Marilyn Burns

I Hate Mathematics! Book

Robyn Silbey

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.

Sound Advice for K-6 Teachers

So You Have to Teach Math?

Maryann Wickett

Lessons, games and activities to increase children's multiplication skills.

Grades 4-5

Lessons for Extending Multiplication

Shows teachers how to help children construct their own understanding of multiplication. The classroom-tested guide is intended for five weeks of classroom teaching.

Multiplication, Grade 3

Math by All Means

In this fun look at area and perimeter, dinnertime becomes a real mess as guests rearrange the carefully placed tables and chairs.

Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! a Mathematical Story

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

Or, How to Solve a Problem Twice Your Size

The Book of Think

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

Math for Smarty Pants

Rebecca Kai Dotlich

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

Scholastic Marilyn Burns Classroom Math Library

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

Facing an American Phobia

Math

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 instructioncomputation, 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.

Lessons for Introducing Fractions

Arguing that students should be writing in math class, the author describes five types of writing assignments for math and presents student work to illustrate her approach and suggestions and tips for teachers.

A Resource for Grades 2-8

Writing in Math Class

Katharine Kharas

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

Grades 3-5

Lessons for Algebraic Thinking

Joanne Rocklin

Rowan Barnes-Murphy

Pilotto, Hélène

Tom se sert de la division - et de son insatiable appétit - pour découvrir combien de gâteries préparer pour ses invités. Mais il aime tellement manger... En restera-t-il assez?

Matou mange-tout

Judith Bauer Stamper

A boy learns how to play tic-tac-toe and improves his skill playing with a friend. Includes related activities.

Three in a Row

Tic-tac-toe

Dissatisfied with its shape, a triangle keeps asking the local shapeshifter to add more lines and angles until it doesn't know which side is up.

The Greedy Triangle

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

Grades 1-6

50 Problem-solving Lessons

Dianne Ochiltree

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

Cats Add Up!

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

From Grades 3 Through 6

A Collection of Math Lessons

Cindy Neuschwander

Liza Woodruff

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.

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