Meredith Mathematics & Science Institutes and Suntex International Inc. have awarded mini-grants to classroom teachers in North Carolina to participate in the FIRST IN MATH® Online Program.

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Testimonials from our First in Math® Meredith Grant Classrooms

• My students are loving First in Math!! We can only use it on Fridays...but the students look forward to it all week. Some students are getting on at home. They love watching their stickers add up. It is a wonderful program. Our county technology coordinator was so impressed that she is purchasing the program for our whole county. I love it! Thank you so much!!
  ~ Jill Gambill
  Alleghany County
• My students love First in Math!! They compete to get to the computers first to use it each morning. I have already seen improvement in their computation during math class. This is truly a great program!
  Thanks.
  ~ Leathea Woodruff
  5th Grade Teacher Green Ridge Elementary
• My students are really enjoying this First in Math program. They are loving the competition we have with the other fifth grade involved at our school. My students are only able to access it at school for 30 minutes every fourth day, but many are taking on the challenge of playing at home. They love coming in the morning and seeing who gets to wear the Player of the Day badge, and we complete the 24 card everyday to try to win the monthly contest. I'm so glad you offered this grant!
  ~ Stefany Johnson
  5th Grade Teacher Altamahaw Ossipee Elementary School
• I have 2 First in Math teams, Solar and Upstart, which are going strong. We are ranked 5th and 7th in the NATION! YAY! I love and value this program!
  ~ Beth Walker
  5th Grade Teacher Academy Heights Elementary School
• My students are so motivated with First In Math. They are excited and eager to work online. Every day they ask if they can do First In Math. This is a wonderful program and our PTA has purchased the program for the remaining students at our school. Thank you for this opportunity.
  ~ Christina Coley
  5th Grade Teacher China Grove Elementary School
• My fifth grade AG students love First in Math. Of course they thought is was so easy until they got to multi-step problems. I am happy to be able to use this program with my students.
  ~ Sharon Bennett
  AIG Teacher Vanstory Hills Elementary School
• My students are loving it. They mostly complete it at home. I have 2 teams, and they have over 75,000 stickers together. We have a bulletin board devoted to First in Math and post the week's top 5 as well as top 5 overall for the school. I am impressed with the quality of the site and think it is very motivating to the students. I questioned whether 10 year olds could really do a Skill set 8 game on their own until I watched a couple of them. We have had quite a few students out with the flu, and although most of them were too sick to be at school, they were still playing online. I understand its addictiveness. I currently have over 10,700 stickers myself. We start class each day with the card of the day, and we won the contest for September.
  ~ Leesa Martins
  AIG teacher Marvin Elementary
• My class loves First in Math and begs to use it. And the students who have internet at home are spending a lot of time using it at home.
  ~ Cortney Bell Weidner
  4th grade Teacher Rocky River Elementary School

For questions or further information, contact Jeane Joyner at joynerj@meredith.edu or Cynthia Anderson at cynthia@24game.com.