Pico Canyon Elementary School

Parent Resource Guide

Common Core Mathematics

YouCubed (www.youcubed.stanford.edu), created by the Stanford University Graduate School of Education

Recommended math apps and games

• http://youcubed.stanford.edu/category/teaching-ideas/math-apps/

Lecture on the best approaches to teaching math facts

• http://youcubed.stanford.edu/category/teaching-ideas/number-sense/

Videos on a variety of math topics such as number talks, common core math, brain science, etc.

• https://www.youcubed.org/resource/mathematical-freedom/

California PTA Parent Resources

Guides explaining Common Core State Standards, available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese

• https://capta.org/resource/common-core-fliers/

Council of the Great Cities Schools

 Roadmaps for parents explaining the Common Core State Standards in math, available in English and Spanish

• http://www.cgcs.org/page/244

 Videos introducing Common Core math standards

• http://www.commoncoreworks.org/Page/379
• http://www.commoncoreworks.org/Page/379

Math Illuminations, created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

 Interactive lessons on a variety of math topics

• http://illuminations.nctm.org/Games-Puzzles.aspx

Math apps

• http://illuminations.nctm.org/content.aspx?id=3855

Examples of math lessons from pre-Kindergarten through high school

• http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons-Activities.aspx