What is FirstieMath®: Math: Think and Talk?

FirstieMath®: Math: Think and Talk is a supplemental curriculum that can be used to boost any current math curriculum in the classroom! The program is designed to give primary students a way to talk about math through the use of images. Students will also have an opportunity to learn math skills in a hands-on and meaningful way. You can find success through using this program in your whole-group instruction, intervention groups, RTI groups, guided math groups, or as a resource for non-certified staff members assisting in the classroom. The program is based upon a slotted fifteen minutes of instruction. However, this too is versatile as you can limit or extend this time frame to best fit your classroom needs. FirstieMath: Think and Talk is created by a teacher for teachers. The program has been carefully created and organized to align with every classroom and curriculum. The lessons can be introduced in any order the teacher chooses. That makes this program available to all teachers that have the desire to boost their math instruction.

Tell me more about FirstieMath: Think and Talk!

FirstieMath: Think and Talk offers six days of instruction per unit. Each day the students will start the day’s lesson by looking at a fiction or realistic image. The teacher will then guide the students through the math lesson and offer students an opportunity to discuss and evaluate the image. Students will then apply their knowledge in a hands-on and meaningful way. Included within each unit are hands-on and concrete ways to apply the skill along with one practice sheet per image.

What are Think and Talk Images?

The use of realistic images throughout the units allows students to see math as “real life.” They see the images in a natural way and can then apply that same way of thinking to their everyday lives. As we guide students through the Think and Talk lessons, we really want to offer them what the product’s title states: time to think and time to talk. It’s important that when we present one of the images to the students, we truly encourage them to take their time and really study the image. We then want to give students time to turn and talk with their peers. This will give students a way to verbalize what they saw and learn new ways of thinking from their peers. It’s important that the students have an understanding that the images may have more than one answer and that it’s okay. After the initial conversation regarding the image, teachers are encouraged to prompt students for a follow-up discussion. What knowledge did we gain from this image? How might we see this in our everyday lives? We want to encourage students to be aware of math all around them and to truly enjoy talking about math.

What is included in FirstieMath: Think and Talk?

- 15 lesson plans (6 days each so a total of 90 days of instruction)

- 30 think and talk images (1 realistic and 1 fiction per unit)

- 2 practice sheets per unit (30 total)

- Applied concrete hands-on ideas per image

What skills are covered in FirstieMath: Think and Talk?

Unit One: Numbers to 10

Unit Two: Addition to 10 0

Unit Three: Subtraction to 10

Unit Four: Geometry

Unit Five: Numbers to 20

Unit Six: Add and Subtract to 20

Unit Seven: Measurable Attributes

Unit Eight: Graphing

Unit Nine: Numbers to 40

Unit Ten: Add and Subtract to 40

Unit Eleven: Math Strategies

Unit Twelve:Numbers to 120

Unit Thirteen: Add and Subtract to 100

Unit Fourteen: Time and Money

Unit Fifteen: Fractions

What is FirstieMath?

FirstieMath? is a complete and comprehensive math curriculum. You can view more about FirstieMath? HERE.

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