Classroom-Ready Number Talks for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade Teachers

Nancy Hughes

• Publisher: Ulysses Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781646040575
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Teaching Mathematics

The fun way to teach middle schoolers the mental math, problem-solving skills they need to meet common core standards and attain mathematical fluency. Bringing the exciting teaching method of number talks into your classroom has never been easier. Simply choose from the hundreds of great ideas in this book and get going, with no extra time wasted! From activities on multiplication and division to decimals and integers, Classroom-Ready Number Talks for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade Teachers includes:

• Grade-level specific strategies
• Number talk how-tos
• Visual and numerical examples
• Scaffolding suggestions
• Common core alignments
• Questions to build understanding

Reduce time spent lesson planning and preparing materials and enjoy more time engaging your students in learning important math concepts! These ready-to-use number talks are sure to foster a fresh and exciting learning environment in your classroom.

What Do You See?

Area and Perimeter 1

EXAMPLE

What do you see?

Number Talk Stems

• What is the area of each shape?
• What is the perimeter of each shape?
• How do the areas compare?
• How do the perimeters compare?
• Which shape has the largest perimeter?
• Which shape has the smallest perimeter?
• What do you notice about the shapes with the smallest and largest perimeter?
• Is there a pattern with the area? What is that pattern? Can you describe it?
• What conclusions can you make about the shape of the tiles and the perimeter?
• What are the dimensions of all the different shapes?
• How are all these dimensions related?

Area and Perimeter 2

EXAMPLE

What do you see?

Number Talk Stems

• What is the area of each shape?
• What is the perimeter of each shape?
• How do the areas compare?
• How do the perimeters compare?
• Which shape has the largest perimeter?
• Which shape has the smallest perimeter?
• What do you notice about the shapes with the smallest and largest perimeter?
• Is there a pattern with the area? What is that pattern? Can you describe it?
• What conclusions can you make about the shape of the tiles and the perimeter?
• What are the dimensions of each of the different shapes?
• How are all these dimensions related?
• How can you find the area of the next shape in the sequence? What strategy can you use?
• What is the area of the next shape in the sequence?

Volume

EXAMPLE

What do you see?

Number Talk Stems

• What is the area of each shape’s face? Will each shape’s face have the same area?
• What is the perimeter of each shape’s face?
• How do the areas compare within the shape and with the other shapes?
• How do the perimeters compare with the other shapes?
• What is the volume of each shape?
• What is the surface area of each shape?
• Is there a pattern with the volume? What is that pattern? Can you describe it?
• What conclusions can you make about the shape of the cubes and their volume?
• What are the dimensions of all the different shapes?
• How are all these dimensions related?
• How can you find the volume of the next shape in the sequence? What strategy can you use?
• What is the volume of the next shape in the sequence?

Fair Shares 1

EXAMPLE

What do you see?

How can six people equally share four sandwiches?

Number Talk Stems

• Do you have a strategy to solve this problem?
• Can you explain your strategy to a classmate?
• How did you find your answer?
• D...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Introduction
• 1. What Do You See?
• 2. Addition Strategies
• 3. Subtraction Strategies
• 4. Multiplication Strategies
• 5. Division Strategies
• 6. Fraction Strategies
• 7. Decimal Strategies
• 8. Integer Strategies
• 9. Percent Strategies
• 10. Linear Equation Strategies
• Appendix
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• References
• Copyright