Number Talks: Helping Children Build Mental Math and Computation Strategies, Grades K 5, Updated with Common Core Connections

Whether you need to enforce number talks but aren’t sure the way to begin or have experience but want more guidance in crafting unsure of purposeful problems, this dynamic multimedia resource will toughen you in building mental math and computational strategies. The creator explains what a classroom number talk is; the way to follow students’ thinking and pose the suitable questions to build understanding; the way to prepare for and design purposeful number talks; and the way to develop grade-level specific thinking strategies for the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Number Talks supports the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Additionally it is an abundance of reference tables that will help you quickly and easily locate strategies, number talks, and video clips. Features a Facilitator’s Guide and DVD.