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Kick off your math block with Number Talks the First 10 Days, a structured, easy-to-follow guide for launching math conversations in Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. These back to school math activities are designed to help students build number sense, practice mental math, and get comfortable explaining their thinking—all within the first few weeks of school.
Kick off your math block with Number Talks the First 10 Days, a structured, easy-to-follow guide for launching math conversations in Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. These back to school math activities are designed to help students build number sense, practice mental math, and get comfortable explaining their thinking—all within the first few weeks of school.
Each day’s lesson focuses on building a specific habit or routine—like using visual models, turn-and-talk protocols, or decomposing numbers—laying a strong foundation for yearlong Number Talk success. Whether you’re teaching Kindergarten math or guiding 1st and 2nd graders through more advanced ideas, this resource offers flexible support for building math talk routines that stick.
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Whether you’re introducing math talk for the first time or refreshing your routines, this guide is perfect for building classroom community, student confidence, and strong number sense from day one. Use it in whole-group lessons, small groups, or as a warm-up to create a math environment where thinking and talking about numbers feels natural.
Looking for daily Number Talk prompts to keep the routine going all year? Check out these complete sets designed to follow your launch with ready-to-use slides for every day of the school year.
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Brenda Winking –
This resource provided daily lessons to engage students in number talks. It was easy for me to use and the students enjoyed building their math conversational skills.
Growing Firsties –
These have been so helpful for building conversation and number sense! You ROCK on so many levels!! xoxoxo
Lorena Reimann –
This has been so wonderful to use with my little scholars!
Miss Jae in K –
This resource was perfect for helping to establish a solid number talk routine in my classroom
Colleen C. –
This resource helped lay the expectations for number talks. My first graders did very well once they remembered to make silent signals instead of raising hands. All students got involved and respectfully responded to classmates. Highly recommend anything from Catherine Reed!
Sunflowers-n-Glitter –
Number talks are new to me and this resource is great for starting the year for me and my students.
Lauren K. –
This is a great resource to help get back into the swing of things at the beginning of the year.
Liz L. –
I love that I can start with Kindergarten first 10 days too so students get a review before starting first grade. Students are liking the activities.
Dorothy K. –
My students love number talks time and I needed a way to maximize their enjoyment and learning. This small resource is very helpful in getting number talks underway at the beginning of the school year.
Marquetta M. –
This is a great resource to start the beginning of the year and introduce students to math talks. I’m using this this first few days of school to build confidence and set students up for success
Lisa G. –
A valuable resource for understanding number fundamentals that encourages oral discussion and practice.
Irma C. –
This was a good resource to use at the beginning of the year to ease into CGI number routines with my 2nd graders. Since you have access to K and 1st, you could also differentiate.
Mrs O’s Class –
I wanted to bump up my Number Sense/Number Talks routine for math. This was a great place to start and had lots of good information! Thank you! A+
Lori T. –
I did not do this at the beginning of the school year but instead used it after Christmas, when I started Math Talks. I look forward to using this in August this year and start the year strong with Math Talks. Thank you for a great resource.
Savvy in 2nd Grade –
Used to start our math block and practice discussion
Sara O. –
I love how in-depth the directions are and I love that it comes with some number talks to use at the beginning of the year.