COMMON CORE MathJoseph Baldwin & Pamela McHenryAdapted from slides from:Kelly Stadtmiller & Kristine Kaufman

What is common core? The Common Core Standards are national

standards. Common Core Curriculum has been provided

from NYSED. Students will Delve Deeper into Core

Concepts. The Standards are a Progression. Assessments Will Change. Focus on Practical Skills.

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How can parents help?

Support your child with time to do math work at home.

Advise your child to stay after school with their math teacher as soon as they are struggling in class.

Attendance and effort are key. Discuss why they are learning this math and how it

will help them in high school and college. Practice math facts regularly at home and when

going to the store etc. Work with your child on “gap skills” and retaining

their fluencies from K-6.

6 shifts in mathematics

Mathematics Shift 1: Focus: learn more about less Students Must…

Spend more time on fewer concepts. *Jr High Class of 2020

Parents Can… Keep up on students work through School Tools and on-

line calendars. Completing work on time when it is being practiced in class is key.

Students need to attend school with 90% attendance. Support students and teachers by making students

available to make up work and get after school help.

6 shifts in mathematicsMathematics Shift 2: Coherence: Skills across grade levels Students Must…

Keep building on learning year after year

Parents Can… Be aware of what your child struggled with

last year and how that will affect learning this year

Practice the struggling skills at home

6 shifts in mathematicsMathematics Shift 3: Fluency Students Must…

Continue to practice previous skills to become more efficient and retain the fluencies.

Parents Can… Push children to know/ memorize basic math facts(times tables, decimals, fractions and integer work are a must at the secondary level) Know all of the fluencies your child – 7th grade fluency is: solve simple equations AND 8th grade fluency is: systems of equations

6 shifts in mathematicsMathematics Shift 4: Deep Understanding Students Must…

UNDERSTAND why the math works. 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 – ask them “How do you know that is correct?”

Provide TIME for your child to work on math at home

6 shifts in mathematicsMathematics Shift 5: Application Students Must…

Apply math in real world situations Know which math to use for which situation

without being prompted to do so.

Parents Can… Involve your child in real-world math when it

comes up Ask your child to DO the math that comes up in

your daily life

6 shifts in mathematicsMathematics Shift 6: Dual Intensity Students Must…

Be able to use core math facts Be able to explain the concept

Parents Can… Make sure your child is PRACTICING the math

facts he/she struggles with Make sure your child is thinking about Math in real

life

Standards for mathematical practice Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Construct viable arguments and critique the

reasoning of others. Model with mathematics. Use appropriate tools strategically. Attend to precision. Look for and make use of structure. Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning.

Skills progressions Why not just “standard” algorithms?

Counting Numbers Fractions

Rational Number System

The Real Number System

Complex Numbers

Grade: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High School

Math strategies tape diagrams

Really helps visualize word problems

Helpful resources

Engage NY Parks Math Site (Thank you Mr. Parks!) IXL Khan AcademyVideo on “flipping your classroom” Learnzillion Central Square School District Website

Questions? thinking about?