This initiative cuts across the NICLE (Grade 3 & 4) and eNICLE (Grade 1 & 2) programmes and are an integral aspect of the Pushing for Progression programme.

Number Talks are 5 to 15-minute conversations around problems that learners solve mentally, which encourage sense-making. We have promoted them to be used for 10 to 15 minutes as mental starters in mathematics lessons in Grades 1 to 4.

Number Talk Resources

eNICLE (Grades 1 & 2 2018)

See "How To" details in eNICLE session five teacher handbook and other related session handbooks noted below

*** Coming soon *** A Number Talks handbook with all the number talks in our eNICLE programme!

Teacher Resources

• eNICLE Number talk - blackboard resources - dot patterns teachers (session 5)
• eNICLE Number talk - blackboard resources - 10-frame cards (session 6)
• eNICLE Number Talks 10-fun pack resources (session 7)
• eNICLE Number Talk Challenge Puzzles (session 9)
• eNICLE Number talks - Which one doesnt belong (session 10)

NICLE (Grades 3 & 4 2014)

Teacher Resources

• Number Talks - Prompts (for teachers)
• Number Talks - Talk Plan Ethos and Question Prompts (for teachers)
• Number Talks reading (What is a Number Talk?)
• 10-frames reading (for teachers)
• Addition and Subtraction strategies handout (for teachers)
• Teacher 10-frame sets for use during Number Talks

Learner Resources

• Number Talks - Learner DOT Cards
• Number Talks - Learner Cards 10 frame 36
• Number Talks - Learner Cards Other 10 frames
• Learner 10-frame sets: cut out the 10-frames and keep in an envelope. Use for remediation or group work

Last Modified: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:05:54 SAST