Teaching Algebraic Thinking:
Professional Development Series
Grades 3-8
2010-2011
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
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Agenda for Tuesday
Number Talk Jigsaw
Number Talks
The purpose of NUMBER TALKS
is to strengthen students’
reasoning skills and to help
them make sense of numbers
and number operations.
Number Talks
Let’s see a Number Talk in action!
2nd grade class
7th grade class
Number Talks Jigsaw
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At your table, get in groups of 4.
Each person takes one card from the set.
Go to the corner that matches your card.
In your card group, talk about the ways
students might solve your card problem.
Also discuss how you would record their
responses to your prompt.
As a group, practice how you would record
student thinking.
At the signal, go back to your original table
group. You will each present your number
talk to the other three.
Number Talks Jigsaw
7. Now, go back to your card group
and discuss what worked, what
was difficult.
8. Be ready to share with the larger
group.
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Major Components of Number Sense
Building Facility with Numbers
Practice Makes Perfect
Decide on which Number talk
to do with your students
Record strategies to share next
time