Making Number Talks Matter is about the myriad decisions facing teachers as they make this fifteen-minute daily routine a vibrant and vital part of their mathematics instruction. Throughout the book, Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker offer practical ideas for using Number Talks to help students learn to reason numerically and build a solid foundation for the study of mathematics. This book will be an invaluable resource if you are already using Number Talks or not; whether you are an elementary, middle school, high school, or college teacher; or even if you are a parent wanting to support your child with mathematics. 

This book offers everything a teacher needs to teach, assess, and communicate with parents about basic math fact instruction, including

• • The five fundamentals of fact fluency
  • Strategies students can use to find facts that are not yet committed to memory
  • More than 40 easy to make, easy to use games
  • More than 20 assessment tools that provide useful data on fact fluency and mastery
  • Suggestions and strategies for collaborating with families to help their children master the basic math facts