Resource+Links

=Resource Links=

= Here are some resource links that will help to enhance math literacy. There is a description along with each link. These are useful links because they provide examples and strategies for reading about math and solving problems. =

[|Math Stories] This website provides strategies and examples for solving word problems. The strategies include finding a pattern, making a table, working backwards, guessing and checking, drawing a picture, making a list, writing a number sentence, and using logical reasoning.

[|Studygs]

This website lists some strategies and steps for solving math problems. These strategies will be helpful if you are stuck on a problem and cannot think of a way to solve it. [|The RQWQCQ Strategy]

The RQWQCQ strategy stands for Read-Question-Write-Question-Compute-Question. This is a great way to remember how to think when reading and solving math problems [|12 Tips] This site lists 12 tips for solving math word problems. The tips will guide you on how to read the problem and how to think in order to solve the problem.

[|PurpleMath]

This website provides extra help or practice to supplement the material in the classroom. There is a wide variety of topics to explore.

[|Math Is Fun]

There are explanations of problems dealing with numbers to measurement to geometry to algebra. There are also games and worksheets to help make learning about math more fun.

[|Literacy Matters]

This is the student section of the Literacy Matters website. It can be use to practice literacy skills like compare and contrast, and cause and effect. Being able to do these things in normal stories will assist you when reading and solving math stories.

[|Math Words]

This website is a math dictionary. It includes math vocabulary, diagrams, formulas, pictures, tables and examples. It allows you to search for words or lists of rules dealing with mathematics. The site can be searched alphabetically or by subject.

[|Math in the Media]

Math is often involved in news stories. This website provides connections between media and math. Math in the media effects our everyday lives.

[|Interactive Math Games]

There are several interactive math games on this website on many different math topics. I will help you practice the skills you learned in a fun way.



This document contains many links to helpful roots, prefixes, and suffixes in many subjects.