Most Popular Books by Marilyn Burns

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.

In this introduction to polygons, a triangle convinces a shapeshifter to make him a quadrilateral and later a pentagon, but discovers that where angles and sides are concerned, more isn''t always better.

A collection of children''s books on the subject of food and nutrition.

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.

"This resource provides classroom-tested ideas and methods for linking math and literature skills in the primary grades. Incorporating popular literature into math instruction offers an opportunity for students to experience mathematics separately from the traditional routine of workbook and textbook exercises. Ten classroom lessons, student samples, and bibliography are included."--pub. desc.

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

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

The Marilyn Burns Fraction Kit, Grades 4–6 is recommended to help implement the lessons in this book."--pub. desc.

Lessons for K-8 teachers on making algebra an integral part of their mathematics instruction.

Shows how to use games, experiments, and investigations to help students predict outcomes, test predictions, and formulate probability theories.

"Through these lessons, students begin to understand the rules of divisibility and the connection between multiplication and division. Additionally, students build their understanding of the relationships among dividends, divisors, quotients, and remainders."--pub. desc.

Lessons, games and activities to increase children''s multiplication skills.

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.

"Through a variety of activities, students gain insight into the relationship between division and multiplication and begin to see how division relates to multiple groups of equal size. Students also learn how to recognize the two types of division problems, think about remainders in different ways, and use division to solve real-world problems."--pub. desc.

Math coaches and specialists assigned the task of improving mathematics instruction face an enomous and complex challenge. Most coaches take on the reponsibility with a title and a charge, but seldom with a road map The Math Coach Field Guide : Charting Your Course provides just the kind of guidance needed to help coaches in this demanding and often undefined role as they strive to support teachers in their teaching of math. In this collection of 11 essays, veteran math coaches share their expertise , providing glimpses into the unique trials, false starts, and successes thay have experienced on their position.

Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster.

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

Two best friends open a lemonade stand to earn money for matching pairs of pink sunglasses, but they have a hard time determining what a glass of lemonade is worth. Includes math problems and a lemonade recipe.

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.

A family with one cat keeps adding more until they give some of the cats away.

Text, illustrations, and suggested activities offer a common-sense approach to mathematic fundamentals for those who are slightly terrified of numbers.

"Through games, investigations, and children’s literature, students explore the base ten system through the ten thousands, moving from using concrete manipulatives to more abstract reasoning. Using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, students apply their knowledge of place value to solve a variety of problems."--pub. desc.

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

Compilation of puzzles, exercises and brain teasers requiring the use of problem-solving skills.

Discusses why and how Hanukkah is celebrated and includes recipes, songs, and instructions for playing with a dreidel.

When Amy and her friends receive fifty tickets to use at an amusement park to celebrate her birthday, they learn about division and sharing.

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.

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.

Events, gags, magic tricks, and experiments to change one from a mathematical weakling into a mathematical heavyweight.