Best Selling Books by Marilyn Burns

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.

Annotation This series helps teachers use the imaginative ideas in children s books for math lessons. Organized into four grade-level collections to respond to teachers specific classroom needs, this series includes favorite lessons based on a wide variety of children s books. Teachers will appreciate these books for the enjoyment and excitement they bring to math instruction. With introductions by Marilyn Burns, these books include vignettes of lessons and samples of student work. These lessons, based on popular children s books, address major mathematical topics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, geometry, algebraic thinking, number sense, and place value.

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.

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 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.

For many years, Marilyn Burns has produced a newsletter for teachers. Each newsletter contains classroom-tested activities from teachers across the country. This compilation presents the newsletters'' best problem-solving lessons for grades 1-6. The lessons span the strands of the math curriculum and are illustrated with children''s work.

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

"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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Describes when, why, and how people started to measure time and discusses such topics as time zones, biorhythms, and jet lag. Also includes instructions for a variety of related projects.

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

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