Description
Numbershark helps anyone improve their understanding and use of numbers. The software teaches and reinforces numeracy using a wide variety of carefully designed games. There are over 600 topics to choose from.
- The topics address each of the number operations.
- + – x ÷ plus fractions, decimals and simple percentages, in very gradual steps. A section of graded word problems is included.
- The topics are quick to access and clear examples are given on screen. Numbershark gives a fresh set of ‘sums’ each time a topic is selected.
- Recommended games are given for every topic.
- There is a fully graded course supporting the 2014 National Curriculum England, for numeracy in early and mid primary.
- The wide variety of games and options give many ways to practise the same work and to promote both the understanding and the memorising of number facts, whilst maintaining interest.
- The games include practice in different aspects of place value, ordering, grouping, commutativity, exchange and, links between operations.
- Rods, number line, scale, digits, words, abacus, number pad and 100 square show numbers in many of their different formats.
- Mental Maths and strategies are well addressed at all levels.
- Over 2000 worded problems help put numbers into context.
- Worksheets can be printed in a wide variety of formats.
- Personal learning can be supported by setting up individual programs of work.
- Records of student activities are kept. Progress can easily be tracked.
- Variable speeds and other options in the games meet all grades of skill.
- The games are excellent for use on an interactive whiteboard and children enjoy playing the games on the big screen. An on-screen keypad is provided with the program.
- Help screens can be shown and spoken alongside games as students play them.
- Numbershark has training videos, a printed manual and a full pdf manual, with advice on use of the program. Pop-up teaching notes are also available.
