Number Talks Extension
Last spring, as we were working through the following Number talk 72 – 38, students offered the solutions of 46, 44, 34 and after writing them down I turned around to face the class and was about to pose a question to the class when a student said, “I know what question you are going to ask.”
Tweaking Number Talks
I wish I could say that the solution I came up with to the problems I was having with Number Talks in my classroom were more earth shattering and extravagant then the following tweak. An inexpensive popular class supply: Notebook cut in half.
Working Through Number Talks
I have been using number talks in my elementary math classroom for seven years now and I thoroughly enjoy them and so do my students. The amount of growth in number sense, discourse and confidence in my students has been attributed to the use of Number Talks and the tweak I made six years ago.
Pyramid
Back PYRAMID How to Play Players1 playerMaterialsDeck of cards (Ace - 10)ObjectiveTo remove the cards from the pyramid by “making ten” with two cards (you do not need 2 cards…
Square Deal
Back SQUARE DEAL Players2 playersMaterialsTen Frame Cards or Deck of cards [Ace (1) -10, Q – 0]Square Deal GameboardObjectiveTo cover four spots on the gameboard in a row (horizontal, vertical,…
The Whiteboard Backpack
The Whiteboard Backpack Given the current situation we are teaching in this fall I am planning on spending as much time outside with my grade two students. The issue, among…
Four Number Sense Puzzles
Number Sense Puzzles While many teachers and students are not in schools engaging in face-to-face learning, many teachers are getting creative in ways to engage their students in mathematics. Whether…
Subtraction Stacks
Back SUBTRACTION STACKS Players2 or more playersMaterialsTwo - standard dice Counters (10 per player)Stacks GameboardObjectiveTo be the first player to remove all 10 counters off your gameboard.How to PlayPlayers turns rolling…
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