. This need for practice is where Kuta Software's extensive library of K-12 topic-based math worksheets will save you lots of time and energy.

4.) Mashup Math

Our ever-growing collection of grade-specific pdf math worksheets (with answer keys) shares hundreds of free printable resources and activities. Click here to visit the website, then click on any grade level to access the free worksheets and answer keys.

5.) Eureka Math by GreatMinds.org

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Eureka Math is more than just a library of math resources and activities, it's a free, comprehensive K-12 math curriculum that is quickly becoming top-rated and widely used nationally. You can download your free PDF version of the Eureka Math basic curriculum, which includes over 20,000 pages and features sequenced lessons, formative assessments, and fully integrated professional development for Grades PK—12 by clicking here.

Do you have any suggestions, insights, and/or websites that could be added to this list? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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By Anthony Persico

Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.

 
 

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Are You Ready? 5 Free St Patricks Day Math Activities for Grades 3-8

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Are You Ready? 5 Free St Patricks Day Math Activities for Grades 3-8

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Are you ready to channel your kids' enthusiasm for St. Patrick's Day into learning math?

Math puzzles give your kids an opportunity to think critically and deeply about mathematics, develop problem-solving strategies, and work through challenging problems.

And when math problems incorporate your kids' personal interests, their engagement will skyrocket!

So, go ahead and try these challenges and puzzles with your kids this month. These free and printable St. Patrick's Day math activities are perfect for warm-up and/or cool-down activities and are great for sparking mathematical discussions in your home or classroom. The puzzles are perfect for students in grades 3 through 8.

How to Download: You can download any of the puzzles by right-clicking on the image and saving it to your computer or by dragging-and-dropping it to your desktop.

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1.) Find the value of the '?'

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Top Hat = 3

Pot of Gold = 9

Teddy Bear = 5

Irish Flag = 4

? = 21

Hint: Start with the Teddy Bear.

 


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2.) Multiplication tables work like a Bingo board, where the value of each box represents the product of its corresponding row and column.

Rainbow = 0

Green Hat = 1

Leprechaun = 2

Heart = 4

Pot of Gold = 0

Shamrock = 5

Looking for more free math challenges like this one to share with your kids? click here


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3.) Multiplication Area Model

Area models help kids to think visually about multiplication, which is the approach that Mathematical Mindsets author Jo Boaler recommends most for improving math understanding.

Balloons = 10

Shoe = 6

Leprechaun = 60

Shamrock = 30


Are you looking for more daily math challenges and puzzles to share with your kids?

My best-selling workbook 101 Math Challenges for Engaging Your Students is now available as a PDF download. You can get yours today by clicking here.


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4.) Which One Doesn't Belong? 

Remember that WODB? activities are meant to spark mathematical thinking and discussion and do not have a single correct answer.

Want to learn more about how to use WOBD? math activities with your kids? click here

Tip: Have your kids justify their thinking in writing!


Are you looking for more daily WODB? math graphics?

You can now share 101 daily WODB warm-up activities for grades 1-9 with your kids with our PDF workbook!


5.) Math Writing Prompt

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Writing about math encourages creativity, exploration, and communicating one's thoughts and feelings, which leads to deep and meaningful understanding of difficult math concepts.

And Think/Notice/Wonder (TNW) writing activities are a great way to get your kids engaged in math writing every day.

Want to learn more about how to use TNW math activities with your kids? click here


Want more? Download 101 Daily Think-Notice-Wonder Writing Prompts for Engaging Your Kids

You can now share 101 Daily Think-Notice-Wonder Writing Prompts with your kids with our PDF workbook!


How will you use these math puzzles with your kids? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section below!

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By Anthony Persico

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Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.

 
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