New Releases by Marilyn Burns

Myrtle''s pet shop specializes in animals that swim, until the day that several strange boxes are left on her doorstep. Includes related multiplication activities.

Les chiffres de 1 à 10 avec des monstres en pique-nique : huit jouent dans la boue, deux dans le sable, sept courent après ... etc. L''histoire présente également des combinaisons séquentielles où les éléments des équations changent d''une unité à la fois.

Lessons and activities show how multiplication relates to repeated addition and geometry.

Lizzy wants to be helpful and so jumps into action by preparing things for her cousin''s party, yet nearly everything she did had good meaning but the wrong results, in a funny easy reader with colorful illustrations. Original.

A young boy uses different kinds of charts and graphs to present information about his life. Includes related activities.

About Teaching Mathematics quickly became a much sought-after resource upon its publication in 1992. With more than 200,000 copies in print, it presents information necessary for teachers to teach math through problem solving, to understand the math they are responsible for teaching, and to understand how children best learn math.Now Marilyn Burns has updated and expanded this important resource, including an entirely new fifty-page section, "Mathematical Discussion." Here she addresses many of the problems and activities in the text, presenting the underlying mathematics for each as well as solutions. Another new section, "Extending Multiplication and Division, " addresses how to help students deal with large number computation. Burns has also made numerous changes to the section on fractions and has clarified and reorganized points throughout the book to make her ideas as clear and accessible as possible.About Teaching Mathematics now gives teachers an even better guide for making appropriate and effective instructional decisions. It is an essential resource for all teachers of K -- 8 mathematics.

Marilyn Burns and Robyn Silbey offer sensible and practical advice guaranteed to give all teachers support and direction for improving their mathematics teaching. The lively Q-and-A format addresses the concerns that most kindergarten through grade 6 teachers grapple with about teaching mathematics.

Jan sends her friend Nick email messages describing how she and her cousins learn about shapes as they try to assemble a present for their grandmother''s birthday. Includes related activities.

Jessica worries about collecting 100 objects to take to class for the 100th day of school.

Count how many monsters are playing each of the different games at the monster math picnic!

When two sisters have to move into the same room, they use tape to divide the room into different shapes so that each one can have her own space. Includes related activities.

Liz the Whiz and her younger brother use codes, a chart, and a map of the backyard that matches a clock face to solve Zack''s mystery. Includes a section with related activities.

Ten monsters have ten cents apiece to buy a pet in this rhyming story that demonstrates how to count money. Includes math activities.

Liz the Whiz & Co. help a neighbor find her way to a birthday party by using their knowledge of place value.

David and Kristy learn how to play fair in this story that you can read yourself!

When a little boy insists he wants more of everything served to him for breakfast, his sister obliges by rearranging what he has. Includes section with related activities.

A follow-up book to Monster Math finds endearing monsters sharing rollicking times as they spell at nine o''clock, enjoy show-and-tell at ten o''clock, and more. Original.

Presents instructions for 40 magic tricks.

A little girl uses sorting and classifying skills to tackle the huge mess in her room. Includes related activities and games.

Offers practical, classroom-tested ideas for helping students learn mathematics through problem solving.

As two children take a walk with their grandfather, they use their counting skills to help answer a series of animal riddles. Includes related activities.

A young boy learns how important it is to know just how long a minute is. Includes a section with related activities.

Writing in Math Class presents a clear and persuasive case for making writing a part of math instruction. Author and master teacher Marilyn Burns explains why students should write in math class, describes five different types of writing assignments for math, and offer tips and suggestions for teachers. In her usual engaging style, Marilyn Burns tells what happened in actual classrooms when writing was incorporated into math lessons. Illustrated throughout with student work. With a foreword by Susan Ohanian.

A collection of 25 books are featured with instructions on how to use each title to launch a classroom math lesson.

Using 11 story books, this collection presents 11 literature-based lessons for grades K-3 (book one) that link mathematics with literature.

Each letter of the alphabet is assigned a value (a=$0.01, b=$0.02, up to z=$0.26). Then add the values of each letter to find the $1 word.