Scholastic Marilyn Burns Classroom Math Library

Gray Rabbit finds some clay and makes different kinds of animals, from one wiggly worm to ten scurrying mice.

Through rhyming text and brilliant photographs, children learn what everyday things are shaped like a triangle.

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

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.

Two experts on education offer a rich and diverse selection of children's literature and teaching strategies for the K-8 mathematics classroom. Taking advantage of quality, motivating literature during mathematics instruction pays off, especially when teachers and media specialists work together to convey crucial mathematical concepts and standards. Mathematics in the K-8 Classroom and Library shows you how it's done. After an introduction to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics's (NCTM) Principles and Process Standards, each remaining chapter is devoted to an NCTM content standard. The book offers engaging, research-based strategies and booklists of specific titles that, together, can be used to increase student achievement. The strategies suggested here provide a hands-on, student-centered focus that allows students to make connections with prior learning, personal experiences, and good books. Both the recommended children's books and the activities will appeal even to reluctant readers and students for whom mathematics might be a challenge. Each chapter includes an extensive, annotated list of texts, dozens of hands-on activities, handouts, and writing prompts.

"Presents practices and routines designed to support and nourish teachers as they prepare and present a meaningful year of mathematics instruction for fifth-grade mathematicians. Offers activities, lessons, and narration that can be easily adapted or adjusted to fit the particular needs of the students or the requirements of a prescribed curriculum"--

Humorously Uncovers the Reasons Behind Math's Dreadful Reputation and Shows us How we Can Help Prevent Our Own Children From Adopting Similar Phobic Attitudes

Welcome to Math Classfeatures 16 favorite lessons from Marilyn Burns, one of today's most highly respected mathematics educators. In this specially compiled collection, Marilyn shares lessons that have weathered the test of time and become permanent parts of her teaching repertoire. The Lessons Presented as stories, Marilyn's signature vignettes describe classroom-tested lessons and reveal both the preparing and planning helpful for instruction, as well as: address a broad range of math content, some focusing on number and operations while others engaging students with geometry, algebraic thinking, probability, and more; provide a detailed look at how lessons unfolded in actual classrooms, including how students responded and examples of students' written work; are presented in sections to make it easier for you to translate them into your own teaching plans; and describe how to organize instruction to maximize students' opportunities to verbalize and clarify their ideas and also listen to and learn from each other. The Audio Segments Included with the lessons is online access to nine audio segments titled "Conversations with Marilyn." In each segment, Marilyn, joined by longtime Math Solutions colleague Patty Clark, talks about teaching math. The conversations focus on topics that range from "What Makes a Good Problem?" to "The Meaning of Math Menus." Consider them your personal conversations, meant to support you further as you plan to use the lessons with your students. The Reproducibles When appropriate, lessons include accompanying reproducibles, available in a downloadable, printable format to support your use of this resource.