cutting to the core of common core cathy hale academic specialist for elementary math december 2013
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Cutting to the Core of Common
CoreCathy Hale
Academic Specialist for Elementary Math
December 2013
Is my child…
O Being taught more rigorous standards?O Gaining knowledge and increasing their
vocabulary from year to year?O Being asked to solve real-world problems
in math?O Being asked to explain their thinking as to
how they solved a math problem?
If you answered yes…
Then your child has experienced the
Common Core State Standards!
What are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?
A set of academic standards for K-12 students developed for English Language Arts and Math
CCSS were…O Designed by educators and academic
expertsO Inspired by standards from the world’s
highest-performing countriesO Adopted by S.C. in 2010O Designed to teach critical thinking and
problem solving
CCSS are not a curriculum!!
Why are they important for my child?
O Ensure that all children receive a consistent high-quality education from school to school and state to state
O Prepare our children to confront the challenges of an unpredictable and ever-changing future
O Help them retain (or regain) their competitive edge in the global marketplace
O Create a level playing field for all students
The Shifts in Mathematics
1. Focus: Focus strongly where the standards focus
2. Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics
3. Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application with equal intensity
Content Shifts in Mathematics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pBOnvzC_Yw
Critical AreasO Name the big ideas in math that
students should learn at each grade level
O Identify how instructional time should be focused
Kindergarten
Instructional time should focus on…1. Representing, relating, and operating
on whole numbers, initially with sets of objects;
2. Describing shapes and space.
First GradeInstructional time should focus on…1. Developing understanding of addition,
subtraction, and strategies for addition and subtraction within 20;
2. Developing understanding of whole number relationships and place value;
3. Developing understanding of linear measurement and measuring lengths as iterating length units;
4. Reasoning about attributes of, and composing and decomposing geometric shapes.
Second Grade
Instructional time should focus on…1. Extending understanding of base-ten
notation;2. Building fluency with addition and
subtraction;3. Using standard units of measure;4. Describing and analyzing shapes.
Third Grade
Instructional time should focus on…1. Developing understanding of
multiplication and division and strategies for each within 100;
2. Developing understanding of fractions;3. Developing understanding of the
structure of rectangular arrays and of area;
4. Describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes.
Fourth GradeInstructional time should focus on…1. Developing understanding and fluency with
multi-digit multiplication, and dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends;
2. Developing understanding of fraction equivalence, addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, and multiplication of fractions by whole numbers;
3. Understanding that geometric figures can be analyzed and classified based on their properties.
Fifth GradeInstructional time should focus on…1. Developing fluency with addition and
subtraction of fractions, multiplication and division of fractions;
2. Extending division to 2-digit divisors, integrating decimal fractions into the place value system and developing understanding of operations with decimals to hundredths, and developing fluency with whole number and decimal operations;
3. Developing understanding of volume.
Emphasis on the Standards for Mathematical Practice
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning
of others.4. Model with mathematics.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.6. Attend to precision.7. Look for and make use of structure.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Math ExpectationsStudents will…O Engage in real-world problem solvingO Learn and use multiple strategies to solve problemsO Build a conceptual understanding of concepts prior to
learning tricks or shortcutsO Use concrete materials (manipulatives) and/or
drawings and representations to develop understanding
O Develop number sense through meaningful tasks, activities, games, and/or lessons
O Fluently recall basic factsO Explain their thinking both orally and in writing
Fluency
CCSS identify fact fluency benchmarks:O Kindergarten – addition and subtraction
facts to 5O First Grade – addition and subtraction
facts to 10O Second Grade – addition and subtraction
facts to 20O Third Grade – multiplication and division
facts to 100
What is my role as a parent?
O Schedule a conference with your child’s teacher to discuss his/her academic progress?
O Ask to see samples of your child’s classwork in mathematics and English language arts?
O Ask questions about your child’s progress?
O Reinforce your child’s learning at home?
How can you help your child in math?
- Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts with your child.
- Encourage children not to give up while solving problems, to build stamina and develop their critical thinking skills. Don’t give them the answers - ask them to think of different ways they can solve problems.
- Have children illustrate the math they were thinking in their head and discuss it out loud.
- Have children apply their math knowledge to a real-world scenario at home, such as doubling a recipe or calculating the area of a room.
Children will become…
O Active learnersO Independent thinkers who can create
informed opinions, critique the opinions of peers and the world, defend their arguments with evidence, and communicate their points of view effectively
O Required to reason out the best answer, rather than memorize the “correct” answer
Where can I get accurate information about CCSS?
O Common Core State Standards http://www.corestandards.org/
O Parent Roadmaps http://www.cgcs.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=244
O Video (15 min) http://vimeo.com/51933492 O Parent Guides http://
www.pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2910