Description
Strengthen your students’ math skills with these Balancing Addition & Subtraction Equations Prompts! These Number Talks Task Cards provide engaging prompts to help students practice and master addition, subtraction, and equality into one task. Perfect for interactive math lessons and math centers.
Number talks can be built into your daily schedule as short, daily exercises aimed at building number sense. Number sense is the ability to understand numbers and quantities, to use numbers flexibly, and to perform calculations mentally.
This Resource Can Also Be Purchased in A Discounted Bundle HERE.
Purchasing this Resource Gives You Access to…
- 30 prompt cards for 3 weeks of powerful number conversations
- 6 recording sheet options for math centers and assessment.
- Teaching Guide & Question Stems
- Math Talk Anchor Chart
✅Download the preview to get a closer look at these templates and examples from my classroom!










michael L. –
this was a great center
Theresa C. –
Great product
Seriously Second Grade –
great product!!
Megan Campion –
These have changed how we begin our math block! My students are talking about math and sharing different ways of solving problems! It is so beneficial for them to hear the different ways of thinking!
susan S. –
Great!
Sydney Gunlund – Firsties in Room Five –
I love how thorough all your stuff is! I can’t wait to use this on Monday!
Pauline Pretz –
I so needed this. Can’t wait to get back to class to use it.
terri M. –
Awesome resource!
Brittany P. –
Great!!
Megan L. –
I convinced my admin to let me use number talks instead of our normal fluency program. These make it so much easier!
Kallam’s Korner –
Just what I needed to practice balanced equations. Love how the problems are presented with simple pictures!
Melanie H. –
Missing addends has been a real challenge for my kiddos this year–I’m hoping this visual will really make things click! Thanks for the great ideas :).
Cathryn H. –
The Brown Bag Teacher made this resource. Nothing else needs to be said. Just buy it! I have purchased EVERYTHING Catherine has made (I have also watched all of her Facebook videos and read her blog religiously!) Trust me. . .it’s worth every penny!