Beyond the Common Core: A Handbook for Mathematics in a PLC at Work, Grades 6 8 (Narrow Your Vision for Instruction and Assessment)

The Beyond the Common Core series offers K 12 mathematics instructors and professional learning communities (PLCs) steps to make sense of mathematical content. The series is full of practices to focus your mathematics curriculum and heighten student achievement. Discover the specific high-leverage team actions taken before, during, and after a unit of mathematics instruction. Develop scoring rubrics and proficiency expectations for the common assessment instruments. Identify higher-level-cognitive-demand mathematical tasks for an effective lesson-design process.

Benefits

• Identify and cultivate the elements of mathematics instruction and assessment that yield the greatest impact on student learning.


• Increase student learning through 10 steps known as high-leverage team actions for grade 6 8 mathematics instruction and assessment.


• Understand teacher actions that develop student understanding and skill for lower- and higher-cognitive-demand mathematical tasks every day, every lesson, every unit, every year.


• Access reproducibles and appendices to gain instructional strategies aligned with your state s standards.

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Before the Unit
Chapter 2: During the Unit
Chapter 3: After the Unit
Epilogue: Taking Your Next Steps
Appendix A: Standards for Mathematical Practice
Appendix B: Standards for Mathematical Practice Evidence Tool
Appendix C: Cognitive-Demand-Level Task-Analysis Guide
Appendix D: Sources for Higher-Level-Cognitive-Demand Tasks
Appendix E: How the Mathematics at Work High-Leverage Team Actions Support the NCTM Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All
References and Resources
Index