Classroom-Ready Number Talks for Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade Teachers: 1000 Interactive Math Activities that Promote Conceptual Understanding and Computational Fluency (Books for Teachers) Kindle Edition

This is a very convenient book to have on hand IF you already have some background knowledge about number talks. If not, I would suggest Parrish’s books first! Once you’re comfortable with the instructional strategies, this book helped me attach number talks to all of my mathematical units in 4th grade.

As a person who did not learn this way, but wants to help tutor kids in math, this is invaluable. If you’ve never worked this way, looking at a piece of homework with a bunch of squares is really confusing. I also know some moms who could use this when they try to help their kids with their homework. My only issue is with the fractions, I honestly just did not understand how the number line is supposed to help if you’re the one drawing the line? But here’s my dirty secret: I somehow, in moving around during those years and switching school, never really learned fractions solidly the way everyone else did. So I’m using that chapter for myself!!

Classroom Ready Number Talks is a useful guidebook for teachers of third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms. The book introduces a strategy, called Number talks, for teachers (both in the classroom and outside!) to teach students simple mathematical processes. Number talks allow students to build computational fluency, continue mental computation practice, actively engage in learning, and much more. The book is complete with examples and easy to follow graphics and diagrams that simplify the concept in a way that is both easy to teach and easy to learn. It is divided into four sections: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions. For each task, the book offers several strategies to go about completing the problem. While the book seems to be created for a classroom setting, it could also be a really helpful tool for parents, older siblings, and babysitters to support young students in learning basic math skills. I highly recommend! (and the strategies might just be helpful for adults too!!!)

This is an extraordinary book for teaching math in a way that is intuitive to students, rather than laying down a series of abstract rules that students are expected to memorize and punished for failing to understand. It helps visual and kinesthetic learners develop a deep understanding of math that will let them build on future math lessons. There are several studies demonstrating that students learn best when they connect information to prior knowledge. While accuracy is emphasized, the process is more important than the answers.As far as structure goes, the book covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as fractions and decimals. I'm very glad I found this book!

If you're looking for a good book or guide to teach kids some math principles this would be an excellent purchase to make. I've always found the way math is explained in normal textbooks and to kids in class to be a bit one size fits all, this is a great option if the kid in your life is a more visual learner. This book is excellent if you want to create a great foundation that can be built upon later, fundamentals are key as many of these principles will be used over and over again in a child's academic career. I think this is great for both kids who may be struggling or just a great way to get your child ready for what's to come, it'll surely help either way.

Rarely does a book like this exceed my expectations. This one certainly did. Intelligently written (even down to the readability of the font and page layout!)--it is a fabulous resource for a parent or a teacher. Clear, concise, and comprehensive. Beats my kids' textbooks! I recommend it highly. Best purchase I've made on Amazon in ages.

This book is pretty much just lists of potential number talk problems... a list of 12+ similar problem without assistance in what order you should present them to students was not helpful. I could have easily created random problems on my own. I was looking for something more preplanned and lined up for me so that I didn't have to do that myself. I was hoping for something more along the lines of the Sherry Parrish number talk books.

LOVING this book. I've used the original number talks book, but the examples in this book are a lot better. It also serves as more meaningful review and front loading

Very clear information. Step by step guide to implementing lessons.

My students loved these. Great conversation starter.