Warm Ups
Websites with Rich Problems
3 Act Math Websites
Units and Lessons
Units & Lessons
Assessment
Gap Closing materials included.
For grades 7-9.
MATH TALK
MATH TALK RESOURCES
Would You Rather Math
Asking students to choose a path and justify it with math.
Estimation 180
ESTIMATION 180 is a place for both students and teachers to enjoy making sense of math and develop their number sense together.
Pick from over 200 visual estimation tasks that invite all your students to be part of rich math conversations and learning.
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
A website dedicated to providing thought-provoking puzzles for math teachers and students alike. There are no answers provided as there are many different, correct ways of choosing which one doesn't belong.
What’s Going On in This Graph?
Graphs, maps and charts from The Times -- and an invitation to students to discuss them live.
101 Questions
What's the first question that comes to your mind? Find images and videos that invite students to ask mathematical questions.
Graphing Stories
Play any of the videos and have them graph the story on the handout. Talk about it.
Number Talk Images
A collection of mathematically interesting images posted by math teachers.
Visual Patterns
Helping students sharpen their algebraic reasoning and critical thinking
Data Talks
Data talks are short 5-10 minute classroom discussions to help students develop data literacy. They are intended to pique students’ curiosity and encourage question asking, and to help them understand and “read” the data-filled world in which they live.
Fraction Talks
The idea is simple, the medium is practical, and the thinking is rich. This site is a growing cache of materials designed for classroom teachers and by classroom teachers.
MATH TALK PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
This short read outlines Lucy West’s 16 teacher moves that promote mathematical discussion.
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This article by Lucy West outlines explains how to set the stage for discussion by establishing expectations and social norms as well as teacher moves for facilitating the process.
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Lucy West - Culture of Classroom Discourse
Robust student academic discourse is vital for deep learning. One of the most powerful and easy to implement moves is called: Turn and Talk; or Think, Pair, Share, or Partner Talk. All of these are variations of a practice that has far reaching benefits for students. This article will help you to use dialogue as a key avenue for learning content with understanding and developing reasoning, social skills, and intelligence.
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This article briefly summarizes the book "5 Practices For Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions" by Margaret Smith and Mary Kay Stein. Identifying and using the five practices (anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, connecting) can make discussions of cognitively challenging tasks more manageable for teachers. By giving teachers a roadmap that they can follow before and during whole-class discussions, these practices have the potential for helping teachers more effectively orchestrate discussions that are responsive to both students and the mathematics.
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This research monograph by Dr. Cathy Bruce outlines how we need to move beyond the competitive and isolating idea that similar solutions and strategies is the “stealing” of ideas, which has had limited success. Instead, students should be encouraged to work, think, and talk together while engaging in powerful mathematics tasks.
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Number talks are a short but powerful learning activities that shows students:
• creativity in maths
• many different ways people see maths and
• flexibility in numbers
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Jo Boaler explaining the value of number talks
Data talks are short 5-10 minute classroom discussions to help students develop data literacy. This pedagogical strategy is similar in structure to a number talk, but instead of numbers students are shown a data visual and asked what interests them. Data talks are intended to pique students’ curiosity and encourage question asking, and to help them understand and “read” the data-filled world in which they live..
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Example of a data talk
Students in Grades 4-12 and their families can access free, live 1:1 online math tutoring with an Ontario Certified Teacher. Click on the image to access an instructional PDF outlining what it’s all about, how it works and how to access this service using DSB1 login credentials. This printable document is ready to share with families.
