Word Problems from Marilyn Burns

This is a good, short article from math guru, Marilyn Burns, about word problems.  She references a book that I have here, Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them and What to Ask, if you want to borrow it.

Marilyn Burns - Word Problems

"Good Questions for Math Teaching. Why Ask Them and What to Ask, Grades K-6" by Peter Sullivan and Pat Lilburn

Book cover

What a great resource!  This book is teacher friendly and super easy to use as a quick go-to resource. The first 15 pages are dedicated to discussing what Good Questions are, how to create them and how to use them. The rest of the book is dedicated to providing Good Questions in each of the 6 topic areas (money, fractions, decimals, place value, counting and ordering and operations) by grades bands (K-2, 3-4, 5-6).

excerpt from p. 34, Place Value for grades 3-4

excerpt from p. 40, Operations for grades K-2

"Putting the Practices into Action; Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, K-8" by Susan O'Connell and John SanGiovanni

 Putting the Practices into Action; Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, K-8 by Susan O'Connell and John San Giovanni. - Love this book. Concise and to the point. Provides good activities that you can use in your classroom easily.