Math Applets

                For this blog, I will be talking about two applets and one app so three altogether. The first app that I am going to talk about is the smart exchange. This is specifically designed for smartboards. However, you can look at them on your computer before you try it on the smartboard. I chose an app on this site that is for the 3-5 grade category. The particular app has to do with fractions it goes through different ways for the students to review fractions. For example, on of the activities on this app is match the fractions. This would be perfect for students to use not only as a review for the test, but also as a way for them to get more practice with fractions if they are struggling.
                   The second app is all about angles and it is designed for grades 6-8. This particular app was found on shodor.org/interactivate. This can certainly be implemented at several times throughout a unit in geometry on angles. This could included using this as a pre-test, using this as a review for before a test, or using it as an intervention technique to give students extra practice. Throughout the app, it gives you different angles to look at and you have to answer how many acute angles you think there are, etc.
                    The third applet is on http://illuminations.nctm.org/. The actual applet is called grouping and grazing. It is designed for k-2. It has different activities that you can do and it involves animals that graze in groups. You can count by 5's, 10's or add/subtract. Again, as with the other two apps, you can certainly implement this in your classroom by having the students doing this several times not only when you are teaching addition and subtraction, but as review and intervention  technique if needed. All three of these apps that I have discussed I think will be great additions to my future classroom and will help so many students succeed to their fullest potential!