1. K-2 Number Talk Webinar Anne Gallagher – Director of Mathematics
Katy Absten – K-12 Math Specialist
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

2. Guest Teachers Amy Zeutenhorst Natalie Andres Tracie Husted
1st/2nd Combo Room Teacher
Orchard Center Elementary/West Valley School District #363
Tracie Husted
Intervention Specialist/Instructional Coach
Amy Zeutenhorst
Roosevelt Elementary School, Granger School District
2nd grade teacher
Math Fellow through OSPI

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Anne
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
11/12/2018

4. Number Talks First time hearing about them Aware of them
Have tried them
Tried them and stopped
Do them regularly
Anne

5. What Are Number Talks? Instructional Routine
3-4 times a week for about 10 – 15 min – consistency is important
Opportunity for students to mentally reason with numbers
Students share their solutions and strategies and their solutions are recorded and honored
Allows students to consider different perspectives on how a problem can be solved
Opportunity for students to reflect on and compare their solutions with other students’ solutions.
Anne
Number talks are only one of a variety of instructional routines.

6. Tracie and Natalie West Valley School District

7. Why Number Talks for Grades K-2?
Goal: Computational Fluency
Accuracy, efficient & flexible strategies
Numbers are composed of smaller numbers
Numbers can be decomposed and combined with others to make new numbers
What we know about one number can help us figure out other numbers
Numbers can be organized into groups; ones, tens, etc.

8. Tips for Getting Started
Build a community of learners & thinkers
Use of Thinking Strategies is helpful!
Teachers--Model your thinking through “Think Alouds”
Create a safe environment for sharing successes & failures
Mistakes are ALLOWED!
Let students articulate their thinking out loud, celebrating misconceptions as opportunities for deeper understanding

9. Tips for Getting Started
Classmates can help by sharing their thinking too
Engage in discourse constantly throughout the day
Provide lots of opportunities with the same types of problems
Value their thinking

10. How to Implement Number Talks into Instruction
Use numbers and strategies that go along with the domain you are teaching
Teach/model the mental math strategies for that domain: bridge to 10, regrouping, repeated addition
Extend the opportunity for strategies that have already been taught
They need to be quick 5 to 10 minutes max.
Chart students thinking (select 3 to 4 student answers)

11. Number Talk Examples – Student Thinking
Examples from:
Mrs. Husted modeling Number Talks in a Kindergarten Classroom

14. Number Talks - Mrs. Andres 1st and 2nd Grade Classroom
We will listen to audio of students sharing their solutions

16. Questions & Answers
Type in your questions for tracie and natalie into the question box

17. Amy Zeutenhorst Granger School District
2nd grade teacher

18. Changes Have I Seen in My Students
Student discourse has become efficient.
Arguments are supported with evidence.
Students are using more strategies that had not been used consistently in the past.
Application problems, or story problems, are spent focusing on steps to solve the problem, rather than the computation.

19. Examples of Number Talk Problems for 2nd Grade
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20. Successes and Challenges
More strategies being used consistently in the classroom.
Student discourse uses math vocabulary.
Students are able to construct arguments about solutions to problems.
Challenges
Finding the balance of solving rigorous problems AND getting engagement from all levels of mathematicians.
Time

21. Questions & Answers
Type in your questions for amy into the question box

22. We Are Learners Along With the Students-
Ask purposeful questions that shift the focus from the teacher to the student.
Bring student solutions back to a PLC –particularly if you are unsure about a student’s strategy.
Build your own content knowledge by making sense of the many new strategies your students will come up with!
Anne
Ask purposeful questions that shift the focus from the teacher to the student – practice as a teacher to refrain from “telling” – Learning curve for both students and teacher – develop your role as a teacher in a number talk
Bring student solutions back to a PLC – particularly if you are unsure about a student’s strategy – wonderful opportunity for us to learn more about mathematics
Students come up with many different ways – some of which will make no sense to you. Building your own content knowledge.

23. Dive Deeper Number Talks by Grade Band
Teachers from the specific grade bands will share their experiences with number talks, tips for getting started, changes they have seen in their students and their teaching, and an opportunity for Q & A Sign up now! – Visit OSPI’s Math Webpage
Number Talks for Grades K – 2   February 11th    3:45 – 4:45
Number Talks for Grades 3 – 5   February 16th    3:45 – 4:45
Number Talks for Grades 6 – 8   March 7th          3:45 – 4:45
Number Talks for High School     March 9th          :45 – 4:45
Katy

24. Connect with others! Washington Teachers Collaborating About Number Talks
Join teachers from across Washington in creating statewide energy and support for Number Talks in K-12 mathematics classrooms
Number Talk Resources
Grade Level Discussion Boards
Katy

25. Number Talks Workshops around Washington
MEC Number Talk 2-day Institutes
February 29 – March 1, Battleground
April 19-20, Tumwater
May 16-17, Renton
June 22-23, 2016 Lacey
August 3-4, 2016 Anacortes
August 23-23, 2016 Lacey
Contact your ESD Regional Math Coordinators for additional opportunities and personalized support in your area.

26. Resources
You Cubed You Cubed - Number Talks
Making Number Talks Matter (book) – Ruth Parker and Cathy Humphreys
Intentional Talk – Elham Kazemi and Allison Hintz
Teaching Channel – PLC Leadership & Number Talks
Katy

27. Additional Questions

28. Thank you! Anne Gallagher– anne.gallagher@k12.wa.us
Katy Absten –
Natalie Andres -
Tracie Husted -
Amy Zeutenhorst -
You will find additional videos and resources that are included in the power point that is posted on our website