This video shows a teacher introducing the concept of number talks.

Ruth Parker and Cathy Humphreys:  Making Number Talks Matter

This video explains the WHY of doing number talks.

Number Talks:  Instructional Routines Episode #3

Example of middle school math number talk.  She explains number talks at the beginning of the video and then gives an example of a number talk with her class.

Mathematical Problem-Solving Videos

This website provides videos for teaching practical problem solving skills to young students. Topics include numbers, calculation, percent/fractions, measuring, shapes, and graphs.

Are Your Students Struggling With Math Word Problems?

Do you have students who struggle with word problems?  This article from We Are Teachers written by Elizabeth Mulvahill provides strategies that teachers can use to help students solve word problems more successfully.

Talking Math:  How to Engage Students in Mathematical Discourse

Do you need ideas to get your math students talking?  This article by Dr. Gladis Kersaint on the Getting Smart site explains the importance of mathematical discourse, provides examples of what it looks like in practice, and offers ways to encourage it in the classroom.  The roles of the teacher and student are also explained.

Talking Math:  6 Strategies for Getting Students to Engage in Mathematical Discourse

Do you want quick, easy ways to encourage discourse in your math class?  This article by Dr. Gladis Kersaint on the Getting Smart site provides six strategies that can be used to get students talking about math.  They are easy to immediately implement in any classroom.

Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) K-5

This website provides tasks for students in grades K-5 in mathematics.  If you click the plus sign in front of the grade level on the right side of the page and select a unit, a PDF will open.  Click on Tasks in the table of Contents, and it will take you to the task.  Each task highlights the Mathematical Practice Standards addressed and provides a complete explanation of the task.

Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) 6-8

This website provides tasks for students in grades 6-8 mathematics.  If you click the plus sign in front of the grade level on the right side of the page and select a unit, a PDF will open.  Click on Tasks in the table of Contents, and it will take you to the task.  Each task highlights the Mathematical Practice Standards addressed and provides a complete explanation of the task.

Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) 9-12

This website provides tasks for students in grades 9-12 mathematics.  If you click the plus sign in front of the grade level on the right side of the page and select a unit, a PDF will open.  Click on Tasks in the table of Contents, and it will take you to the task.  Each task highlights the Mathematical Practice Standards addressed and provides a complete explanation of the task.

Mathematics Assessment Project

This site provides different tasks and challenges for students that can be used to assess and practice mathematical practices standards. From the link, click on the button on the left that says Tasks to choose a task.  The tasks can be searched by grade level and by standard.  Middle School and High School.

Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say!

Do you talk for the majority of the time when you are teaching math?  This article by Steven Reinhart from GPS Training Days 1, 2 and 3 Mathematics 1 explains that good teaching in math does not come from standing in front of the class and lecturing.  Instead students learn best when they are the ones talking, answering questions, and discussing with one another.  Students must be active not passive in the process for them to get the most learning out of math class.

Math Word Problems

This page from math-drills.com offers word problem worksheets that have addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and multi-step problems.

120 Awesome Word Problems to Engage Students

This list by Marcus Guido offers 120 word problems sorted by topic.  They can be used as the actual problems or as inspiration to create more word problems on the topic.  Within each topic each problem has a sub-topic listed before the problem.

Strategies and Interventions to Support Students with Mathematical Disabilities

Do you need strategies to help your students with math disabilities? This PDF from the Council for Learning Disabilities by Brittany Hott, Laura Isabell, and Teresa Oettinger Montani offers strategies such as pre-teaching vocabulary and using the CRA (concrete, representational, and abstract) method to help students succeed in mathematics.