Splash Math
This app is designed to support math skills for
Grades 1-4. For this week, I looked at the
Splash Math for Grade One. Questions are
asked on skills appropriate for its grade level. For each level, 10 questions are asked and
they vary in their questioning. For
example, there is multiple choice, fill in the blank, and drag the correct
answer into the appropriate blank. In the
free version, there are two categories: numbers and comparisons and place
value.
In these categories, some questions asked are the
number before, the number in between two numbers, place value using cubes, greater
than, less than, equal to, and sets of objects which are grouped. Base 10 blocks are also used for numbers and
the user must count the blocks and identify the correct number. The user also has to identify numbers in the
tens place and ones place. Points are
given for each correct score.
I like this app for students working on place value
and number sense. The questions are appropriate for this grade
level. The graphics are great- you have
little sea creatures that encourage and cheer you on. In the top left corner, your progress is
shown, which allows you to know how many you have scored correctly and how many
are left. In the top right, your overall
score is shown. In the middle, the
user’s overall progress in the game is shown.
Not only is this app great for students working on their own, it is also
group for both small groups and the class as a whole group. I have used it this week during my mental
math activities and my students loved it.
I had only planned to do one level and we ended up completing four! The only disadvantage to this free app is
that the user is limited to these two math strands. By purchasing the app for $4.99, the user has
access to 13 chapters (rather than 2 in the free version), which includes work
with number operations, geometry data and graphing and measurement. In my own opinion, this app is worth the
purchase price!
Overall, an excellent app for anyone working on
these mathematical concepts!
This app sounds great Nicole. I do some in-class support in these grade levels and can see this app being very useful! I agree, by the sounds of it 4.99 is a great deal but will try the free version first.
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