China's+Web+Evaluations

=**Web Evaluations **=

**Curriculum Area**: Math
 * Title:** Music that Teaches Elementary Math Facts and Concepts Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and Fractions
 * Site URL:** @http://www.songsforteaching.com/mathsongselementary.htm


 * Comments:** This site supports teaching because it gives teachers many songs to sing dealing with numbers. Everyday in class before I start a math lesson we will sing a math song. For example if I am starting a lesson on addition we will sing a song dealing with adding something. This show students that they can not avoid math it will always be in their life. On this site there are no limitations. There is also links that gives me access to hear the songs.

I feel like singing songs is a great method for learning, because it makes remembering the material a lot easier. This brings me back to 3rd grade when I was learning my multiplication. Every day in class for the math hour I would listen to the CD player and sing the times tables up to the number 12. I felt like that was very helpful, because when it was time to take a test I could sing them in my head and get the problems correct. There was one issue while I was on this site. When I tried to click on some of the links, they were unable to open. I enjoyed this site and will use this only for grades Pre-K to 3rd grade. (ABK)

This is a really great site for elementary students and teachers to use. It is a great idea to use songs in order to teach children different mathematical topics. These songs will help students remember things better. It also allows them to have fun while learning math at the same time. In addition to the song lyrics that are provided, this site also provided external links to hear the actual songs. I would definitely use this website in my classroom. I believe that this site allows both a creative and an effective way to teach students math by using music. MJ.


 * Title:** Elementary School Math Test Anxiety
 * URL: @http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org/articles/Elementary_School_Math_Test_Anxiety.html**


 * Comments:** This site supports teaching and learning because it helps me understand the different ways to tell if a student has test anxiety.There are no limitations to the site. I can use this in a classroom because there are many ways I can help students feel comfortable about taking tests. I can start off by having all the students get up and stretch before a test. I can also try to come up with a song that everyone can sing along to and dance to, to help them forget about their anxiety.

As a parent, teacher and student I would have to say this site is very useful, because there is information listed for everyone. If I was a parent and needed knowledge on how to help my child, I could use this website and find out what are the best ways to set up study time and make learning fun being done at home. On the site I was also playing some of the games, which I really wouldn't use for my students. I would use this site as for informational purposes, and if they wanted to gave knowledge about test taking, homework, anxiety, etc. (ABK)
 * Web Evaluations Rubric: [[file:jackson_web_eval.doc]]**