Whether teachers have tried Number Talks before or are new to them, our online series will help them learn how to make Number Talks a vibrant and essential part of their everyday classroom practice.
- Connect Number Talks to numerical and algebraic reasoning.
- Choose what Number Talks to do to help build important concepts and properties over time.
- Get buy-in from students, even at the high school level.
- Help students learn to make mathematically convincing arguments.
- Support both struggling and confident learners without labeling or grouping.
And also:
- Receive copies of the books Making Number Talks Matter and Digging Deeper: Making Number Talks Matter Even More.
- Experience a learning environment that embodies the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice.
Math is a problem solving venture that requires critical thinking not steps and procedures. Number Talks start the journey toward that realization.
3-8 Instructional Coach, OH
This feels necessary, powerful and possible!
4th Grade Teacher, WA