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Worksheets may be a "four-letter word" in the day of Common Core, but if you need some extra practice problems, this may be a useful math site for all grades 1-8.

Looking for information to hand out to parents about math? These Parent Roadmaps developed by the Council of the Great City Schools are very simple, straightforward documents that inform parents about Common Core math concepts at each grade level.

Want to see a standard next to an explanation of what it would look like in the classroom? This page leads you to the "unpacked" standards that North Carolina's department of education put together. It's a fabulous resource that you can use on almost a daily basis.

Achieve the Core has put together this list of major, supporting, and additional content areas with the key instructional shifts. This is helpful when deciding which areas demand the most attention.

Need some posters that explain the mathematical practices from the Common Core in terms the students can understand?  This page has links to displays for grades K-7.

This site has tons of resources by grade level.

This blog entry from "Math Workshop Adventures" has a lot of information about how the teachers approached Common Core standards related to fractions in third grade. The anchor charts are a great visual that you can create with your students 'on the carpet.'

Pearson has put together over 1,500 math video tutorials at Virtual Nerd. The quality is very good, and the topics are aligned with Common Core, so this should be a great resource.

"This site provides an extensive collection of free resources, math games, and hands-on math activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Our math printables are suitable for use in math centers, small group or whole class settings. Instructions for each activity are presented in large print on a task card in child-friendly language to enable students to work on tasks independently after a brief introduction to the task. All files are in PDF format and can be accessed using Adobe Reader. Also available are Math Journal Tasks (K-5), Math Vocabulary Resources (Gds. 2-5) and Math Projects (Gds. 3-5) for teachers looking for ways to support students' math writing skills while developing key concepts and skills. See our E-Books page for more information on these resources."

This is a booklet published by Louisiana's department of education. It is valuable for ECR questions and discussion of the mathematical practices.

Looking for great online learning instruction and games? Thanks to Linda Kovacs for sharing this fabulous site!

A mathematics consultant created a series of open-ended math questions for elementary through high school. This document has the questions as well as answers and rubrics.

Need a great activity to get your students working on problems while moving about the room? This middle school math activity is explained in a short video, but while the topic is math, you can adapt the exercise to other topics too!

Ohio's Online Resource Center has a very good collection of inquiry-oriented, open-ended math questions that you can choose based upon grade level and topic! The range is from third grade to high school, so finding a quality question that meets your students' needs is easy!

This video shows a good way to get students thinking about patterns and representing them with equations.

At least three people have mentioned Gynzy to me in the last two weeks, and the site is a wealth of SMART Notebook resources for ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Not exactly like the lame activities on PARCC--much better!

How can you answer the perennial math question: "Am I ever going to use this in real life?" PBS's "Get the Math" website is a great way to show students how math is used in areas like music, fashion, and video game design. Thanks to Emily B. for sharing this one!