Supports new and experienced educators who want to prepare for and design purposeful number talks for their students; demonstrates how to develop grade-level-specific strategies for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. DVD features 19 number talks filmed in actual classrooms, plus author and teacher interviews.

Newer issues of this book appear under the title: Number talks : whole number computation. "More than 850 purposefully designed number talks. DVD featuring 19 number talks filmed in actual classrooms"--Cover.

What is a classroom number talk? -- How do I prepare for number talks? -- How do I develop specific strategies in the K-2 classroom? -- How do I design purposeful number talks in the K-2 classrooms? -- How do I develop specific addition and subtraction strategies in the 3-5 classroom? -- How do I design purposeful addition and subtraction number talks in the 3-5 classroom? -- How do I develop specific multiplication and division strategies in the 3-5 classroom? -- How do I design purposeful multiplication and division number talks in the 3-5 classroom? -- What does a number talk look like at my grade level?.