Teacher's Guide

Encourage students to focus on the process of solving math problems and get them to think like mathematicians. Based on top research in mathematics education, the Teacher's Guide gives teachers the resources to get students talking about math productively while also making math conferences more effective.

• Details how to implement Let's Talk Math in a classroom.
• Provides standards-based lessons with flexible connections to Guided Math that seamlessly fit into whole-class instruction, small-group lessons, and/or workstations, and can be used in conjunction with any curriculum.
• Supports the implementation of routines on the Math Task Teacher Pages, including common misconceptions, language support, scaffolding strategies, and extension tasks.
• Includes observation protocols and monitoring checklists for progress monitoring.
• Provides additional expert tips on how to support English Learners.

Mathematical Practices and Processes Poster

Develop a mathematics environment through colorful definitions of mathematical practices and processes.

• Gives students the tools and opportunities to engage in meaningful, student-to-student math discourse with thinking prompts.
• States mathematical practices/processes in student-friendly language.

Task Cards

Help students talk about mathematical concepts using structured, easy-to-follow routines.

• 120 rich math tasks per grade level in print and digital formats.
• Students collaborate to solve authentic math tasks and become more confident problem-solvers.
• Standards-based and aligned to the six domains of mathematics: counting and cardinality, number and operations in base ten, number operations-fractions, geometry, measurement and data, and operations and algebraic thinking.

Student Task Book

Tasks are included in a full-color, easy-to-use book and provide opportunities for students to reflect and write.

• Includes student reproducibles to reinforce and expand on the three-step problem solving routine.
• This notebook sized student routines booklet also includes student reflection and peer feedback templates.

Student Engagement

• Enhances student engagement with animated student videos that explain the mathematical processes/practices and make concepts accessible with engaging examples, printable word wall, and student notebook sized protocols.
• Promotes student-to-student math discourse to verbalize and "hear" their thinking as they develop and expand academic vocabulary.
• Differentiates learning to support all learners, including English learners.
• Engages students as mathematical thinkers to bring math to life with real-world applications.
• Gives students the chance to understand, discuss, reflect, and write about how they solved complex math problems to build math competence.
• Increases social skills, attentive listening, and oral speaking skills through peer interaction.