Math Playground

Math Playground

This site hosts math games for grades 1-6 that align with the common core standards.  When you open the page, you will see several choices to sort the games (Math games 1 through "Common Core").  If you choose the "Common Core" tab, you will be able to choose your grade level and games that address those CCSS will be listed.  From the home page, you could also choose a game/learning activity from the section that is sorted by topic ("Addition and Subtraction" in the top left corner and the list continues to "Algebraic Thinking" in the bottom right corner).  Scrolling further down the page will bring you to two more fantastic resources: Thinking Blocks and Math Manipulatives.  The thinking blocks are used in conjunction with word problems to help students solve.  They first identify the parts and information given in the sentence.  Then they label the parts with numbers.  Then, they find the missing part and input the number.  They are available for word problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, ratio and proportions.  There are several manipulatives at your disposal as well; everything from pattern blocks to spinners for probability to scales for fraction-decimal-percent comparisons are present.

Standards:
The games/manipulatives/thinking blocks are meant to be used with students in grades 1-6.  The games in particular are aligned to the CCSS and address the following mathematical domains for grades 1-6: operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in base ten, number and operations - fractions, the number system, ratios and proportional relationships, expressions and equations, measurement and data, geometry, statistics and probability.