K-8 Math Collection

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

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 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 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.'

Do you ask your students to show their work? Should they? This article has an interesting perspective.

I ask them too because I teach alg, these problems become more complicated as the year moves on and they need to write their steps down because there are multiple steps. The ones that have been doing it in their heads for years suddenly cant seem to do that anymore and find themselves in a tricky situation because they don't know how to show their work.

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

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.

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.

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!

I attended a workshop about PARCC and middle school math at the NJ Principals and Supervisors Association in March 2014. The presentation was made by people from TMI Education, and these links are from their presentation.