Description
A Pattern Talk is a daily math talk classroom routine. Use 10's facts to multiply by 9's! It's a useful multiplication strategy illustrated with array models. Perfect for morning meeting, calendar time, or math warm-ups. Use as a pre-teaching or review activity! Includes digital Google Slides and cards printables.
Product Description:
You will receive a PDF with instructions for use, a link to copy the Pattern Talk to your Google Slides account, and 14 pages of printable cards. Cards are half-sheet sized, perfect for displaying in a number corner or under the whiteboard.
The Pattern Talk is comprised of 21 pages of animated slides, intended to cover 10 days of instruction. Slides are intended to be projected on the board and discussed as a whole class. Each day, students are asked to follow the 3-step Pattern Talk process:
- Predict the next card in the sequence
- Complete the equation, using a subtraction expression to represent the product
- Analyze the cards and discuss patterns you notice
The animated slides will guide teachers and students through these steps. On the first click, a new card is revealed, and on the second click, the equation is completed.
Why Use Pattern Talks?
9's facts should be easy for students to master; they're so close to 10's facts! This Pattern Talk introduces students to the subtraction strategy for multiplying by 9's, scaffolding students with color-coded array models. Each day presents students with a larger 10's fact array, with the final column (the "take-away column") highlighted in yellow. Students can easily identify the relationship between 9's and 10's facts, and use this to solve 9's facts quickly and easily! The talk also gives students opportunities to make sense of operations and equations through repeated exposure, math patterns, and visual models.
More teachers are using Pattern Talks in their classrooms because they are...
- Quick and easy! My students often walk away with more learning after this 10-minute-a-day classroom discussion than from our formal math lesson.
- Are engaging! All students are invited to think, participate with manipulatives, share their thinking, agree/disagree with classmates, and ask each other questions!
- Increase in complexity. Pattern Talks scaffold students as they move from simpler more accessible problems to more challenging ones.
- Make learning accessible. Pattern talks repeat the 3-step process, providing a routine that makes it easier for all students, including ELLs, to engage. Students who were not ready to share their ideas yesterday might try out strategies others have shared, and find success today! Pattern Talks provide enough time for everyone to learn and share their success!
Other Resources You Might Like:
Distributive Property of Multiplication with Arrays
Equivalent Fractions: Area Models, Fraction Strips, & Number Lines
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Description
A Pattern Talk is a daily math talk classroom routine. Use 10's facts to multiply by 9's! It's a useful multiplication strategy illustrated with array models. Perfect for morning meeting, calendar time, or math warm-ups. Use as a pre-teaching or review activity! Includes digital Google Slides and cards printables.
Product Description:
You will receive a PDF with instructions for use, a link to copy the Pattern Talk to your Google Slides account, and 14 pages of printable cards. Cards are half-sheet sized, perfect for displaying in a number corner or under the whiteboard.
The Pattern Talk is comprised of 21 pages of animated slides, intended to cover 10 days of instruction. Slides are intended to be projected on the board and discussed as a whole class. Each day, students are asked to follow the 3-step Pattern Talk process:
- Predict the next card in the sequence
- Complete the equation, using a subtraction expression to represent the product
- Analyze the cards and discuss patterns you notice
The animated slides will guide teachers and students through these steps. On the first click, a new card is revealed, and on the second click, the equation is completed.
Why Use Pattern Talks?
9's facts should be easy for students to master; they're so close to 10's facts! This Pattern Talk introduces students to the subtraction strategy for multiplying by 9's, scaffolding students with color-coded array models. Each day presents students with a larger 10's fact array, with the final column (the "take-away column") highlighted in yellow. Students can easily identify the relationship between 9's and 10's facts, and use this to solve 9's facts quickly and easily! The talk also gives students opportunities to make sense of operations and equations through repeated exposure, math patterns, and visual models.
More teachers are using Pattern Talks in their classrooms because they are...
- Quick and easy! My students often walk away with more learning after this 10-minute-a-day classroom discussion than from our formal math lesson.
- Are engaging! All students are invited to think, participate with manipulatives, share their thinking, agree/disagree with classmates, and ask each other questions!
- Increase in complexity. Pattern Talks scaffold students as they move from simpler more accessible problems to more challenging ones.
- Make learning accessible. Pattern talks repeat the 3-step process, providing a routine that makes it easier for all students, including ELLs, to engage. Students who were not ready to share their ideas yesterday might try out strategies others have shared, and find success today! Pattern Talks provide enough time for everyone to learn and share their success!
Other Resources You Might Like:
Distributive Property of Multiplication with Arrays
Equivalent Fractions: Area Models, Fraction Strips, & Number Lines
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Thank you for the feedback, Kristin!
I'm glad you and your students enjoyed this Pattern Talk. Thank you for the feedback!
