Community reviews for XtraMath

XtraMath is a simple, easy-to-implement website for elementary students to develop math fact fluency. This is a low-risk program that gives teachers or parents the option to set an appropriately leveled skill set for students. Students can work on addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. There are different time settings to give students more time to answer or less, depending on their level of skill. While XtraMath may not be the most engaging platform out there, my fifth grade students have always welcomed the challenge. They enjoy working through the different skill sets and love to receive their certificate of mastery when they finish a level.

I was really happy with the ease of set up. Once students start to use this program at home, the teacher can get weekly reports on progress. Students who pass a level will earn a certificate. The certificate is sent to the teacher so that they can print and present this to the student. I would print it out on fancy paper and the students were very pleased to receive it. It also encouraged others to work harder and more frequently at home. Teachers can also make adjustments to individualize the program for each child and their needs. This site gave students a different approach to learning their math facts.

I use the Extra math app as a timed drill work activity. It reinforces the math skills already learned. Most of my students have benefited from the use of the Xtra math app.

Xtra Math is a great free online resource that will let teachers quickly create their roster of students, print welcome letters to parents and get students online to build fact fluency. The back side of the site is easy for teachers to use to track student progress, monitor facts mastered and those still being practiced. The site works on iPads as well, in case computers are limited in number. It can be a great home resource and students could receive recognition for time practiced at home. A daily session is done in under 10 minutes making it a great beginning or end of day activity.

I think this site is great for students to practice the facts that are essential to doing higher level math application. They really learn their math facts if used consistently.

I think xtramath is great for facts practice. I have my students do a sessions of XM daily. I also encourage students to do a sessions at home. Sessions are timed so students are practicing facts quickly and for accuracy. Students can get frustrated with the program if they can't "beat the teacher" or don't see growth. I am a little confused as to how students earn green, yellow or blue dots. I reward students who get green dots but have a hard time understanding why a students who has the same number of correct answers or more correct answers than the previous day doesn't always show growth.

Sometimes students don't like that it is timed because they are not focused and have a hard time beating the clock. Others really love the challenge though and enjoy the competition. They also like that they can see their scores and track their own progress.

XtraMath is a great way for students to pass off their math facts. My students especially like the "beat the teacher" part of it. I liked having the data to show the parents where their students were at on their addition facts. The only down part was how hard it was for my 1st graders to be able to get beyond the addition. It takes them a long time to find the number and sometimes it wasn't fast enough to pass. It's a lot easier for the teacher than the regular minute math or popcorn math that you do on paper since the teacher doesn't have to grade them all. When I did it with 2nd graders, they were able to pass off addition a lot quicker and I think it has more to do with not knowing the keyboard as well.

This is a great way to support basic skills in early learning students or in students that struggle academically or with memorizations.

My students made incredible progress over the year with math fact fluency. They were motivated by their score changing everyday they used XtraMath. Since it is a web-based program, this is a great tool for students to use at home for practice.