Have you wanted to start math talks with your middle school students but aren't sure where to start? Class time is precious, but you need to incorporate reasoning activities to build your students number sense! Math talks are a great way to engage your pre-algebra or algebra students and get them sharing math strategies. They are a great warm up and a fantastic way to get students thinking as class starts. Short on time? The good news is that they are designed to take no more than 10-15 minutes.

Included in this product are:

• 10 math talk prompts, enough to use one per day for two weeks
• Teacher guide with extensions and instructional moves paired to each math talk
• Printable student pages for extra workspace or organization of ideas
• A guide to help you start on the right foot

These are designed for 8th graders. Some prompts rely on previously learned content from earlier grades. Some prompts are not specific to grade level content, they can be approached from a huge variety of levels. In this case, there are suggestions included on how to acknowledge the wide range of possible answers.