Table Talk Math: A Practical Guide for Bringing Math Into Everyday Conversations

by John Stevens

Overview

Making math part of families’ everyday conversations is a powerful way to help children and teens learn to love math. In Table Talk Math, John Stevens offers parents (and teachers!) ideas for initiating authentic, math-based conversations that will get kids to notice and be curious about all the numbers, patterns, and equations in the world around them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781946444035
Publisher:	Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.
Publication date:	04/04/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

John Stevens is an educational technology coach for Chaffey Joint Union High School District who has also taught high school Geometry, Algebra 1, middle school Math, Service Learning, and Robotics, Engineering, and Design since 2006. He has served as the go-to guy for trying new, crazy, and often untested ideas to see how well they will work.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 "The Talk" 1

Chapter 2 Less is More-More or Less 5

Chapter 3 Debates 13

Chapter 4 Estimations 25

Chapter 5 Patterns 39

Chapter 6 Organization 55

Chapter 7 Fraction Talks 67

Chapter 8 Talking About Math 79

Chapter 9 Noticing and Wondering 85

Chapter 10 Leveraging Technology… or Not 95

Chapter 11 Conclusion 101

Additional Resources 103

Contributors 106

Acknowledgments 108

More From Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc 110

About the Author 119