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Different Grade Levels", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/one-childrens-book-different-grade-levels/", "published_at": "2015-12-08T14:00:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-b0bd-7107-bc03-154c5c527fcd", "title": "The Equal Sign: What It Really Means", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/the-equal-sign-what-it-rally-means/", "published_at": "2015-11-13T17:46:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-b0bd-7107-bc03-154c5d39b3a6", "title": "Chrysanthemum—An Oldie but Goodie", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/data/chrysanthemum-an-oldie-but-goodie/", "published_at": "2015-11-11T00:50:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-b0bd-7107-bc03-154c5d6d0c9d", "title": "Alphabetical Probability", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/data/alphabetical-probability/", "published_at": "2015-10-18T21:24:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-b0bd-7107-bc03-154c5e5025cb", "title": "Can You KenKen?", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/games/can-you-kenken/", "published_at": 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"01a0bb73-b0bd-7107-bc03-154c610b53cd", "title": "Four Strikes and You’re Out", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/games/four-strikes-and-youre-out/", "published_at": "2015-08-17T19:35:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c82f3eec38", "title": "A Number Line Exploration", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/a-number-line-exploration/", "published_at": "2015-08-14T03:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c82fe9454e", "title": "A Mental Math Lesson, Part 2", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/a-mental-math-lesson-part-2/", "published_at": "2015-08-11T13:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c830abb9c4", "title": "Goldilocks, the Three Bears, and Teaching Math", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/goldilocks-the-three-bears-and-teaching-math/", "published_at": "2015-08-03T14:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c83193a3cb", "title": "Why I Tweet", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/why-i-tweet/", "published_at": "2015-07-27T13:00:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c8319a9e31", "title": "The 1–10 Card Investigation", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/the-1-10-card-investigation/", "published_at": "2015-06-29T13:00:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c832931f66", "title": "A Mental Math Lesson", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/assessment/a-mental-math-lesson/", "published_at": "2015-06-02T13:00:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c83327ac4d", "title": "Word Problems: Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/number-and-operations/word-problems-dont-put-the-cart-before-the-horse/", "published_at": "2015-05-20T13:00:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c833757831", "title": "Where’s the Math?", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/wheres-the-math/", "published_at": "2015-05-11T13:00:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c8347246af", "title": "An Unusual Word Problem: “Dealing in Horses”", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/the-dealing-in-horses-problem/", "published_at": "2015-04-28T13:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-ee29-7193-8af4-b8c83505e723", "title": "Yet Another Way to Subtract", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/yet-another-way-to-subtract/", "published_at": "2015-04-14T13:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-28ad-7119-af46-b7e3f108f12c", "title": "Another Way to Subtract", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/another-way-to-subtract/", "published_at": "2015-03-30T13:00:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-28ad-7119-af46-b7e3f12b3eca", "title": "A Problem with a Word Problem", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/number-and-operations/more-on-word-problems/", "published_at": "2015-03-19T13:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-28ad-7119-af46-b7e3f12fd7e4", "title": "Word Problems", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/word-problems/", "published_at": "2015-03-10T13:00:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-28ad-7119-af46-b7e3f1f6ea47", "title": "Why I Like Using Open Number Lines (Though I Don’t Like the Name)", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/why-i-like-using-open-number-lines-though-i-dont-like-the-name/", "published_at": "2015-02-25T14:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-28ad-7119-af46-b7e3f2773b0b", "title": "The Game of 2048", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/the-game-of-2048/", "published_at": "2015-02-12T14:00:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-28ad-7119-af46-b7e3f28a7d19", "title": "Relearning High School Math", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/rational-functions/", "published_at": "2015-02-03T14:00:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-28ad-7119-af46-b7e3f31d8d16", "title": "Connecting Math and Reading", "url": "https://marilynburnsmath.com/general-interest/connecting-math-and-reading/", 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2025

Comparing and Ordering Decimals original ↗

2 Feb 2025

2024

How Was Amber Reasoning?original ↗

14 Dec 2024

A Lesson Designed Around One Problem—100 ÷ 3 original ↗

9 Dec 2024

My First Ever Card Sort . . . And I’ll Do More original ↗

1 Dec 2024

My First Ever Slow Reveal Graph original ↗

19 Jun 2024

Part 2: Untangling Area and Perimeter original ↗

13 Jun 2024

Untangling Area and Perimeter original ↗

23 May 2024

Milk Cartons, Origami Paper, a Desmos Tool, and More original ↗

16 Apr 2024

When Is a Square Half as Big as Another Square?original ↗

8 Apr 2024

Teaching a Number Line Lesson original ↗

20 Feb 2024

Number Lines―A Lesson in the Planning Stage original ↗

12 Feb 2024

Silent Math original ↗

7 Feb 2024

Mulling about Teaching Division original ↗

18 Jan 2024

A REAL Real-Life Math Problem original ↗

11 Jan 2024

2023

Representing 4/5 and 5/4: A Fraction Lesson original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Adding 6 + 7 original ↗

19 Jun 2023

Billy & the Pencils original ↗

19 Jun 2023

Welcome to Math Class original ↗

19 Jun 2023

Connecting Reading and Math original ↗

19 Jun 2023

What’s the Difference Between a Number Talk and a Lesson?original ↗

5 Jun 2023

What Were Meeyah & Rocco Thinking?original ↗

12 Mar 2023

What Was Adrian Thinking?original ↗

19 Feb 2023

2022

What Was Rebecca Thinking?original ↗

10 Apr 2022

What Was Nathan Thinking?original ↗

22 Feb 2022

2021

Answers Are Only the Starting Point original ↗

18 Nov 2021

Answers are Only the Beginning – An Interview with Marilyn Burns original ↗

6 Oct 2021

A Children’s Book, Differentiating Math Instruction, and More original ↗

31 Aug 2021

How We Begin the School Year Is More Important Than Ever original ↗

16 Aug 2021

Nine Ways to Have Deeper Conversations with Students about Math original ↗

8 Jun 2021

How I Got Hooked on One-on-One Math Interviews original ↗

25 May 2021

Two Students . . . Two Different Ways of Reasoning original ↗

11 May 2021

A Conversation Between Marilyn Burns and Lucy Calkins original ↗

23 Apr 2021

What is 100 ÷ 3? Why We Ask and What We Learn original ↗

8 Apr 2021

Marilyn Burns on Conducting Math Interviews with K–5 Students original ↗

31 Mar 2021

Jennifer Serravallo and Marilyn Burns on the Connection Between Reading and Math original ↗

30 Mar 2021

Conversation 2: Marilyn’s Math Story original ↗

21 Mar 2021

Conversation 9: Why Play Games in Math Class?original ↗

17 Mar 2021

2020

Five Twists on Tic-Tac-Toe original ↗

9 Apr 2020

What’s the Longest Number String Possible?original ↗

3 Apr 2020

Race for 20―A Counting Game for All Ages original ↗

28 Mar 2020

Riddles That Rhyme (not entirely a math post)original ↗

24 Mar 2020

What Are Good Math Questions to Ask Students?original ↗

17 Mar 2020

What Was Jonah Thinking?original ↗

18 Feb 2020

Connecting Reading & Math original ↗

11 Feb 2020

2019

One of My All Time Favorite Games original ↗

9 Dec 2019

Teaching about Angles―A Hands-On Approach original ↗

29 Apr 2019

What Is 5 Divided by 4? So Many Answers!original ↗

27 Feb 2019

Algorithms Are Not Enough!original ↗

19 Feb 2019

2018

When You Multiply by 10, Just Add a Zero? Horrors!?!original ↗

1 Oct 2018

Can 1/3 + 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so!original ↗

22 Mar 2018

Teaching Adding Decimals: What If You Give the Answer First?original ↗

15 Jan 2018

One Lesson, Two Pedagogical Mistakes original ↗

1 Jan 2018

2017

A Decimal Lesson . . . about 13/20 and More original ↗

19 Dec 2017

Preparing and Planning: How I Get Ready for Teaching a Math Lesson original ↗

27 Mar 2017

Oh No! 99!original ↗

5 Mar 2017

Using Math Menus: Some Nuts & Bolts original ↗

20 Feb 2017

When Should and Shouldn’t We Give Answers?original ↗

6 Feb 2017

One Lesson, Three Grades, Three Twists original ↗

30 Jan 2017

2016

Multiplication Bingo original ↗

28 Nov 2016

“Student-Centered” vs “Traditional” Math Teaching original ↗

11 Nov 2016

Beans and Scoops original ↗

1 Nov 2016

Always Try a Problem Before You Assign It original ↗

14 Sept 2016

An Important Teacher Decision: When and When Not to Give the Answer?original ↗

16 May 2016

An Oldie Revisited: The Border Problem original ↗

19 Apr 2016

Does Changing Subtraction to Addition Make It Easier?original ↗

7 Apr 2016

A Reponse to Joe Schwartz’s Blog about Algorithms original ↗

4 Apr 2016

Fractions on a Number Line original ↗

17 Mar 2016

The Game of Pathways original ↗

11 Mar 2016

Place Value: How to Assess Students’ Understanding original ↗

18 Jan 2016

2015

Fix It: An Activity for Ordering Fractions original ↗

11 Dec 2015

One Children’s Book . . . Different Grade Levels original ↗

8 Dec 2015

The Equal Sign: What It Really Means original ↗

13 Nov 2015

Chrysanthemum—An Oldie but Goodie original ↗

11 Nov 2015

Alphabetical Probability original ↗

18 Oct 2015

Can You KenKen?original ↗

1 Oct 2015

Postscript about the Number Eleven original ↗

23 Sept 2015

Eleven Things about the Number Eleven original ↗

21 Sept 2015

Using Children’s Literature to Teach Math original ↗

9 Sept 2015

Helping Students Open Their Minds original ↗

26 Aug 2015

Four Strikes and You’re Out original ↗

17 Aug 2015

A Number Line Exploration original ↗

14 Aug 2015

A Mental Math Lesson, Part 2 original ↗

11 Aug 2015

Goldilocks, the Three Bears, and Teaching Math original ↗

3 Aug 2015

Why I Tweet original ↗

27 Jul 2015

The 1–10 Card Investigation original ↗

29 Jun 2015

A Mental Math Lesson original ↗

2 Jun 2015

Word Problems: Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse original ↗

20 May 2015

Where’s the Math?original ↗

11 May 2015

An Unusual Word Problem: “Dealing in Horses”original ↗

28 Apr 2015

Yet Another Way to Subtract original ↗

14 Apr 2015

Another Way to Subtract original ↗

30 Mar 2015

A Problem with a Word Problem original ↗

19 Mar 2015

Word Problems original ↗

10 Mar 2015

Why I Like Using Open Number Lines (Though I Don’t Like the Name)original ↗

25 Feb 2015

The Game of 2048 original ↗

12 Feb 2015

Relearning High School Math original ↗

3 Feb 2015

Connecting Math and Reading original ↗

22 Jan 2015

Math at the Deli original ↗

13 Jan 2015

We Ask, We Listen, We Learn original ↗

5 Jan 2015

Welcome to My Blog original ↗

2 Jan 2015