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Number Talks - Balancing Equations Task Cards
PDF | 20 pages|Grades: 1 - 2Build number sense skills with this set of 40 task cards.
Use this set of task cards to easily implement number talks into your classroom.
Number talks are meant to be short, daily maths activities that allow students to have meaningful and highly engaging conversations about maths. Simply show students the front of the card, and ask the prompts on the back. These exchanges will lead to the development of more accurate, efficient, and flexible strategies for students.
This card set is a great teaching resource for helping students with:
- constructing and deconstructing numbers
- understanding the meaning of the equal sign
- finding the unknown term in an equation.
Print out the task cards front and back so that the prompts are displayed on the back of each card. The cards can also be put on a ring for added convenience.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- MA1-5NA
AdditionandSubtraction - uses a range of strategies and informal recording methods for addition and subtraction involving one- and two-digit numbers
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCMNA089
Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts
- VCMNA106
Explore the connection between addition and subtraction
- VCMNA107
Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACMNA015
Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts
- ACMNA029
Explore the connection between addition and subtraction
- ACMNA030
Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies
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