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Marilyn Burns

@mburnsmath.bsky.social

I began as a high school math teacher, moved to middle school, and then to elementary school to learn about how young children make sense of math. I love thinking about how to uncover math for kids. I blog about lessons I teach at www.marilynburnsmath.com.

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Jenna Laib@jennalaib.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW BLOG POST Nmbr 9: Opportunities to Observe and Nudge Student Thinking While Playing Games What a commercial game (Nmbr 9) revealed about my daughter's mathematical thinking — and how playing "just for fun" led us into a larger mathematical conversation. Link below:

Nmbr 9: Opportunities to Observe and Nudge Thinking While Playing Games

During the school year, I spend time thinking about math games for the classroom. Most often, I'm thinking content first. I adapt games with structures I love, like Number Boxes, to highlight different ideas or flex different skills. These games serve many purposes -- learn more about student thinking, develop mathematical reasoning and strategies, exercise social skills -- but the primary function is curricular.

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Marilyn Burns@mburnsmath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Work from 3rd graders. The lowest answer was the winner. Both selected the correct player, but one for the wrong reason! Answers are only the starting place -- how they reason is so important.

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Marilyn Burns@mburnsmath.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My undergraduate advisor Robert Davis told us (& I'm paraphrasing): When the moon is full, you can see the man in the moon. Look again. Can you also see the rabbit in the moon? Then it's possible to see many more things in the moon. Keep that in mind sheet you're teaching your students.

Sarah Hörst@planetdr.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Tell me your favorite thing about the moon. It can be a science fact, a childhood memory, a dream you are still working toward…no rules, just the Moon

Jenna Laib@jennalaib.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New Blog Post: Planning From Student Work: What? --> So What? --> Now What In February, I gave a webinar for TERC's Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics. In this blog post, I share the main ideas from "Using Insights about Student Thinking to Shape Classroom Expereinces."

Planning From Student Work: What -> So What? -> Now What?

In February, I gave a webinar for TERC's Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics. I was honored to be invited to speak -- it's an impressive lineup! -- and Karen Economopoulos and I conceived of my talk as a direct follow-up to Marilyn Burns' December session, "Reasoning: The Essential Foundation for Building Students’ Understanding." Marilyn explored numeracy through the lens of clinical interviews with elementary students; my talk would take up the question of what to do once we've learned about student thinking.

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Investigations 3@inv3math.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"This is why I return again and again to interviews: they help me see growth that scores alone cannot capture, and guide me towards the thinking students are ready to build next."

Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics@mathequityforum.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Inspired by @mburnsmath.bsky.social's session, Session 3's speaker @jennalaib.bsky.social wrote this. "To assess learning & development, I need to look more closely at how Mia reasoned thru the tasks, not just how many ?s she answered correctly. This is what I love most about interview assessments."

Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics@mathequityforum.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Inspired by @mburnsmath.bsky.social's session, Session 3's speaker @jennalaib.bsky.social wrote this. "To assess learning & development, I need to look more closely at how Mia reasoned thru the tasks, not just how many ?s she answered correctly. This is what I love most about interview assessments."

Measuring Growth in Mathematical Reasoning: What Mia’s Thinking Reveals

Mia* is a fourth grader who participates in a small-group intervention with me that focuses on multiplication. She is enthusiastic and playful — curling the dot in the i in her name into a he…

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Marilyn Burns@mburnsmath.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So reaffirming to read your post. Interviews have changed my teaching dramatically and I've blogged lots. (Marilynburnsmath.com) I loved reading about your perspective and experience.

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Jenna Laib@jennalaib.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New Blog Post: Measuring Growth in Mathematical Reasoning: What Mia’s Thinking Reveals In October, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions. In December, Mia correctly answered 10 out of 12 questions. Again. And yet, the December interview demonstrated significant growth. How?