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The original Powers of Ten video. Great film making for math and science.

The original Powers of Ten video. Great film making for math and science.

The NJ DOE Office of Assessment prepared this slide show about the Spring 2014 NJ ASK. This document is a PDF version of their PowerPoint, and its relevant sections will be shared with you at CPT and department meetings.

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.

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

Concept of Whole Numbers in Arithmetic and know the purpose of whole numbers and understand how to use them in mathematics and also know the method of representing the whole numbers in mathematical language.

How to develop a circle equation in algebraic form when the circle touches the horizontal x-axis and learn how algebra is used in geometry to derive the equation of a circle in algebraic form in mathematics.

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.

Nice EdWeek article and video with many links about how teaching of fractions has changed because it is considered integral to math skills.

Being a parent has always been challenging but it has become more tough today than the previous generation. Parenting today has become a difficult, complex and often exhausting task. Hazards of "too much TV" compounded by the proliferation of mobile devices and gaming consoles are the major contributors and influences.

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.

This is the PARCC page where you can click on links that take you to the actual online "live" samples of PARCC questions. You can click on math only questions for grade bands (3-5, 6-8, high school), or ELA only questions.

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.

This site has tons of resources by grade level.

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.

Wondering how many points PARCC assigns to each Task Type on the EOY (end of year) assessment? This page will show you.

Mean, median, and mode used to be all over the grades before CCSS, but CCSS has remanded those concepts to sixth grade. This set of lessons is a great resource!

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.'

"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."