Most Popular Books by Marilyn Burns

Grades 5-6: In this book, Marilyn Burns tackles the topic of how to teach students to multiply and divide fractions -- and understand what they are doing. Through the lessons in this book, students build conceptual understanding of multiplying and dividing fractions as they develop proficiency. And teachers report that -- for the first time -- students really understand the underlying rationale for how we multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers. - Publisher.

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

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

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

Fanny essaie de suivre les instructions pour faire une tirelire en papier mâché, mais ne fait que tout rater... jusqu''à ce qu''elle apprenne à se servir d''une tasse à mesurer! Une amusante introduction aux mesures.

Support mathematical understanding in your instructional program through this rich collection of easy-to-use teaching resources. Each book focuses on a specific arithmetic topic and offers a series of classroom-tested lessons addressing the three important aspects of arithmetic instruction--computation, number sense, and problem solving. The lessons include step-by-step directions, amount of time needed, materials required, classroom vignettes, samples of student work, reproducibles, and a discussion of the math underlying the lesson.

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.

Support mathematical understanding in your instructional program through this rich collection of easy-to-use teaching resources. Each book focuses on a specific arithmetic topic and offers a series of classroom-tested lessons addressing the three important aspects of arithmetic instruction--computation, number sense, and problem solving. The lessons include step-by-step directions, amount of time needed, materials required, classroom vignettes, samples of student work, reproducibles, and a discussion of the math underlying the lesson.

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.

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.

The lessons in this book introduce basic algebraic concepts to students in the primary grades. Manipulative materials, problem-solving investigations, games, and real-world and imaginary contexts support arithmetic learning while introducing ideas basic to algebra, including patterns, equivalence, and graphing.

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.

Presents a five-week unit of instruction for helping children construct their own understanding of our number system by learning about place value through grouping, counting, measuring, and graphing.

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

Presents instructions for 40 magic tricks.

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.

Cara and her two younger brothers have fun using multiplication to make a very unusual soup for the family dinner.

Traditional Chinese Edition of [Amanda bean''s Amazing Dream]

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

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

Grades 5-6: In this book, Marilyn Burns tackles the topic of how to teach students to multiply and divide fractions -- and understand what they are doing. Through the lessons in this book, students build conceptual understanding of multiplying and dividing fractions as they develop proficiency. And teachers report that -- for the first time -- students really understand the underlying rationale for how we multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers. - Publisher.

Each book contains a collection of activities to use with a specific math manipulative including base ten blocks, color tiles, cuisenaire rods, geoboards, pattern blocks, snap cubes and tangrams.

Grade level: 4, 5, 6, e, i, t.

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

On field day at Sillyville Elementary, Miss Flower''s class is divided into two teams. The Blue Team gets wacky Wally, who starts out poorly but finishes well. This Hello Reader! introduces simple math concepts to young readers. Full-color illustrations.