Common Core Application Problems for Sixth Through Eighth Grade

The right resource can go a long way in changing your classroom. Teachers and students are under pressure to excel. With Common Core Application Problems for Sixth through Eighth Grade, you can be successful! The outlined tasks will save valuable class time and make your job easier. This comprehensive guide is geared toward middle school, though all tasks can easily be adapted up or down to include other grades. Jamie Broyles draws on her twenty years' experience to provide tasks for teachers that will help raise students' test scores and build their self-esteem. More than ever, students are coming into the middle school mathematics classes dependent on calculators for their answers to complex math problems. These problems often require several steps and reasoning to complete. Teachers must help students delve deeper into the math curriculum and build higher level thinking skills. State Departments of Education want these students to be on or ahead of grade level. Determining each student's level of competence and obtaining the necessary materials to bring these students up to the appropriate grade level can be time consuming. Written and compiled to put the state standards at your fingertips, Common Core Application Problems for Sixth through Eighth Grade places helpful math tasks in one place for teachers' convenience. These tasks will save you time and challenge students to become better problem solvers. Prepare students to successfully handle questions for the Common Core State Standards Test through the rigorous and relevant tasks of this guide.