Through a variety of games, experiments, and investigations, students predict outcomes and then test their predictions. They learn that some events are more likely than others, that some events are equally likely, that it is possible to measure the likelihood of events, that sample sets of data help in predicting outcomes, and more....

Chock full of entertaining mathematical ideas, puzzles, tricks, and word problems, this book proves that everyone can be a math whiz. "Students can't help but grow in mathematical skills and positive attitudes."--School Library Journal....

Mr. and Mrs. Comfort are having a family reunion! Mr. Comfort starts cooking up his famous spaghetti and meatballs, while Mrs. Comfort carefully arranges eight tables and thirty-two chairs so that everyone will have a seat. The tables look lovely, the food is ready, and here come the guests--with their own seating plans!

This delightful Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Book uses wit and humor to draw children into thinking about area and perimeter.

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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. ...

Figure out the answers to dozens of riddles by thinking mathematically and practicing addition. Softcover. 48 pages. Grades K-5....

In her usual engaging style, Marilyn Burns conveys the role writing can play when incorporated into math lessons. Numerous examples illustrate how students sort, clarify, and define their thinking through different types of writing-journal writing, solving math problems, explaining mathematical ideas, and creative writing about math. This invaluable and inspiring resource also includes assessment strategies, practical teaching tips and suggestions, answers to frequently asked questions, and samples of student work....

The role of a math coach is demanding and often undefined. Many math coaches feel unprepared to meet the enormous challenge of helping schools improve math instruction. In this edited collection, veteran math coaches share their expertise, providing glimpses into the unique trials, false starts, and successes they have faced in their positions. The authors ask and answer such questions as: What makes an effective math coach? What are helpful strategies for supporting both eager and reluctant teachers? What pitfalls do math coaches encounter and what can they do about them? Written by coaches for coaches, this book is also an invaluable resource for teacher leaders, school administrators, and mathematics supervisors....

When Mrs. Comfort's guests rearrange all of her carefully placed tables and chairs, dinnertime at the family reunion becomes a complete mess, in a playful introduction to the concepts of area and perimeter."...

Bored and dissatisfied with his life, a triangle visits a local shapeshifter to add another angle to his shape. Poof! He becomes a quadrilateral. But then he gets greedy and keeps adding angles until he's completely transformed. Kids will enjoy this boldly colorful introduction to shapes and basic math concepts.

Now available in Scholastic Bookshelf editions, the Brainy Day Books have been developed by nationally acclaimed math educator and best-selling author Marilyn Burns. Using entertaining fictional stories, these books dispel the myth that math is dry, inaccessible, and unimaginative. At the end of each book, there's a special section that further outlines math concepts and provides questions to further engage children....

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....

Each book in this three-book series is filled with practical, classroom-tested ideas for teaching mathematics with a problem-solving approach. All lessons encourage children to work cooperatively; explain their ideas; listen and question one another; and agree on solutions. Classroom vignettes describe lessons in vivid detail, and samples of actual student work are included throughout. Most lessons implement the use of manipulative materials to help children think about and reflect on mathematical ideas. Part I in this book includes six lessons that integrate ideas from different strands of the math curriculum, including algebra, measurement, probability, statistics, and logical reasoning. Part II provides two sample replacement units with a two- to three-week study focus, one on the area of a circle and the other on percents....

Recognizing that children's understanding of number is the main focus of math instruction in the primary grades, these lessons build on arithmetic concepts and skills to develop children's algebraic thinking. 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....

These lessons, based on popular children's books, address major mathematical topics such as counting, addition, subtraction, sorting, measurement, patterns, and problem solving....

The lessons in this book build the foundation that prepares students for studying algebra in middle and high school. Incorporating manipulative materials, children's books, and problem-solving investigations, lessons actively engage students in creating, recognizing, describing, and extending patterns, and representing patterns with words, tables, variables, and graphs. Lessons also introduce students to solving equations and plotting points....

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....

A compendium of more than 240 classroom-tested lessons, this essential resource helps teachers build student understanding and skills and understand how children best learn math. In this third edition, Marilyn Burns has completely revised the first section to reflect what she has learned over the years from her classroom experience with students and her professional development experience with teachers. This section has also been expanded to address these important topics: teaching math vocabulary, incorporating writing into math instruction, linking assessment and instruction, and using children's literature to teach key math concepts. In an entirely new section, Marilyn addresses a wide range of questions she has received over the years from elementary and middle school teachers regarding classroom management and instructional issues....

Focusing on multidigit multiplication, the lessons in this book help students learn to multiply by 10, multiples of 10, and powers of 10. Students become more proficient at estimating and mental multiplication, learn to apply the distributive property to multidigit multiplication, and develop paper-and-pencil strategies for computing....