Use these tips to successfully implement a number talks routine during the beginning of the year. Great for math class warmups.
Implementing number talks into your math block will promote number sense and problem solving in your classroom. Learn 3 tips for how to successfully conduct number talks in your classroom. Perfect for 4th grade and 5th grade.
Implementing number talks in your classroom has never been easier! These paperless number talks focus on building number sense through adding and subtracting single and double digit numbers. This resource includes addition, subtraction, telling time, money, and place value number talks!! Unit 1 Addition and Subtraction comes with (45 lessons) to get your students talking about math in a meaningful way! Your students conversations will be focused on the conceptional understanding of different math concepts, and will strengthen their mental math abilities! Unit 2 Place Value comes with (30 lessons) to get your students talking about math in a meaningful way! Your students conversations will be focused on the conceptional understanding of different math concepts, and will strengthen their mental math abilities! Unit 3 Money/Counting Coins comes with (30 lessons) to get your students talking about math in a meaningful way! Your students conversations will be focused on the conceptional understanding of different math concepts, and will strengthen their mental math abilities! Unit 4 Telling Time comes with (30 lessons) to get your students talking about math in a meaningful way! Your students conversations will be focused on the conceptional understanding of different math concepts, and will strengthen their mental math abilities! Each week the number talks slowly build and get progressively more challenging. Each week contains daily number talk lessons with each day having a different theme. Daily Themes: - Make It Monday - students create multiple representations for a given number and prove their thinking. - True or False Tuesday - students decide if a number sentence is true or false and back up their reasoning. - Work it Out Wednesday - students work out different number sentences and explain how they arrived to their answer. - Thinking Thursday - students read a story problem, decide what math operation to use, and solve the problem. - Fix It Friday - students analyze a given math problem, find the error, and correct it. Why implement number talks in your classroom?? - Number Talks encourage conceptual explanations rather than just the procedure. - Students are encouraged to question, clarify, reason, and seek meaning from their classmates responses. - Number Talks foster a community where students contributions are valued. - Number Talks celebrate sense-making rather than efficiency and correctness.
This Circle Time Counting Math Game is the perfect addition to your daily calendar time or number talks in Pre-K and Kindergarten!
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Number talks are a great way to start a math lesson with young kids. Proposing a quick daily math question to kids reinforces key concepts.
If you told me you wanted to come in and watch me teach, I'd probably invite you in during our number talk. Not because I feel like I'm a rockstar math teacher, but because you'll be floored at the level of math thinking you'll hear my students doing. Since creating a daily math routine this
Looking for sentence stems to help your students engage in conversation during math and communicate their thinking? These math talk posters are for you! Hang them up for students to refer to throughout the year. These posters will help foster meaningful conversations during math or during a number talks. This resource includes 3 header options and 12 sentence stems in speech bubbles.
Ideas and tips for developing a number sense routine and implementing number talks in the math classroom.
Number talks, also known as math talks, are a short time frame dedicated to have purposely crafted talks about math. During these talks, teachers and parents provide opportunities for kids to have open-ended discussions.
Number talks aren’t a one-time lesson; but instead, they are a way to establish a consistent math routine into your every day. Number talks allow for discussion where students can share and justify their answers.
I am so glad you are here! I am excited to share helpful tips, easy to use resources and engaging activities that will help you inspire a love of math and
Hello, Teaching Friends! Do you like using riddles with your class? Good, because I'm becoming a bit obsessed with making riddle resources. I've made autumn riddles, winter riddles, alphabet riddles, Thanksgiving riddles, and number riddles. So now I've decided to make... uh, riddles again. This time I'm venturing into some new territory, the upper elementary grades. 120 Riddles for the 120 Chart is my most popular resource, so I thought I'd make a version for fourth and fifth grade. This set includes are 120 riddle cards, one for each number from 1 through 120. For each number, there are 2 to 3 clues, each addressing a different standard. CCCS topics addressed include multiplication, division, remainders, prime numbers, factors, multiples, place value, geometric shapes, area, perimeter, and more. Click here to see it at my TPT store. Have a closer look... Here's a free sample from the pack. If you're reading this blog, you're most likely a primary grade teacher. Please feel free to send the link to this post to a friend who's teaching fourth or fifth grade! Thanks!! Click here to download your copy! Happy Teaching!
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Looking to get your students out of their seats and talking about math all while reinforcing essential skills? This resource is for you!This scavenger hunt is focused on multi-step equations with rational numbers. It is perfect for reinforcing solving skills using the distributive property and combi...
Using number talks in your classroom to build number sense in just 10 minutes a day!
Set up a learning environment that will support student thinking and math discussions during number talks.
Fellow teachers and parents of littles, are you ready to learn about these amazing math talks in kindergarten? Get your math hats on because we're about to explore the powerful realm of dynamic discussions that
Learn everything you need to know about number talks and grab some FREE resources to help you get started!
Here's a close look at each component of an effective 2nd grade math schedule, including tips for optimizing each part of your math routine!
Hi, Teaching Friends! I love reading comments from customers! They encourage me as I refine and update older products and create new ones. I especially love when customers leave comments that suggest great new ideas for using a resource. Whether you already have 120 Riddles for the Hundred Chart or are considering buying this set, I thought it would be fun to share a few of your great ideas for using it. Click here to see it at my TpT store! Angie suggested using a few riddles as a math lesson warm-up. Patricia uses them in a math center. Gabrielle uses a riddle card to introduce the number of the day. Another buyer said she uses them for calendar time and finds them easy to differentiate. She also has students write their own riddles. Amy uses them as a sponge activity between lessons. Jan uses these riddles to build number sense and ease math anxiety. Another buyer suggests using one riddle a day to build up to the 100th Day of School. Karen uses these cards to reinforce specific math concepts. Lisa uses them once a week for problem solving. Another buyer uses the riddle cards for "Out the Door" cards as her students line up to leave the classroom. A buyer uses them with her afterschool tutoring club. Title I teacher Darlene uses them with partners and small groups. Kristina uses riddle cards as an early finisher activity with her document camera. Another buyer uses them for morning bell work, and sometimes has her students write their own riddles and share them. Laureen took the poster version of this resource and turned it into a book for the math library - that's clever! Would you like to read about some great ideas for using the third grade version for review and test prep? Head over to The Elementary Math Maniac's blog today, where my blogging buddy Tara has put together an amazing set of lessons to detail how she's using riddle cards as she prepares her third graders to pilot the upcoming Smarter Balance Assessment. Thanks for the wonderful ideas, Tara!! Happy Teaching!
When it comes to teaching mathematics to young learners, fostering a strong foundation in number sense and critical thinking is essential. Two popular methods used to achieve this are math talks and number talks. While
Why use math sorts? Discussions Differentiation Aligned to the standards No-prep FUN! 1. Discussions We constantly tell students to show their work or explain their thinking. Using math sorts weekly will give students practice in putting their thinking into words. Your students will use math vocabulary as they explain how they sorted their cards. They […]
KINDERGARTEN MATH - UNIT 1 I am thrilled to be sharing this huge Counting and Cardinality Unit with you! This is the math unit we start the year with in kindergarten. The kids love all of the hands-on activities we get to do, and I love how easy it is to keep them engaged.
WHAT IS SUBITIZING? Subitizing is not a term that we use often, but it is an important mathematical concept that can greatly benefit student
Math Manipulatives offer students a real, hands-on way to explore a mathematical concept, build their own meaning, and help develop number sense!
Number talks in kindergarten are a useful strategy to get students to really understand numbers and mathematical problems. Find out how.
Hi all! Today I want to chat with you about Number Talks! *Stay with me for a freebie at the end!* Last summer, I participated in professional development provided by Math Solutions. During the week long training, there was a lot of discussion around Number Talks and Math Talks. I have jumped into using these full force this year...and I LOVE them! The kids do too! Here is the structure of the number talks that I follow in my classroom. These typically last about 15 minutes-depending on how the conversation goes with the students! *This is how I use them in my 1st grade classroom, but they could easily be adapted for other primary grades! The pictures below are how I do number talks on a smart board.* 1. Pose a problem. I typically use the smart board or dry erase board for my talks. The type of problem differs throughout the year. This particular discussion centered around a string of addition problems. Addition strings (or strands) are related addition problems. 2. Allow think time. In my classroom, I have the students use hand signals during our number talks. These were suggested during the Math Solutions training and I love how they are working out! After the problem is posed, they have quiet think time to solve the problem mentally (I do not provide manipulatives or paper/pencil for them to use during these lessons). When they have an answer, they hold a thumbs up on their chest. This tells me that the child has had enough time to think and has a way to solve the problem. If the child can come up with an addition way to solve the problem (a different strategy), they hold up a second finger, and so on for the number of solutions they have thought of in their head. 3. Share out answers. After the students have had enough time to solve the problem, I asked for them to share out answers. "Who would like to share their answer?" I write the possible solutions next to the problem (shown above in green). If someone shares an answer that others agree with, they use another hand signal that means "me too" or "I agree." Using their thumb and pinky, they move their hand back and forth between them self and the person that shared the answer. This tells me that they came up with that answer as well. I typically share out all of their answers...unless it gets out of hand. 4. Provide partner share time. After we have shared out possible solutions, I have the students turn and talk with a partner to PROVE their answer. That is a word that I use a lot in math. "Turn and prove your answer to your partner." When someone has an answer, they have to be able to prove it. During number talks, that requires them to be able to explain it verbally. This can be a difficult task at the beginning of the year, but you will be amazed at how quickly they pick it up! 5. Allow student explanations. After they have had time to share in partners, I ask students to share out their explanations. "Who would like to share with us how you solved the problem?" or "Who can share their thinking?" As a student shares, I record exactly the steps that they say (shown above in blue) on the board for the other students to see (I also write their name with the explanation to give them ownership-plus they like seeing their name up there!). I typically allow 3-4 student explanations. I mark tallies next to the answer that the students are proving with their explanations. I also do my best to show when a student is thinking something in their head (see picture above). 6. Decide on a final answer. After students have shared out their solutions, I ask the class, "Do you agree that ____ is the answer?" After seeing the solutions (and problem solving any that might have gotten off track), we always come to a final answer together (shown above in red). I like to use number strings during math talks. So after solving the first problem, we usually do two more that relate to it. This helps them to see patterns in numbers and see relations in problems. When using the smart board, I group together the first problem and solutions and minimize them on the screen (shown above on the left). I like having them visible for the students to reference for the next problem. You can see in the solutions on the right above, that Brae did use the previous problem to help solve the second one. She said, "Well I used the other problem so in my head I knew that 4+4=8. But this problem had a 5 and 5 is one more than 4. So I knew the sum would be 1 more, so it equals 9." The picture above shows the final problem from that day. You can see that again, a student used the previous problem to help them solve the new one. Ashley said, "I saw from before that 4+5=9, and 7 is 2 more than 5 so the answer has to be 2 more. The answer is 11." You may also notice that Lane did not catch the pattern, but he did use the strategy of making a 10 which is another great way to solve the problem! I always record every solution. These number talks show me where students are in their math thinking and what they are comfortable with in their mental skills. Just by looking at these responses, I know that Zoe is still dependent on using her fingers, so we could work on more mental strategies in a small group to strengthen those skills and make her more confident. I absolutely LOVE using number talks in my classroom. I feel like my students have really taken the initiative to find their own way to solve problems, to find ways that make the most sense to them. They find connections in problems and use them to solve other problems! They have also deepened their use of math vocabulary through their explanations and use of our math word wall (check it out here). *Making mistakes help us learn!* It is crucial to make sure that students feel comfortable in the classroom. If they are afraid to be wrong or afraid to be embarrassed, they will not be willing to take risks and share out their solutions. We discuss how making mistakes is normal, that it happens to everyone, and that as long as we can fix the mistake, there is no problem with it! We also talk about how figuring out those mistakes helps us the next time we solve a similar problem. I let this conversation happen naturally when someone does try to prove an incorrect answer. We fix it, I smile, thank the student for sharing their thinking because it helped us all learn, and we move on. *Accuracy is key!* We usually have a few talks at the beginning of the year regarding accuracy. Sometimes you have students that want to share out an answer, so they will say anything even if they know it is wrong. We discuss how it is okay to make mistakes (and how we learn from them) but that we do want to try our best to be accurate. Using the "me too" sign helps cut down on this a bit, because that sign shows me their answer without them sharing out. *Model...and model some more!* When I pose a problem or repeat/reword someone's explanation, I use proper math terminology. The kids love hearing important math terms and using them in their explanations the next time! I often reference our math word wall or repeat a term that a student may have used in their explanation. They feel good about using the words the correct way! *Record their exact explanation* I scribe exactly what my students say. If they tell me, "I was thinking the number 4 in my head..." I draw a little smiley face with a thought bubble that has 4 in it. "Then I counted up 4 more, 5, 6, 7, 8." So after drawing the 4 in the thought bubble, I then record the 5, 6, 7, 8 to show what they did next. I want the other students to see that the student did start with that first number 4, but they didn't have to count 1, 2, 3, 4 to get started. *Sentence Stems* I also have some sentence stems by our math word wall. Some examples are: "I agree with _____ because ______." "I disagree with _____ because _______." "I knew that ______ so then I knew ______." "First I _____, then I _____." These are great for when you are just starting out number talks. *Keep your responses neutral* Students REALLY notice how you respond to answers. If someone gives a solution that just blows your mind (trust me, it will happen!), just act cool, record it on the board, and thank them for sharing. (You can brag about it to your co-workers later!) If students see you respond in a big way to one student's solution, and then not to theirs, it may make them feel bad about participating in the future. Number talks are great because they allow students to solve problems in their own way. If they are getting to the correct answer, the route they took to get there isn't right or wrong. You could take the conversation in the direction of, "Which way is more efficient?" if students are just finding long drawn out ways just to share something different, but never pose a correct solution as the wrong way to solve it. I hope you found this post helpful! I really do enjoy using number talks in my classroom. I have posted some math talk activities that I frequently use in my classroom. Check them out {here}. If you love the freebie above, check out the larger version of Number Talk Activities in my store! The larger version has 8 different discussion activities to use during number talks! Check it out {here}. I also have some free Dot Cards in my store if you are looking for more lower level number talk activities! Check them out {here}. If you are looking for resources to support number talks, you can check out the book Number Talks: Help Students Build Mental Math and Computation Strategies. Let me know below how you use number talks in your classroom!
Get a Number Talks Routine started in your kindergarten classroom. Learn how I have used them successfully with my students.
Set up a learning environment that will support student thinking and math discussions during number talks.
Are you ready to take on teaching number talks in your first grade clasroom. If so, hop on over to our blog to get started on the right foot.
Add up the pips (dots) and match them to the correct circle – Have your kiddos figure out how many combinations can total up to each number! pic via pinterest
Shape Talks Task Cards {Subitizing shapes to 20}. These number talks math resources support math skills that include subitizing, math talks, and language development for all learners. Task cards can be used as a math warm-up, whole group, or as part of your daily math routine. No prep is needed. Just print and you are ready to have your students talk about what they see in each image. What is included: 26 Task Cards for Subitizing Triangle Shapes to 20—Black & White includes only triangles CCSSM aligned Ways to use resource: Math Centers Morning Work Daily Math Warm-ups (Month of March) Spiral Review Independent Practice Small Group RTI Tier 2 Intervention Independent Student Packet Homework **This is also included in Engage NY Math: Grade 1 Modules 1-6 Toolbox MEGA Bundle**
