Upcoming Book Study: Number Talks

I am so excited about my upcoming book study this summer! I discovered this great resource courtesy of a cooperating teacher I had back in August 2012! I thought about writing a review about Number Talks but new it needed more. So I waited and planned and plotted to share it all with you this summer.

I never visualized myself as a math teacher but when I met with the Dean of Education at my school and we began to talk, she instantly recognized my unique ability to teach math. I hated math in high school. I just couldn’t speak the language no matter how hard I tried but in college I finally figured it out.

You see… that is what so many people fail to realize. Math is a language! Just like English, Spanish, French, or any other 6,000+ languages in our world today.

I believe that the best way to teach math is the same as we teach Language Arts. For Language Arts, we break it down into reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, handwriting, phonics, etc… We do not just teach our students Language Arts as a whole, we break it down into small chunks.

To be success in math, we have to do the same thing!

In Language Arts, we teach students reading and comprehension strategies. These strategies make students better readers. Have you ever thought about strategies for making your students better mathematicians?

That is what Number Talks is all about!!

This book is written for grades 1-5 and is all about teaching strategies to help your students speak the language of math. We will be going through a chapter a week beginning May 27th! I hope you will join me as we explore this amazing resource!

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Grab the button below, a copy of the book, and get ready for a lot of Ah-ha! moments this summer. Each week, I will have a new linky party set up so that we can all learn from one another. I can’t wait!!

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