High School Math in Middle School

Welcome and Introductions

Ms. Poulin- Teacher Ms. Kasayan- Teacher

Mrs. Cherry- Administrator Mrs. Schrader- Resource Teacher

This Presentation

• You can find this presentation on the Shady Grove website

Common Core Shift for Mathematics

• Focus: – Spend more time on a topic and the multiple

perspectives of the content

• Coherence: – Think across grades and link to major topics

within grades

• Rigor: – Conceptual understanding– Procedural skill and fluency– Application

• The goal of the CCSS is college and workforce readiness for all students

• Better standards call for better assessments.• The CCSS focus on 21st century skillsproblem solvingcollaborationcritical thinkingcreativity

Things Parents Need to Know about the Common Core State Standards

Things Parents Need to Know about the Common Core State Standards

• The CCSS are aligned to college and workplace expectations

• The CCSS are benchmarked against academic standards from the world’s top-performing countries

• The CCSS delve deeper into core concepts

Courses that Lead to College and Career Readiness

Students who complete Algebra 2 by the end of 11th grade with a “C” or higher will perform better on the SAT and ACT college entrance exams and are less likely to have to take remedial math courses in college.  Students who complete Algebra 2 also are more than twice as likely to graduate from college than are students with less mathematical preparation. ~MCPS 2009

MCPS Roll-Out Plan

High School GPA

• The grades earned in these courses DO stay on your child’s cumulative HS GPA

Pace and Structure of Class• New lessons frequently• Students work in groups frequently• Teacher facilitates instruction to help

students derive meaning from the content

Homework Expectations• Nightly, weekends• Review daily. Selected problems• “I don’t need to do homework”• Must show all work• Usually graded for completion• Will I need a TI-83 for my homework?

Learning Expectations• Absences

– You have to still get the lesson and do the HW

• Extra Support– CT Support– Afterschool– Lunch

• Mixed lunches– Ms. Schrader- 7th– Ms. Kasayan & Ms. Poulin- 8th

Assessment Overview

Formative Assessments

Semester 1- # of Formative Assessments• Algebra- 7• Honors Geometry- 12

Semester 2- # of Formative Assessments• Algebra- 10• Honors Geometry- 9

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.or

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Semester Exam Reviews

PARCC Assessments• Performance Based Assessment

• March 2nd – March 27th

• This test will focus on using real-world problems to apply skills, concepts, and understandings to solve multi-step problems requiring abstract reasoning, precision, perseverance, and strategic use of tools

• End of Year Assessment• April 20th – May 15th • Students will demonstrate further conceptual understanding

of the Major Content and Additional and Supporting Content of the grade/course, and demonstrate mathematical fluency, when applicable to the grade

PARCC Assessment

PARCC Practice Tests

Algebra & Geometry PARCC- Increase Rigor

PARCC Algebra & Geometry- Dynamic Questions

Support for Algebra and Geometry• Teachers/Administrators/Resource Teacher have data chats

1-2 per quarter where we look at student performance on county assessments.

• Students earning Cs, Ds, or Es are a concern to us

• Times Students Can Get Support– Connect Time (8:49-9:06):

• Mondays and Tuesdays (by invitation, Algebra only)• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (need pass and permission from CT teacher)

– Afterschool• Algebra Club (by invitation, Algebra only, starts in October, date TBD)• Algebra & Geometry- make arrangement with teacher ahead of time

– Lunch• Algebra & Geometry- make arrangement with teacher ahead of time

– Algebra Support• 1st Period

Contact Information

►Pamela_Kasayan@mcpsmd.org►Allison_M_Poulin@mcpsmd.org►Laura_E_Schrader@mcpsmd.org►Shella_B_Cherry@mcpsmd.org►301-548-7540