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About the course
This session covers building computational fluency through reasoning, discourse, and strategic thinking.
What you’ll learn
This session introduces Number Talks as a short, high-impact daily routine that develops computational fluency through reasoning, strategy sharing, and mathematical conversation. Participants explore what makes Number Talks effective, including short, focused problems, intentional problem strings, and the cultivation of a classroom culture where students explain their thinking and learn from one another. The session models the six-step structure, highlights the teacher’s role in facilitating discourse, and reinforces key understandings such as composing, decomposing, and connecting numbers.
Course Objectives
Participants will leave with:
Practical strategies for facilitating Number Talks
Sample prompts and problem strings
Clarity on how to embed Number Talks into the daily math block
About the presenter
Patricia has worked in education for over 30 years and has a depth of expertise in teaching and consulting in the elementary mathematics area and coaching and leading professional development.
As a consultant, Patricia works at the school and district-level to guide and build the capacity of educators in developing and vertically aligning standards-based mathematics curricula that supports the needs of all students. Patricia also provides school-based support through demonstrating lessons in classrooms, side-by-side coaching and providing professional development sessions for K-8 teachers.
About the presenter