The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core Math Grades 6-8: Understand the New Math Standards to Help Your Child Learn and Succeed (Everything® Series)

The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core Math Grades 6-8: Understand the New Math Standards to Help Your Child Learn and Succeed (Everything® Series)

Take the mystery out of Common Core math!<BR><BR>The Common Core, a new set of national educational standards, has been adopted by forty-five states across the nation. But if you learned math the "old" way, the new teaching methods--like tape diagrams, array models, and number bonds--may be unfamiliar to you. If you want to help your children with homework, you'll need to learn these new methods, which focus on critical thinking and conceptual understanding.<BR><BR>With the help of experienced math teachers, you'll learn:<ul><li>What your child will be learning in each middle-school grade</li><li>The rationale behind the Common Core standards</li><li>Multiple new ways to look at math problems</li><li>How to help your child with homework and studying</li></ul><i>The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core Math: Grades 6-8</i> features examples and exercises that correspond to each standard, so you'll have the confidence you need to help your kids succeed and thrive in the new school standards.