A Collection of Math Lessons, Grades 1-3 (Math Solutions Series) |  | Authors: Marilyn Burns, Bonnie Tank
Publisher: Math Solutions
Category: Book
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Pages: 200
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0941355012
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.7044
EAN: 9780941355018
ASIN: 0941355012
Publication Date: 1987
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Written by Marilyn Burns. This gifted educator provides problem-solving activities that include objectives, concepts, and the rationale behind her inspiring instructional approach. Math Lessons from Grades 1 Through 3 Sorting, graphing, measurement, geometry, and probability activities. 193 pages. Math Lessons from Grades 3 Through 6 Operations, estimation, statistics, and spatial relationships activities. 174 pages. Math Lessons from Grades 6 Through 8 Percents, probability, algebra, and geometry activities. 188 pages.
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 Wonderful Teacher Training for Why & How to Do "Hands-On" August 23, 2009
Sahamamama (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Another reviewer mentioned that the vignettes are "too wordy." However, I think the format of describing actual lessons is the most valuable part of this resource. Anyone can abstractly and theoretically "plan" a lesson, but it's in the actual implementation of a lesson with real children that the learning does or does not occur. The authors are master teachers -- and we get to learn from them. We learn how the teacher organizes the materials, how she presents the new activities, how she evaluates what needs to be clarified by explicit instruction and/or group discussion, and how she resolves any problems that come up in the lessons. We also get to hear the conversations and reasoning of real children, who sometimes make amazing connections, but at other times fail to grasp what the teacher thought would be a simple concept. We see unedited examples of their work, we view the spectrum of responses, we observe the various ways in which children approach and solve the same problem.
I felt that the authors' honesty about what does and does not work in a math lesson was the strongest aspect of this book for teacher training. We even learn what the teacher had in mind to do, but did not do because the children struggled to cooperate or were not interested! This is a window into REAL TEACHING, not some formulaic script for a perfect lesson. If you want that, purchase Hands-On Standards (Learning Resources), which is also good, but different in concept. I learned more about teaching math from reading, studying, and implementing the concepts in A Collection of Math Lessons than I have from any other resource or course on teaching math. An excellent resource for anyone -- teacher, tutor, homeschooler, parent -- who wants to not just "use manipulatives," but wants to understand why AND how to do it with real children in real classrooms.
Goldmine April 6, 2008
Carol Pape
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
I had been looking in every used bookstore that I could. But when I went to Amazon,
there it was! Being a primary teacher I had heard of The Collection of Math Lessons,
but never thought that I would find one.
 too wordy December 4, 2008
Eleanor Lin (Massachusetts)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is written "in vignettes." In many cases you need to read several pages of text to have a clear idea of the activity being described. There is no consistent format to the chapters and sections. This book is much more difficult to use than it ought to be.
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