Deepening Mathematical Thinking with Number Talks

Grades 3-5
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Just open the slides, display them in your classroom, and start meaningful math discussions—no extra planning required! No more scrambling for the right problems or wondering how to guide student thinking. With these interactive decks, you’ll have everything you need to confidently lead numeracy/number talks that build deep understanding!

Increase math performance in

just 7-10 minutes, 3-5 times per week.

Toolkit Includes:

    • Grade-specific Interactive Slide Deck
    • Implementation and Teacher’s Guide
    • Strategy Posters
    • Sentence Stems
    • Video Tutorial

Discover the Math Mights

Math Mights provides students with a common language for mathematical thinking by connecting strategies to memorable characters. This approach builds conceptual understanding and supports multiple ways to solve problems.

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Planning lessons that meet the needs of diverse learners can be overwhelming and time consuming. But our comprehensive library of resources is organized to support the instructional needs of K-5 teachers!

All resources in the M³ Membership library are designed to support hands-on, inquiry-based instruction that is developmentally-appropriate and caters to multiple learning styles. SIS4Teachers promotes a concrete-pictorial-abstract (CPA) approach and incorporates the 8 Standards for Mathematical Practice (8 SMPs) wherever possible.

About SIS4Teachers

SIS4Teachers is a team of passionate educators dedicated to transforming math instruction through hands-on tools, practical strategies, and meaningful professional development.

Founded by Shannon McCartney, an experienced elementary math consultant and creator of resources like Math Mights and Deck o’ Dots, SIS4Teachers helps teachers build strong numeracy foundations and deeper mathematical thinkers. Our goal is simple: support educators with classroom-ready ideas that make math engaging, purposeful, and effective for all students.

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