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Number Talks

What are Number Talks?

A number talk is a strategy to practice computational fluency with students. It helps students use relationships with numbers and operations to build fluency and number sense.

Number Talks Overview

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Resources

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Number Talks book		Minilessons for Add and Subtract		Minilessons for Fractions Decimals


Number Routines book		Mini lessons: Multiplication and Division		Beyond Pizzas and Pies


Making Number Talks Matter Gr. 4-10		Number Talks: Fractions, Decimals, Percentages		Intentional Talk

Video Clips

Ruth Parker and Cathy Humphreys clip

Quick Images (K Number Talk)

Number Talks Kindergarten

K-1 Ten Frame and Dot Cards

Dot Talks Building Fluency Grade 1

Ten Frame First Grade

Number Talks Grade 1

Advice from a K-1 Teacher

Which One Doesn't Belong Grade K/1

Same or Different (Kindergarten)

Beyond Fingers (K-2)

Number Talks Grade 2 ELL

Engaging in Productive Struggle: Number Talks

Which One Doesn't Belong Grade 3

Notice and Wonder Grade 3

Number Strings Grade 3

True False Routine Grade 3

Dot Images Grade 3

Mental Math (Grade 3)

Number Patterns with Skip Counting (Grade 3)

Making Sense of Multiplication and Division (Grades 3-5)

Reasoning About Division (Grades 3-5)

Number Strings Grade 4

Multiplication Number Talk Grade 4/5

Notice and Wonder Grade 4

Dot Images Grade 4

Which One Doesn't Belong Grade 4/5

Grade Level Video Examples

Number Talks: Helping Children Build Mental Math and Computation Strategies

From Stanford's "How To Learn Math" Number Talks

Meeting Students' Needs Using Number Talks

Using Language Supports

Inside Mathematics Number Talks

Meeting Students Needs Gr. 5-8

Cathy Humphreys Number Talk example

Number Talks Algebra 1

Number Talks with High School Geometry

Articles or More Information

Sample Number Strings

Number Strings (4th Grade Example)

Kindergarten Number Strings

K-1 Number Talk Resources

K-1 Resources by Standard

K-2 Number Talk Hints

Rekenrek Resources

Dot Card Resources

Kindergarten Resources

Grade 1 Resources

Grade 2 Resources

Grades 3-5 Resources

Number Talks by Grade Level (K and up)

"Number Talks Build Numerical Reasoning" by Sherry Parrish

Middle School Math Talks

Middle School Number Talk Resources

Middle Level Routine Bank

More Resources for Number Talks

Secondary Number Talks

Difference between Number Talks and Math Lesson by Kathy Richardson

Using Number Talks to Boost Math Reasoning

Number Talks MEC

Number Talks for Middle and High School

Number Talks in High School

Number Talks in the Secondary Classroom

"How We Teach" Math Talks

MathTalks.net Fawn Nguyen

More Resources for Math Talks SFUSD

Fraction Number Strings

Number Talk Planning form

Number Talks Meet Fractions

Fraction Number Strings

Fraction Number Talk Resources

Number Talk Resources

Math Practices Question Prompts

Would you Rather Math Questions

Same or Different

Which One Doesn't Belong

Steve Wyborney SPLAT routines

HRCSD Secondary Number Talks (Aug. 29 presentation)

Planning a Number Talk

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