One of our partners emailed this following poster to us that was hung up in a Middle School classroom where he substitute taught. In this particular district one of the school principals told the math teachers that these are the Common Core State Standards for math.
He noted that these standards of mathematical practice are being emphasized over and above actual math content and skills.
Now some moonlighting math guy at a backwoods university is saying (for money) that students should focus more on the verbs than the math.
http://commoncoretools.me/2013/02/09/attend-to-the-verbs-in-the-mathematical-practices/