Recently my older son showed me a neat Math website that uses games to help students work on their basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and more. The site is called Sumdog, and while it doesn't teach math skills, it provides a motivating and fun way for students to practice their basic math skills. There are 18 different games to play. Once the student selects a game they get to play against 1 to 3 other players. Each player is getting questions at a difficulty level that is suitable for them. Sometimes my 7 year old, 9 year old and myself will go online and play against each other and it is a lot of fun!
I have a teacher account with SumDog and can set ConnectEd students up with their own account. Please contact me if you would like an account and I'll send you your information. You can sign up for an account on your own, but if you go through me that will allow me to set up some challenges for you that will help you to work on specific skills. Also, if you go through me, you do not have to enter an e-mail address.
It is important to note that playing on Sumdog does NOT count as doing your Math course! Do not be coming to me saying that you haven't done any of your math assignments or quizzes, but that you have a bazillion points on Sumdog and so deserve credit for the course ;-)
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