The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades K-2: What They Say, What They Mean, How to Teach Them

This companion helps keep me on track. One of biggest mistakes is my tendency to go rogue and teach my students about the story rather than teaching the standard. This companion comes with suggested questions to keep in mind when teaching the standard. It really helped me.

This book helps simplify your lesson plans.

Extremely helpful. Well written. Organized beautifully. It's one of the resources that teachers will go back to for as long as common core is around.

I like the way this book is laid out. It is very user friendly. After each standard, there is a section where you can write your own notes as well as a planning page where you can write down your own plans. The explanations are clear and the guidelines are great. The only problem I had with this book is the wire binding. It was so loose, the book started coming apart. I had to manually squeeze each piece to avoid pages flying all over the place. Please check your copies before flipping through this book. Otherwise, I think the material is fantastic!

Well organized and easy to read. Information you need all in one place. Best resource I have purchased for lesson planning and documentation.