Making number talks matter : developing mathematical practices and deepening understanding, grades 4-10
Making Number Talks Matter is about the myriad decisions facing teachers as they make this fifteen-minute daily routine a vibrant and vital part of their mathematics instruction. Throughout the book, Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker offer practical ideas for using Number Talks to help students learn to reason numerically and build a solid foundation for the study of mathematics. This book will be an invaluable resource whether you are already using Number Talks or not; whether you are an elementary, middle school, high school, or college teacher; or even if you are a parent wanting to support your child with mathematics
xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781571109989, 1571109986
898425070
What are number talks? Why are they so important?
Getting number talks started
Guiding principles for enacting number talks in the classroom
Prelude to the operations
Subtraction across the grades
Multiplication across the grades
Addition across the grades
Division across the grades
Making sense of fractions (and decimals and percent)
Number talks can spark investigations
Managing bumps in the road
Moving forward