Arithmetic Four

Here is a great website that deals with math at the grade four level dealing with whole numbers and multiplication! I would first have my students access this website on the main page by starting off with level one and checking off the box of "Whole Number Multiplication" and then press the start button at the bottom to start practicing their math skills! This is a great site because it allows for two players to play at a time against one another allowing for a competitive and challenging atmosphere. For each question you get 20 seconds to answer, and if you answer it correct, you get to choose a column on the board where your "connect four" piece will go. Once one player gets four dots in a row, they win!

I would incorporate this website into my classroom by instead of using math flash cards at their desks or a math work sheet I would have my students access this site with a partner. I would choose the partners, in hope for them to be around the same level allowing for the site and skill practice to be both beneficial and educational. I would closely monitor the skill tests on this site, and once the partners have completed one level I would then have them move on the next to challenge them more greatly. Math is a subject that I constantly struggled with growing up, so I feel that as a future teacher by incorporating fun and interactive math websites such as these it allows for the subject area to be fun and exciting for the students to learn from!

This site would be beneficial to my students because not only can they access within the classroom, but if their parents/guardians are feeling that their child needs extra math practice at home they can allow them to access this site as well! By allowing the students to work in partners during this math skills practice, they learn off one another's knowledge about the subject area and ask their partner if they are stuck on a specific question; allowing them to work together as a team. Also, by the site providing various levels, those that are struggling with math can start off at an easy level, and those that are excelling can begin at a higher level so it is suitable for all learning levels. It not only contains the area of whole numbers and multiplcation, but at the grade four level they can also practice their division, addition and subtraction all on this one website!