Continuing the Common Core conversation with Math as our focus...focus also happens to be one of the key shifts in the Common Core Standards. Rather than racing to cover topics in today's miles wide, inches deep curriculum, teachers use the power of the eraser and significantly narrow and deepen the way time and energy is spent in the math classroom. Teachers can focus deeply on the major work of each grade so that students can gain strong foundations: solid conceptual understanding, a high degree of procedural skill and fluency, and the ability to apply the math they know to solve problems inside and outside the math classroom.
Below I have included several different kinds of resources that will help teachers begin the transition in the Common Core Math Standards and Practices.
Prepublication Version of the Mathematical Common Core Content Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/documents/ccssmathapril2013.doc
Draft Math Framework
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/index.asp
Math Resources Document (15 pages)
https://docs.google.com/a/centerusd.org/file/d/1zrSLfCD9vBdPjXwmK0jrCLNk1LjXOxn9VfzeGbiEdGWr9Q0YQv0dZWNHR3Zg/edit
