a guide of common core shifts for students and parents
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A Guide of Common Core Shifts for Students and Parents. Mathematics Shift 1: Focus: Learn more about less. Student must…. Parents can…. Know what the priority work is for your child at their grade level Spend time with your child on priority work - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Guide of Common Core Shifts for Students and Parents
Mathematics Shift 1:Focus: Learn more about less
Student must…• Spend more time on
fewer concepts
Parents can…• Know what the priority
work is for your child at their grade level
• Spend time with your child on priority work
• Ask your child’s teachers about their progress on priority work
Mathematics Shift 2:Skills Across Grades
Students must…• Keep building on
learning year after year
Parents can…• Be aware of what your
child struggles with last year and how that will affect learning the this year
• Advocate for your child and ensure that supports are given for gaps in learning
The National Mathematics Advisory Panel Final Report (2008)
Success with Adding/Subtracting/ Multiplying/Dividing
Positive and Negative Numbers
Success with Fractions
Success in Algebra
Success in College
Mathematics Shift 3:Speed and Accuracy
Students must…• Spend time practicing
lots of problems on the same concept
Parents can…• Push children to
know/memorize basic math facts
• Know all of the fluencies your child should have at the different grade levels
Key FluenciesGrade Required Fluency
K Add/subtract within 5
1st Add/subtract within 10
2nd Add/subtract within 20 (addition/subtraction facts)Add/subtract within 100
3rd Multiply/divide within 100 (multiplication/division facts)Add/subtract within 1,000
4th Add/subtract within 1,000,000
5th Multi-digit multiplicationMulti-digit division
6th Multi-digit decimal operations
7th Solve px + q=r, p(x + q)=r
8th Solve simple 2 x 2 systems by inspection
Mathematics Shift 4:Know it/Do it!
Student must…• Understand why the math
works. Make the math work.
• Talk about why the math works
• Prove that they know why and how the math works
Parents can…• Notice whether your child
really knows why the answer is what it is
• Advocate for the time your child needs to learn key math skills
• Provide time for your child to work hard with math at home
• Try to know the math your child needs to know
Current Sample Test Item 5th Grade MathSamantha is making an Apple Crumb Pie using the ingredients below.
Apple Crumb Pie
How much total sugar must Samantha use to make the pie crumb and filling?
a. 7/12 cupb. 2/6 cupc. 3/4 cupd. 2/3 cup
Crumb Filling
3/4 cup flour 4 cups sliced apples
1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup raisins
Example Common Core Performance Task: 5th Grade Math
Stuffed with PizzaJohn and Daniel are stuffed with pizza. John ate one-fourth of a cheese pizza, three-eighths of a pepperoni pizza, and one-half of a mushroom pizza. Daniel ate five-eights of a cheese pizza, and the other half of the mushroom pizza. All of the pizzas were the same size. John says he ate more pizza than Daniel because Daniel did not eat any pepperoni pizza. Daniel says they each ate the same amount of pizza. Who is correct? Show all of your mathematical thinking.
Example Annotated Student Work
The student models with mathematics. The diagram is accurate, labeled and a key is provided.
By drawing a diagram, the student is able to make sense of the problem. The student knows to find equivalent fractions to help solve the problem.
Additional Common Core Resources
• www.georgiastandards.org
• www.pta.org/4446.htm
• www.corestandards.org
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