Common Core 2

Not sure how this is really going to effect us.  I have read several books but they don't really say much.  Will tract down copies of our local districts common core requirements.
I have found some math workbooks. They are put out by DK, www.dk.com.
Math Made Easy Extra Math Practice and Math Made Easy 10 Minutes A Day Math, even comes with a timer.  The library has several grade levels.
Scholastic has books called Writing Lessons to Meet the Common Core.  I got grades 3 and 4 from the library.  Hoping to get some ideas.  Maybe a writing journal.  He hates to write.
I have let him dictate to me what he wants to say.  He has a blog that he can type his work on.  It takes a lot of effort to get him to do it. This morning he wrote a few lines himself while I sat with him.
It I can make myself get up around 5 or 6 and play games with him first he is willing to sit and get school stuff done.
He asked if we could add a cooking segment to school now.  We have used cooking for measuring lessons and fractions lessons.

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