Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work™, Grades 6-8 42133rd Edition

I am using this book with the math teachers in my school to guide our implementation of the Common Core standards. There are many useful documents in the book and on the accompanying website that are helping to guide our work and allowing us to build that PLC type of team that we are striving for. There is a great deal of useful information in this book, including a breakdown of the math content contained within the standards.

very helpful for PD. I like the workshop format of the elementary a little more

I liked this book because of its focus on middle school mathematics. It does a good job of explaining the CCSS in math and the goals of those standards. If you are head of the math department and need to set up a PLC for your grade levels, you will find some good information here. A lot of the information about the CCSS, however, is probably something that you have received or are receiving in your in-services. I bought the book on Kindle and it is difficult to see or read the charts and examples contained in the book. I would suggest purchasing a hard copy of the book if you are planning to use it as a reference source.

This book gives great ideas about how to work together with other math teachers to implement common core math and RTI in middle school. It is research driven and describes teaching strategies that have a high impact on student learning. It clearly explains and gives examples of how to get students using the mathematical practices. Before I read this, I didn't really understand how working in PLC's would change how students learn math. Now it is clear. Our teaching team uses the free reproducible tools to work together, monitor our progress, and assess the progress of the students. It shows a teaching-learning-assessment cycle that helps me make common core and RTI work. I recommend this book to all middle school math teachers, even if your school is too small to have math teams. It will show you how to really make a difference in student math understanding.