Digging Deeper: Making Number Talks Matter Even More, Grades 3-10

by Ruth E Parker, Cathy Humphreys (Contributor)

Making the transition to student-centered learning begins with finding ways to get students to share their thinking, something that can be particularly challenging for older learners. Authors Ruth Parker and Cathy Humphreys return with Digging Making Number Talks Matter Even More, Grades 3-10 , taking the readers into classrooms where their Number Talks routines are taught. In this comprehensive sequel to their best-selling book, Making Number Talks Matter , Parker and Humphreys apply their 15 minute lessons to older grade levels to inspire and initiate math talks. Through vignettes in the book, you'll meet other teachers learning how to listen closely to students and how to prompt them into figuring out solutions to problems. You will learn how to make on-the-spot decisions, continually advancing and deepening the conversation. Digging Deeper Digging Deeper is filled with teaching tips for using wait time between problems more efficiently, honoring student contributions while still correcting errors, and teaching concepts while nudging independent thinking. Through daily practice and open conversation, you can make Number Talks matter more.

Genres: Mathematics, Education, Teaching

134 pages, Paperback

Published November 21, 2018

Reviews

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

An essential follow-up to Parker & Humphreys's first book about number talks. In Digging Deeper, the authors explore frequently asked questions teachers have about number talk routines. Videos from across the grade levels make up much of the book, which were extremely helpful to see number talks in action. It was easy to navigate the eBook, as the video links were clickable, but I am not sure whether a paper copy would be as user-friendly (links are presented in-line as URLs and also QR codes).

[Stacy Stoker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good follow up to “Making Number Talks Matter” (definitely read that one first). I think the ideas will help me as I work to do better with number talks in my classroom. I appreciate the fact that the authors are so open about the fact that they don’t have all the answers and that they are still learning and asking questions themselves.