Mrs. Ekster's Web Pages

FOR STUDENTS:
Use some of the sites below to stay sharp.

Also, check out my author web page to keep up with me and find out about my future book signings: www. carolgordonekster.com

FOR PARENTS:
If your children read and spend some time on the sites below, they'll be more successful students.

''Praise makes you happy. Criticism makes you better.'' unknown

''We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.'' Winston Churchill

''Strange is our situation here upon Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know that we are here for the sake of each other, above all, for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a band of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of others, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received and am still receiving.'' -Albert Einstein

Student Sites:

Use this student dictionary when you need to look up definitions.
http://www.wordcentral.com/aol/index.html

Practice your math facts and skills.
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Practice your math skills with this site that has cool graphics. Press 'play now'.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/math1.htm

Play math baseball.
http://www.prongo.com/top/index.html

Check out this cool informative site. It has an online almanac, dictionary, and all kinds of interesting information.
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html

Fun multiplication site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/number/06_act.shtml

Check out the math arcade.
http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html

Play against the math bully.
http://blackdog.net/games/math/bully/formath.html

Cool division game to practice facts.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.html

Check out these cool math games.
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Fun math game to practice addition and subtraction facts.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathfries.htm

Use this interactive multiplication chart to quiz yourself.
http://www.multiplication.com/cmptrgames/quickpractice.htm

Check out these multiplication games.
http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

Practice ABC order.
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=160

Place value to 6 digits.
http://www.aaastudy.com/plc31_x2.htm

Place value game to 6 digits.
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15

Who wants to be a place value millionaire?
http://www.quia.com/rr/32598.html

Practice comparing numbers.
http://www.321know.com/cmp41gx2.htm

Try this algebraic thinking math activity.
http://www.mathplayground.com/algebraic_reasoning.html

Rounding flashcards.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/rounding.html

Input/output machine - Choose a ''random'' rule, so you can guess the rule with the variable.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/functionmachines.html

Practice your facts with these on-line flash cards.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/multiplication.html

Use this interactive multiplication chart to quiz yourself.
http://www.multiplication.com/cmptrgames/quickpractice.htm

Prime number sieve.
http://www.hbmeyer.de/eratosiv.htm

Play this multiplication game (MULTIFLYER) with cool graphics.
http://www.brainormous.com/online/loader_multiflyer.html

Try this brainteaser each week.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/twister/index.cfm

Play some games to practice division facts.
http://www.gamequarium.com/division.html

Cool division game to practice facts.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.html

Practice division facts 1-9.
http://www.eyepleezers.com/aaamath/g4_39jx1.htm
Order of Operation practice:

http://www.funbrain.com/algebra/index.html

http://www.mathsnet.net/puzzles/broken/index.html

http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/c5a/playground.htm

To check divisibility rules.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.divisibility.html

Practice divisibility of many numbers.
http://www.eyepleezers.com/aaamath/div.htm#topic24

Practice the divisibility rules.
http://www.vectorkids.com/vkdivisible.htm

Convert min. to hours, hours to min., weeks to days, days to hours.
http://www.aaastudy.com/mea.htm#topic1

Count the money.
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money

Make change.
http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/cashreg/

Play matching and concentration.
http://www.quia.com/jg/65838.html

Practice length for customary measurement.
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/measurement/length_customary.htm

Read thermometers.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmm/practice/quiz.html?qzid=hmm07_ep/gr3/1207&qseq=1,7,12,4,9,10,2,3,11,5&at=0&curq=0&score=0&UNIT=5

Virtual manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_2.html

Practice polygons by number of sides.
http://www.aaamath.com/geo318-polygons-sides.html#section2

Classify triangles by length of sides.
http://www.aaastudy.com/geo318x2.htm

Classify triangles based on angles.
http://www.aaastudy.com/geo318x3.htm

Play the angle game.
http://www.toonuniversity.com/6m_angle_d.html

Practice transformation, reflection, and rotation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/transformation.shtml

Practice measuring with a protractor.
http://mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

Practice perimeter and area.
http://www.funbrain.com/poly/

Practice area.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/AreaExplorer/?version=1.5.0_13&browser=safari&vendor=Apple_Computer,_Inc.

Practice volume.
http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/3dboxes.html

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=6

Test your memory.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html

Do ''identify fractions with circles, then lines, then groups, then find grampy''.
http://www.visualfractions.com/identify.htm

Identify fractions.
http://www.aaamath.com/B/fra16_x2.htm

Mixed #'s on a line.
http://www.visualfractions.com/MixtoFrac.html

Change mixed numbers to improper fractions.
http://www.321know.com/fra57cx2.htm

Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers.
http://www.321know.com/fra57cx3.htm

Naming tenths.
http://www.aaastudy.com/dec37ax2.htm

Naming hundreths.
http://www.aaastudy.com/dec37bx2.htm

Exploring shapes fraction activity.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/

Do you know the properties of the quadrilaterals? Check this out.
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/6-8/activities/quad_quest/quad_quest.html

Compare decimals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/decimals.shtml

Practice with equivalent fractions.
http://fractionbars.com/BarsAndCardsGame/

Practice with equivalent fractions.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_105_g_2_t_1.html

Compare unlike denominators.
http://www.321know.com/fra43bx2.htm

Simplify fractions.
http://www.321know.com/fra66hx2.htm

Add fractions with like denominators.
http://www.321know.com/fra57ax2.htm

Measure to the nearest 1/4 in./etc.
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi?/A1=S&A2=)&A3=1&Instructs=1

Addition of fractions with unlike denominators.
http://www.321know.com/fra66kx2.htm

Subtracting with unlike denominators.
http://www.aaamath.com/fra66l-subfracud.html

Convert fractions to decimals.
http://www.aaaknow.com/dec61gx2.htm

Death to decimals.
http://mrnussbaum.com/deathdecimals.htm

Addition of decimals.
http://www.coolmath.com/decimals/decimals-cruncher-addition.html

Subtraction with decimals.
http://www.coolmath.com/decimals/decimals-cruncher-subtraction.htm

Addition of decimals.
http://www.numbernut.com/advanced/activities/decimal_moreless_add10th.shtml

Coordinate grid game.
http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/billy_bug_math_coordinates_game.shtml

Tangram activity.
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/area/tangram.html

Art games.
http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/index_launched.html

Art site with reading book.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/art_line/art_line.html

SITES FOR PARENTS

These look like fun family games.
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/puzzle/?CFID=1051576&CFTOKEN=59034961

Mini sudoku puzzles.
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/puzzle/sudokumini.cfm

Check out what's available for children at the Derry Public Library.
http://www.derry.lib.nh.us/childrenshome.htm

This is about monitoring video games.
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/parent/video1.cfm?CFID=75115&CFTOKEN=47525147

These are summer reading suggestions.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=10029

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