On this special edition of the Heinemann Podcast, we're bringing together authors Jennifer Serravallo and Marilyn Burns as they explore the intersections between literacy and math in the k-5 classroom.Marilyn Burns is one of today’s most highly respected math educators. She is the creator and founder of Math Solutions®, and has dedicated her career to the improvement of math instruction across grades K–8. Marilyn has taught in the classroom for many years, written children’s books, led in-service workshops, written professional development publications for teachers and administrators, and created professional development videos. Marilyn continues to teach regularly in the classroom, finding the experience essential to developing and testing new ideas and materials.Marilyn, with her co-author, Lynne Zolli, has been developing a new digital interview tool with Heinemann called Listening to Learn, it releases this Spring. Listening to Learn helps teachers and math coaches engage students in mathematical conversations without paper and pencil, understand how students’ reason, and make informed instructional decisions. Marilyn says Listening to Learn is the most exciting project she's worked on in her entire professional career.Jennifer Serravallo is the author of New York Times’ bestseller The Reading Strategies Book as well as The Writing Strategies Book, Understanding Texts & Readers, and A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences. Her newest book publishing later this spring is Teaching Writing in Small Groups.