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Number Talks - Target Number Task Cards

PDF | 10 pages|Grades: Pre-K - 2

Build number sense skills with this set of 20 task cards.

Use this set of task cards to easily implement number talks into your classroom.

Number talks are meant to be short, daily, math activities that allow students to have meaningful and highly engaging conversations about math. 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:

number identification
representing numbers in a variety of ways
composing and decomposing numbers
comparing numbers.

Simply print out the task cards front and back so that the prompts are displayed on the back of each card. The cards may also be put on a ring for added convenience.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.C.5
Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Number & Operations in Base Ten Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.C.6
Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 from multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (positive or zero differences), using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addit...
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Number & Operations in Base Ten Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.5
Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Operations & Algebraic Thinking Add and subtract within 20
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.6
Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - ...
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Operations & Algebraic Thinking Add and subtract within 20
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3
Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
In Kindergarten Standards for Mathematical Practice Counting & Cardinality Know number names and the count sequence
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
In Kindergarten Standards for Mathematical Practice Count to tell the number of objects
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.C.7
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
In Kindergarten Standards for Mathematical Practice Compare numbers
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.4
For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.
In Kindergarten Standards for Mathematical Practice Operations & Algebraic Thinking Understand addition, and understand subtraction

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