Math Talk

Related Math Talk Titles

• Classroom Discussions in Math: A Teacher’s Guide for using talk moves to support the Common Core and more, Grades K–6
• Classroom Discussions in Math: A Facilitator’s Guide to Support Professional Learning of Discourse and the Common Core, Grades K–6
• Number Talks: Helping Children Build Mental Math and Computation, Grades K–5, A Multimedia Professional Learning Resource
• Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them and What to Ask, Grades K–6 and 5–8
• Show and Tell: Representing and Communicating Mathematical Ideas in K–2 Classrooms

Math Talk Articles

• How to Get Students Talking!
• Q&A: Using Talk in Math Class to Help Students Learn
• The Importance of Questioning
• Lesson: What Could Be the Sum—A Lesson with Third Graders, from Good Questions for Math Teaching, Grades K–6

Free Math Talk Lessons!

• Classroom Discussions: Using Math Talk in Elementary Classrooms
• Data Analysis
• Number Relationships

See Math Talk in Action

Watch these videos of Math Talk being used in real classrooms, and hear what educators are saying about it:

Watch how a 1st grade teacher helps her students listen to and repeat a classmate’s thinking	Watch how a 5th grade teacher facilitates math talk to find the volume of a rectangular prism
Hear what teachers say about implementing classroom math talks	Hear what Math Solutions author Sherry Parrish says about Number Talks

Formative Assessment

Related Assessment Titles

• INFORMative Assessment: Formative Assessment to Improve Math Achievement, Grades K–6
• How to Assess While You Teach Math: Formative Assessment Practices and Lessons, Grades K–2, A Multimedia Professional Learning Resource

Assessment Articles

• Why Ask Why?
• G-3 Building Quantities on a 10 Frame
• Formative Assessment—a Practical Approach

Free Assessment Lessons!

• Estimating Length: Differentiating Within a Unit
• Stranger in the Woods

See Formative Assessment in Action

Watch an introduction to formative assessment for math

Watch an individual counting assessment with author Dana Islas and one of her students

Differentiate Instruction/English Language Learners

Related Differentiate Instruction/English Language Learners Titles

• How to Differentiate Your Math Instruction
• Math for All, Grade 6–8
• Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades K–5, A Multimedia Professional Learning Resource

Free Differentiating and ELL Lessons!

Get started with these free differentiating and ELL lessons from Math Solutions

• Estimating Length: Differentiating Within a Unit
• Post-Assessment Tasks for Grades K–2
• Identifying and Describing Polygons
• Helping English Language Learners Make Sense of Math Word Problems

Author Interviews

• Part 1: Audio Interview with Rusty Bresser and Kathy Melanese
• Part 2: Audio Interview with Rusty Bresser and Kathy Melanese