Planning Number Talks with the 4 Stages of Using Models

Teaching to the Beat of a Different Drummer

Planning Number Talks with the 4 Stages of Using Models

Meaningful Math Discussions

Here’s How to Get Kids to Have Meaningful Conversations About Math
from We Are Teachers.

Would You Rather ....

Hi,

Came across this website today and love it! Great for math talks.  

http://www.wouldyourathermath.com/category/k2/

Look down the left hand side to see:

• k-2 suggestions
• 3-5 suggestions
• Sample sheet - template for answering and explaining your work
• user guide - suggestions on how to make it work well. 

CRA for composing and decomposing numbers

https://www.mathcoachscorner.com/2012/04/math-pictionary/

Math Pictionary

Love this idea!  So many ways to use this game.

https://www.mathcoachscorner.com/2012/04/math-pictionary/

Cube Conversations

Check out these "Cube Conversations" from Steve Wyborney. In short, he provides images of cube structures and ask students how many cubes are in the structure. The downloadable printable sheets allow students to describe how they "see" the structure.  I suggest you watch the 8 minute video to see how he approaches these problems to engage in rich mathematical discourse with students. He uses a Powerpoint presentation to show the slides, but you can simulate them without the Powerpoint. 

http://www.stevewyborney.com/?p=1253

Patterns?

Check out this site to discuss patterns in math.  Good way to encourage conversation about growing and shrinking patterns. Visual Patterns

Which one doesn't belong?

Great site to stimulate math talks. Offers a good perspective in how students may see things differently.

Which one doesn't belong?

Fraction Talks

Loved this site to stimulate math talks on Fractions.

Fraction Fix It

Great activity for working with fractions where all students can have success.  Good to practice their reasoning and communication in math.

Fix It - An Activity for ordering fractions. - Marilyn Burns

A short read from Marilyn Burns on how to discuss the Math Practice - Constructing Viable Arguments . . .

Construct Viable Arguments - how to share with students

Four Strikes and You're Out!

Fantastic game to play at any grade level to encourage communication, number sense, critical thinking, and interest.

Thanks, again, to Marilyn Burns.

http://marilynburnsmathblog.com/wordpress/four-strikes-and-youre-out/

Need an engaging math activity for the first few days of school?

This will get students engaged and thinking mathematically in your classroom.  It is a great set up for group work that encourages asking questions, finding ways to represent thinking, and is accessible to all. What a great way to start the year!

The 1-10 Card Investigation

Using the Empty Number Line as a Mental Math Teaching Strategy

By now, you know how much I love these open/empty number lines! Here is an article that explains the value of empty number lines and provides lessons to get you started using them in your classroom or small group.

Using the Empty Number Line as a Mental Math Teaching Strategy

"Mixing in Math" at home

Looking for more ways to integrate math into your home and into your child’s daily life?  Check out Mixing in Math, a great resource for simple, research based activities to do at home.  One simple suggestion is to take the date of the month and find ways to make that number.  Ex. March 6.  Depending on the age of your child (and this is great activity for everyone in the family), you could get answers such as 3 + 1, (9 x 6) - (8 x 6), or (96 ÷ 8) - 6. The possibilities are endless.  This activity also taps into a student’s fluency with numbers.  Students can begin with using the math facts to reach the number but then use their fluency of numbers to produce more solutions. Fluency is having the flexibility in knowing and understanding how to do the math (at whatever level you are working at) and finding efficient and effective methods to do so.

"Good Questions for Math Teaching. Why Ask Them and What to Ask, Grades K-6" by Peter Sullivan and Pat Lilburn

Book cover

What a great resource!  This book is teacher friendly and super easy to use as a quick go-to resource. The first 15 pages are dedicated to discussing what Good Questions are, how to create them and how to use them. The rest of the book is dedicated to providing Good Questions in each of the 6 topic areas (money, fractions, decimals, place value, counting and ordering and operations) by grades bands (K-2, 3-4, 5-6).

excerpt from p. 34, Place Value for grades 3-4

excerpt from p. 40, Operations for grades K-2

"Putting the Practices into Action; Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, K-8" by Susan O'Connell and John SanGiovanni

 Putting the Practices into Action; Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, K-8 by Susan O'Connell and John San Giovanni. - Love this book. Concise and to the point. Provides good activities that you can use in your classroom easily.

Mathematical Practice 3 and Writing Standards

 Teaching Children Mathematics, Sept 2013, Vol 20, no.2

A Closer look at Mathematical Practice #3 - Explain and Justify