Prompts that Spark Discussion...
I spy scary things…
October 30, 2018
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I spy 11 spiders. I spy 1 pretzel How many hats can you find? I spy the calculator. I spy
Minions on Hoilday
October 12, 2018
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How many puzzle pieces are in the image above? How did you determine your answer? Curriculum Connection: Grade 1 Grade
Pepper Colours
October 4, 2018
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How many? What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Kylo’s Missing Something.
September 24, 2018
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How many? How do you know? How did you count?
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
I Spy…
May 23, 2018
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Ask your students to look and share what they see. Potential discussion topics: How many shapes? How many of each
Car Collection
May 1, 2018
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How many? How many cars? How many of each colour? How can you sort them?
Bank Robbers
April 25, 2018
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How many piggy banks are missing from the middle? How do you know?
Monopoly Deal
April 17, 2018
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Play the Monopoly Deal card game (Affiliate Link). We’ve been playing this game non-stop since we got it! We have
Missing Eggs
March 29, 2018
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If you’d prefer a prompt with only one correct answer try this one below.
Sums of Money
March 9, 2018
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How many different sums of money can be made with 1 dime, 2 nickels, and 1 quarter? What are those
Mystery Bank
March 8, 2018
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There are two mystery coins in the piggy bank. What could the coins be to make the total amount of
Behind The Squares
February 28, 2018
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What is the sum of the numbers covered by the grey squares? How do you know? What did you do?
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
Lie Detector
January 24, 2018
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And here is a blank picture if you’d rather develop you own Two Truths & One Lie
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
Fraction Fill
January 10, 2018
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Can’t see the video? Click through to the post page After estimating when the area is exactly half covered by
The Doc is in
January 9, 2018
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Draw each outfit set. How does it change for these outfits? How many different outfits now?
Which Lego Piece Doesn’t Belong?
January 8, 2018
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Thinking: Which one doesn't belong? How would you defend your answer? Cam you pursuade others to share your perspective/belief? And
Lego Cars
December 27, 2017
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Do you see circles? How many? Do you see rectangles? How many? How many more
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?
Covered Sums
December 21, 2017
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How many different ways can you determine the sum?
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
Really Big Lights
December 1, 2017
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Splat
November 14, 2017
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\ \ What could be the answers if there weren’t the same number of dots under each splat?\ \ Read
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 —
Fraction Circle
October 12, 2017
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\ \ Fraction Circles provided by Brainingcamp: Access Brainingcamp’s virtual manipulatives and lessons Interested in exploring fractions through problem based
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