First Grade Paperless Number Talks- The First Ten Weeks

NUMBER TALKS HAVE NEVER BEEN EASIER!

This resource includes the first ten weeks of PAPERLESS Number Talk lessons.. These lessons were carefully designed to engage your first grade learners in meaningful math conversations focused on mental math and computational strategies. They make the perfect MATH WARM-UP! The best part is this resource doesn’t require any printing, laminating, cutting, sorting, or stapling! You will receive 10 weeks of Number Talks that are completely digital and ready to be projected on your SmartBoard or any screen using PowerPoint. All you have to do is upload the slides and you’re all set- PAPERLESS and ZERO PREP!

The Number Talk lessons included in this resource build up on one another and get progressively more challenging throughout the year. The daily structure and routine of these lessons is predictable and student friendly. Spend more time talking about math instead of giving directions/expectations over and over!

Each day of the week has a specific Number Talk activity:

Make it Monday: Students will mentally think of equations that make the number in the circle using the given numbers.

True or False Tuesday: Students will mentally solve the equations to determine whether they are true of false.

Work it Out Wednesday: Students will mentally solve the equations and share their thinking.

Time to Subitize Thursday: Briefly (5-10 seconds) flash each slide. Students will share what number was shown, as well as, explain their thinking in determining the number.

Fact Fun Friday: Students will mentally solve the equations and share their thinking.

Every week has 5 slides/problems for each day with the exception of Make it Monday.

*Editable/Blank slides are also included in case you would like to create your own problems.

What’s Included? The First 10 Weeks- Addition within 10, Subitizing with Ten Frame Images

What are Number Talks? Number Talks are short discussions (5-10 minutes) focused on mental math and computational strategies. They promote the importance of being flexible with numbers and using a variety of strategies for computation. All students are encouraged to share their mathematical thinking during Number Talks.

Benefits of Number Talks

• Encourages math communication from all students
• Provides structured practice for mental math
• Promotes the value in using mental math to compute
• Promotes the importance of being flexible with numbers and using a variety of computational strategies