Number Talks, Grades K-5 by Sherry Parrish

Sherry Parrish has worked in the field of education for over 35 years. Sherry is a recipient of the Presidential Prize for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching and possesses a doctorate in Educational Leadership from Samford University. She advocates for inquiry-based mathematics teaching and learning as a former classroom educator and assistant professor. She is the coauthor of Number Talks: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages: A Multimedia Professional Development Resource, and she presently works with math teachers around the country and globally. Sherry Parrish lays out the ideal way to teach math to young children and provides instructors with the concepts and strategies they'll need.

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone concerned with the mathematical development of youngsters. Jo Boaler is a Stanford University professor and the author of What Does Math Have to Do With It? Using number talks on a regular basis is a great method to get started with inquiry-based mathematics. Sherry Parrish gives a multitude of example number talks in this resource that can be used in order to cover fundamental mathematical concepts.

Ann Dominick, past Alabama Teacher of the Year and Presidential Awardee for Elementary Math Review: For years, I battled to teach my kids who couldn't master algorithms. Number Talks has been nothing short of life-changing! I'm extremely proud of my daughters' growing self-assurance. Parents have even requested that I teach them Number Talks tactics.

Bridget Anderson, first-grade teacher at Curtis Elementary School in Rialto, California, says, No other resource has had the same influence on my pupils' capacity to work flexibly with numbers as Number Talks. It's been genuinely life-changing! Donna Boucher is an educational consultant, coauthor of Guided Math Workshop, and blogger at Math Coach's Corner.