Best Selling Books by Marilyn Burns

The ants are stealing all the goodies in this Level 4 Scholastic Math Reader! Written in the style of the cumulative poem "This Is the House That Jack Built," this story is a delightful look at doubling, as ants steal food from a family picnic. Soon, all the food has gone down the ant hole!

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.

Lost No More is dedicated to the lost souls who struggle daily to find a way to a life free of drugs and alcohol. It is a story about how a mother''s spiritual belief system helped her to survive the untimely death of her son . To embrace the belief that life is full of challenges and things happen for a reason, offers support to the reader whose life has been impacted by addiction. Lost No More will touch your heart and offer strength for those who are trying to find a way to live without someone they love.

Deals with various aspects of childhood including family, school, money, legal rights, TV and movies, body language, and generally, how to make the most of childhood right now.

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

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.

This set of grade 5 math resources covers multiplication and division word problems; perimeter and area; addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals; circles, polygons, and angles; addition and subtraction with fractions; volume, capacity, and weight; multiplication and division with whole numbers and decimals; algebra, functions, and graphs; multiplication and division with fractions; patterns and transformations; ratio, proportion, and percent; three-dimensional figures.

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.

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