Third Grade Number Talks Unit 1 for Building Number Sense and Mental Math
📊 3rd Grade Number Talks – Digital & Printable
Looking for a way to transform your students’ mental math skills and mathematical reasoning? This 3rd-grade Number Talks resource is the perfect solution! With ready-to-use lessons and engaging activities, your students will develop stronger computational strategies while enjoying rich math discussions every single day.
Teachers love this routine because it’s easy to implement, saves time, and provides consistent opportunities for students to strengthen their number sense and problem-solving skills.
Whether you have an interactive whiteboard or not, this resource works for you—it includes both DIGITAL and PRINTABLE versions.
✨ What’s Included
- 20 Common Core Aligned Number Talks Lessons
- Digital version: zero prep, just display and go!
- Printable version: minimal prep required.
- Easy Differentiation
- Multiple Number Talk options are included in some lessons so you can adjust to meet your students’ needs.
- Engaging Weekly Routine
- Keep students excited with a variety of math talk formats:
- Monday: Target Number
- Tuesday: Add ’Em Up
- Wednesday: About How Many
- Thursday: Add ’Em Up Again
- Friday: Numberless Word Problems
- Detailed Lesson Plans
- Perfect for teachers new to Number Talks, for substitutes, or for teachers without interactive boards.
- BONUS Posters!
- ✅ Silent Hand Signal Posters – Help students communicate thinking respectfully and quietly.
- ✅ Sentence Starter Posters – Support students in organizing and sharing their math ideas.
🎯 Why Teachers Love This Resource
- Builds confidence in mental math
- Encourages rich mathematical discussions
- Saves planning time with a structured 4-week cycle
- Works for whole group, small group, or centers
- Students actually look forward to math talks!
✨ Make Number Talks the best part of your math block while giving your students the tools they need to think flexibly and reason mathematically!
