Help Your Second Grader Transition with Common Core

You've probably heard and read more and more about Common Core.  State governments saw a need for a unified set of expectations for students, and had teachers, professors, and other experts write such a set of expectations.  Common Core is NOT a  curriculum.  It does not tell me what I should teach your child.  It tells me what skills and abilities your child needs to possess.  It has raised expectations for complexity in thinking and expression for students.  What can you do at home to help with this change in expectations?  Even if you're not too fussed with Common Core, the ideas below are great overall suggestions for support at home! 

This came to me via a teacher friend in New York from a program called EngageNY.