Let's Talk Math
Engage students as mathematical thinkers!
Watch students become effective collaborators and confident problem-solvers with this meaningful new approach to teaching math. This series by Teacher Created Materials will make learning math more interesting and applicable to the real world by implementing structured problem-solving routines. Bring math to life for students by helping them understand, discuss, reflect, and write about how they solved complex math problems with their peers!
Overview
This robust series offers an approach to math instruction developed by nationally recognized researchers and educators, Kit Norris and Dr. Hilary Kreisberg.
- Provide structure for math discourse and keep students focused with easy-to-follow routines.
- Engage students in authentic listening, speaking, reading, and writing opportunities with the rich, grade-appropriate math tasks found in the mathematical task cards and student task book.
- Build a deeper mathematical understanding and strengthen students’ language and critical-thinking skills with challenging tasks.
- Enhance instruction with digital resources such as engaging teacher and student support videos.
- Assess students’ knowledge and thought processes with the included observation protocols.
- Utilize built-in teacher support, including explanations of common misconceptions, vocabulary support, grammatical structure support for English learners, differentiation strategies, and more.
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Digital Resources
- All components of this product are available and included in digital formats.
- Include tasks for teachers to project or print for easy use in virtual or in-person classes.
- Include vocabulary cards, math anchor charts, and more.
- Six support videos show teachers the content in action and offer quick professional development and modeling.
- Twelve (six for levels K–1, six for levels 2–5) student-facing videos model the processes/practices, as well as the routines.
Teacher's Guide
Encourage students to focus on the process of solving math problems and get them to think like mathematicians. Based on top research in mathematics education, the Teacher's Guide gives teachers the resources to get students talking about math productively while also making math conferences more effective.
- Details how to implement Let's Talk Math in a classroom.
- Provides standards-based lessons with flexible connections to Guided Math that seamlessly fit into whole-class instruction, small-group lessons, and/or workstations, and can be used in conjunction with any curriculum.
- Supports the implementation of routines on the Math Task Teacher Pages, including common misconceptions, language support, scaffolding strategies, and extension tasks.
- Includes observation protocols and monitoring checklists for progress monitoring.
- Provides additional expert tips on how to support English Learners.
Mathematical Practices and Processes Poster
Develop a mathematics environment through colorful definitions of mathematical practices and processes.
- Gives students the tools and opportunities to engage in meaningful, student-to-student math discourse with thinking prompts.
- States mathematical practices/processes in student-friendly language.
Task Cards
Help students talk about mathematical concepts using structured, easy-to-follow routines.
- 120 rich math tasks per grade level in print and digital formats.
- Students collaborate to solve authentic math tasks and become more confident problem-solvers.
- Standards-based and aligned to the six domains of mathematics: counting and cardinality, number and operations in base ten, number operations-fractions, geometry, measurement and data, and operations and algebraic thinking.
Student Task Book
Tasks are included in a full-color, easy-to-use book and provide opportunities for students to reflect and write.
- Includes student reproducibles to reinforce and expand on the three-step problem solving routine.
- This notebook sized student routines booklet also includes student reflection and peer feedback templates.
Student Engagement
- Enhances student engagement with animated student videos that explain the mathematical processes/practices and make concepts accessible with engaging examples, printable word wall, and student notebook sized protocols.
- Promotes student-to-student math discourse to verbalize and "hear" their thinking as they develop and expand academic vocabulary.
- Differentiates learning to support all learners, including English learners.
- Engages students as mathematical thinkers to bring math to life with real-world applications.
- Gives students the chance to understand, discuss, reflect, and write about how they solved complex math problems to build math competence.
- Increases social skills, attentive listening, and oral speaking skills through peer interaction.
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Let's Talk Math Sample Pages
This sample includes the following:
- Teacher's Guide Cover (1 page)
- Teacher's Guide Table of Contents (1 page)
- How to Use this Resource Pages (4 pages)
- Sample Lessons, Task Cards, and Student Pages
- Think Using Quantities (4 pages)
- Construct and Critique Arguments (4 pages)
- Mathematize the Situation (4 pages)
- Use Tools Strategically (4 pages)
- Analyze the Structure (4 pages)
- Generalize Your Thinking (4 pages)
3 Strategies to Engage and Excite Reluctant or Struggling Math Learners
Create an environment where elementary students are excited and engaged in learning mathematics. This session will help educators take their math instruction to a higher level with three classroom-proven strategies you can implement today.
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Let's Talk Math: Your Guide to Successful Problem Solving Instruction
Let’s Talk Math is a brand-new, standards-aligned, research-based supplemental resource that provides a practical way to implement a 3 step process for successful problem solving. This supplemental resource offers 120 high demand tasks per grade level that can be used in conjunction with any core curriculum, as well as predictable routines and structured protocols to develop students’ problem solving skills. In this on-demand webinar, you will deepen your understanding of problem solving and see how Let’s Talk Math can support your mathematics instruction.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- How to support learners in becoming more confident mathematical thinkers;
- See structured protocols that engage students in specific mathematical habits of mind that promote problem solving skills;
- Observe how integrating literacy instruction can be used to support problem solving skills;
- How Let’s Talk Math enhances both students’ mathematical content knowledge and problem-solving skills, as well as oral and written communication skills.
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Unleash the Power of Mathematical Thinking
Help students unleash the power of mathematical thinking with meaningful mathematical experiences. Discover the impact of mathematical thinking, reasoning, and discourse on students' mathematical achievement.
In this webinar, you will:
- Learn how to establish a student-centered approach for meaningful mathematics learning experiences.
- Acquire engaging strategies for building conceptual understanding and making thinking visible.
- Develop students' mathematics practices and processes through rich and authentic tasks.
Presented by: Karie Gladis
Price: FREE (Register and Watch Now)
No More Problems with Problem Solving
One of the greatest hurdles of teaching mathematics is teaching students to become mathematical thinkers and to solve challenging problems. In this session, we will explore why students struggle with problem-solving and how to build their perseverance.
In this workshop, educators will:
- Learn predictable routines that enable students to think critically and become confident, proficient problem solvers.
- Recognize and choose appropriate high cognitive-demand tasks to engage students in authentic problem solving
- Learn ways to be linguistically responsive while teaching problem solving skills to all students
Training Options
Keynote Presentations and Webinars
Workshop
On-Site Coaching
Best Practices Webinar
Let’s Talk Math: Engaging Students as Mathematical Thinkers
In this session, learners will examine high-cognitive demand tasks and deepen their understanding of how to develop mathematical thinkers and to choose rigorous tasks that promote problem-solving skills. Learners will also explore how being linguistically responsive can help students to be more successful when using tiered vocabulary and problem-solving structures in the classroom.
In this workshop, educators will:
- Discover high cognitive-demand tasks and how these tasks provide opportunities for learners to become mathematical thinkers
- Understand how to identify tiered vocabulary in a way that makes problem contexts more comprehensible for students
- Apply classroom structured mathematical discourse that supports the problem-solving process by enabling students to articulate their own thinking and become active listeners.
Training Options
Keynote Presentations and Webinars
Workshop
On-Site Coaching
Best Practices Webinar
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Student Task Books
Spanish
Let's Talk Math: Level K
Engage kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit uses helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, meaningful student tasks, digital resources, and more exciting features.
Item Number:116870
ISBN:9780743964395
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level K
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120609
ISBN:9781087601397
Let's Talk Math: Level K (Spanish)
Engage Spanish-speaking kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers! This kit uses helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136025
ISBN:9798765928776
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level K (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136031
ISBN:9798765928837
Let's Talk Math: Level 1
Challenge first grade students to be mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit utilizes problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, meaningful student tasks, digital resources, and more useful features.
Item Number:116871
ISBN:9780743964401
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 1
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage first grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120745
ISBN:9781087601489
Let's Talk Math: Level 1 (Spanish)
Challenge Spanish-speaking first grade students to be mathematical thinkers! This kit uses helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136026
ISBN:9798765928783
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 1 (Spanish)
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking first grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136032
ISBN:9798765928844
Let's Talk Math: Level 2
Engage second grade students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit features useful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, challenging student tasks, digital resources, and other key tools.
Item Number:116872
ISBN:9780743964418
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 2
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage second grade students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120746
ISBN:9781087601496
Let's Talk Math: Level 2 (Spanish)
Engage Spanish-speaking second grade students as mathematical thinkers! This kit features useful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136027
ISBN:9798765928790
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 2 (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking second grade students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136033
ISBN:9798765928851
Let's Talk Math: Level 3
Engage third grade students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit offers thoughtful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, meaningful student tasks, digital resources, and other useful features.
Item Number:116873
ISBN:9780743964425
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 3
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage third grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks that structure mathematical discourse through simple routines.
Item Number:120749
ISBN:9781087601526
Let's Talk Math: Level 3 (Spanish)
Challenge Spanish-speaking third grade students to be mathematical thinkers! This kit provides useful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136028
ISBN:9798765928806
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 3 (Spanish)
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking third grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that structure mathematical discourse through simple routines.
Item Number:136034
ISBN:9798765928868
Let's Talk Math: Level 4
Engage fourth grade students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit provides helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, challenging student tasks, digital resources, and other resources.
Item Number:116874
ISBN:9780743964432
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 4
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and encourage fourth grade students to be mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120760
ISBN:9781087601649
Let's Talk Math: Level 4 (Spanish)
Engage Spanish-speaking fourth grade students as mathematical thinkers! This kit features helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136029
ISBN:9798765928813
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 4 (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and encourage Spanish-speaking fourth grade students to be mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136035
ISBN:9798765928875
Let's Talk Math: Level 5
Challenge fifth grade students to be mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit features problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, thoughtful student tasks, digital resources, and more helpful tools.
Item Number:116875
ISBN:9780743964449
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 5
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage fifth grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120764
ISBN:9781087601687
Let's Talk Math: Level 5 (Spanish)
Challenge Spanish-speaking fifth grade students to be mathematical thinkers! This kit provides helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136030
ISBN:9798765928820
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 5 (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking fifth grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136036
ISBN:9798765928882
Let's Talk Math: Level K
Engage kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit uses helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, meaningful student tasks, digital resources, and more exciting features.
Item Number:116870
ISBN:9780743964395
Let's Talk Math: Level 1
Challenge first grade students to be mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit utilizes problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, meaningful student tasks, digital resources, and more useful features.
Item Number:116871
ISBN:9780743964401
Let's Talk Math: Level 2
Engage second grade students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit features useful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, challenging student tasks, digital resources, and other key tools.
Item Number:116872
ISBN:9780743964418
Let's Talk Math: Level 3
Engage third grade students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit offers thoughtful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, meaningful student tasks, digital resources, and other useful features.
Item Number:116873
ISBN:9780743964425
Let's Talk Math: Level 4
Engage fourth grade students as mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit provides helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, challenging student tasks, digital resources, and other resources.
Item Number:116874
ISBN:9780743964432
Let's Talk Math: Level 5
Challenge fifth grade students to be mathematical thinkers with Let's Talk Math! This kit features problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide, thoughtful student tasks, digital resources, and more helpful tools.
Item Number:116875
ISBN:9780743964449
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level K
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120609
ISBN:9781087601397
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 1
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage first grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120745
ISBN:9781087601489
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 2
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage second grade students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120746
ISBN:9781087601496
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 3
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage third grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks that structure mathematical discourse through simple routines.
Item Number:120749
ISBN:9781087601526
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 4
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and encourage fourth grade students to be mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120760
ISBN:9781087601649
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 5
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage fifth grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:120764
ISBN:9781087601687
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level K (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136031
ISBN:9798765928837
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 1 (Spanish)
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking first grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136032
ISBN:9798765928844
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 2 (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking second grade students as mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136033
ISBN:9798765928851
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 3 (Spanish)
Utilize this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking third grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that structure mathematical discourse through simple routines.
Item Number:136034
ISBN:9798765928868
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 4 (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and encourage Spanish-speaking fourth grade students to be mathematical thinkers! Includes 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that promote mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136035
ISBN:9798765928875
Let's Solve: Student Task Book: Level 5 (Spanish)
Use this Student Task Book to support Let's Talk Math lessons and engage Spanish-speaking fifth grade students as mathematical thinkers! Features 120 full-color tasks in Spanish that encourage mathematical discourse through structured routines.
Item Number:136036
ISBN:9798765928882
Let's Talk Math: Level K (Spanish)
Engage Spanish-speaking kindergarten students as mathematical thinkers! This kit uses helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136025
ISBN:9798765928776
Let's Talk Math: Level 1 (Spanish)
Challenge Spanish-speaking first grade students to be mathematical thinkers! This kit uses helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136026
ISBN:9798765928783
Let's Talk Math: Level 2 (Spanish)
Engage Spanish-speaking second grade students as mathematical thinkers! This kit features useful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136027
ISBN:9798765928790
Let's Talk Math: Level 3 (Spanish)
Challenge Spanish-speaking third grade students to be mathematical thinkers! This kit provides useful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136028
ISBN:9798765928806
Let's Talk Math: Level 4 (Spanish)
Engage Spanish-speaking fourth grade students as mathematical thinkers! This kit features helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136029
ISBN:9798765928813
Let's Talk Math: Level 5 (Spanish)
Challenge Spanish-speaking fifth grade students to be mathematical thinkers! This kit provides helpful problem-solving routines to structure math discourse. Includes a Teacher's Guide in English, student tasks in Spanish, digital resources, and more.
Item Number:136030
ISBN:9798765928820