When?
June 4, 2018
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Discussion Questions: On which day will the package arrive? How do you know? How many days will it take to
Prompts that Spark Discussion...
Notice?
May 7, 2018
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What do you notice? What do you wonder? What shapes do you see? What else do you see? How many
Triangle Lie Detector
January 24, 2018
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Here is a blank picture if you’d rather create your own prompt. Number talks with @MathBeforeBed 🙂 pic.twitter.com/y9dKYXS9E6 — Grade
Two Truths & One Lie
January 16, 2018
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For example here is one statement: “I see MORE than 9 squares.” Is this a truth or a lie? Here
Familiar Face
January 12, 2018
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Count the number of shapes. Count the number of shapes by colour. Count the number of green triangles that could
A shelf of books
December 24, 2017
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Compare the books. How many small books are here? How many large books? How many do you have?
Missing Squares
December 6, 2017
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This is how one student counted the squares @MathBeforeBed @catholic_hill pic.twitter.com/fZZHmJAqSg — Kirsty Chamberland (@K_Chamberland) December 7, 2017
We Remember
November 10, 2017
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Thinking from young ones: Math Talk today- Counting poppies and seeing patterns @Breslau_Rm8 Thanks @MathBeforeBed for the picture pic.twitter.com/8shjV6K5j0 —
Pumpkin Explosion
October 18, 2017
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\ \ Have your child estimate the number of bands it will hold. What is too high? What is too
Many Squares
September 25, 2017
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\ \ You can also sum the little squares by adding 1+3+5+7+9+11+13 ((yellow)+(blue)+(green)+(orange)+(red)+(dark blue)+(burgundy)). Since visually this forms a square
Different Sums
September 23, 2017
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\ \ The purple squares can be represented by 1+2+3+4+5+6 and can be visually seen by finding half the area
Jars & Tops
September 22, 2017
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\ \ Do you see any patterns? How many tops? How many jars?
Puzzling Dimensions
September 16, 2017
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\ \ You can read more about trying to incorporate math into your puzzle making.\ \
Lite-Brite Shapes
September 13, 2017
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\ \ Download free printables to use in your Lite-Brite. You still have one right?\ \ \ \ or have
Longest Line?
August 31, 2017
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\ \ Today’s prompt is inspired from Desmos. You can keep this conversation going over on their activity “Exploring Length
Wooden Logs
July 19, 2017
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\ \ Estimate – How many wooded logs are BEHIND the blue rectangle? How did you estimate?
Cookie Counter
July 16, 2017
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\ \ Encourage counting various types. How many cooked cookies? How many uncooked? How many rows? Columns? As always discuss
Block Tower
July 7, 2017
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\ \ What could you and your child count in this picture? Predict how many more “turns” until it falls
Big & Little
June 24, 2017
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\ \ What measurements will help you out? Volume? Length? How will you and your child compare? How many times
Complete the Square
June 20, 2017
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\ \ How many little squares are there in total after completing the big square? What are other square numbers?
Triangle Cover
June 17, 2017
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\ \ For a video version of this prompt check out the twitter feed here.
More Squares
June 14, 2017
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\ \ How did you create the red squares? Draw a diagram to show your thinking.
Putting it on the Line
June 12, 2017
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\ \ For more activities like this please check out clotheslinemath.com and Estimation180.com/clothesline
Two Cubes
June 11, 2017
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\ \ Extensions:How many more yellow squares do you need to add to the big cube to make the big
Take the Shorter Path
June 10, 2017
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Thinking: First we learned about & physically did positional language(left, up,forward) then we connected it to coding(which we do a
Lego Width
June 5, 2017
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\ \ Extension: How many Lego figures will fill the board?
Lego Width
June 4, 2017
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\ \ How many Lego Figures will reach the top of the board? What number is too high? What number
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