Strategies for Common Core Mathematics

Foreword; Preface: A Note to Our Readers; Section 1: The Doorway to the Common Core; The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics; The Standards for Mathematical Practice; The Standards for Mathematical Practice versus the Content Standards; How the Standards for Mathematical Practice Support the Content Standards; Teaching the Standards for Mathematical Practice; The Doorway to the Standards for Mathematical Practice; Strategies Matrix; Section 2: Framing Strategies for Implementing SMPs #1, #5, and #6; The Strategies; Problem-Solving Process; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Example; Guided Facilitation; Visual Vocabulary; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Examples; Guided Facilitation; Puzzling Problems; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Example: Geometric Constructions; Example: Periodic Phenomena; Guided Facilitation; Section 3: Strategies for Implementing Combinations of SMPs; The Strategies; ABC Sum Race; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Examples; Guided Facilitation; Grid Games; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Example: Rational Exponents; Example: Circles, Chords, and Angles; Example: Inverse Functions; Guided Facilitation; Matching Mania; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Example: Trinomial Factoring 2; Example: Right Triangle Trigonometry 2; Example: Matrices; Guided Facilitation; Walk This Way; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Example: Absolute Value Equations; Guided Facilitation; What’s My Move?; Overview; Directions; Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Addressed; Guided Facilitation; Appendix A: Blackline Masters for Strategies and Illustrations; Problem-Solving Process Graphic Organizers; Visual Vocabulary Concept-Mapping Template; Puzzling Problems Tasks, Answer Keys; ABC Sum Race Sample Cards, Scorecards, Answer Key; Grid Games Tasks, Scorecards, Answer Keys; Matching Mania Tasks, Scorecards, Answer Keys; Walk This Way: Absolute Value Equations; Walk This Way: Quadratic Equations; Parent Function Reference Guide; Appendix B: Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Resources; Standards for Mathematical Practice; CCSSM HS Nomenclature; Standards Alignment—High School; References;