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Want a deeper understanding of your Common Core math standards? Would you like to see the big picture of how your grade level standards fit together with grade levels above and below you? This professional development idea, complete with a worksheet to guide your discussions, will bring math teachers together on the same page. Together with your teaching cohorts, embark on valuable discussions as you piece together how the standards align by grade levels. When finished you will have a produc

Help your students self assess their learning before or after a classroom assessment. Using this form, students can identify concepts they understand, items they need to work on, and can help you guide future learning with any questions they still have. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

With all the new lessons to create for the Common Core Standards, this lesson plan template guides the way. Including CCS items such as DOK levels, math practices, and the 16 habits, it also focuses on the Rigor/Relevance framework, technology, differentiated learning, and assessment. With ample space to write out your thoughts, simply print out the template and let the planning begin! By tmccabe This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

The Common Core curriculum (CCS) not only has set out new standards of WHAT to teach, but also HOW to teach it with the Anchor Standards, Math Practices, DOK levels, and the 16 Habits of Mind. Trying to juggle all these items can get confusing. This weekly checklist can help you organize all the pieces and at the same time document everything you are doing in your classroom. By: tmccabe This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.