Wow, this assignment was frustrating. Every attempt to access the Thinkport site ended with an error message. The light bulb finally came on - "check classmates' blogs to see if any of them were able to access the site." Thanks, Donette, for explaining how you were able to get in! So, there weren't many simulations appropriate for lower elementary students, but I liked Varnelle Moore's Primary Math Activities. The activities would be helpful in teaching first graders to recognize shapes, create patterns, and explore spatial relations and symmetry. Each lesson consisted of four activities - interactive, technology, paper & pencil, and a literature connection (listing books to share with your students) to give lessons more meaning.
Another activity I think would benefit first graders is "How do you like a crowd?" by National Geographic XPeditions. Although this plan was developed for a geography lesson, I would use it to meet the math objective to organize, represent, and interpret data and social studies objective to identify physical features of Earth using maps. I especially liked the "Population Pasta" activity where students use pasta to represent population in different countries.
There are some really cool activities on the Thinkport site. So glad I was able to finally make a visit!
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