January 2014

Information and Opportunities to Practice for Parents, Students

and the Community

Goals for Implementation 2013-2014

STAKEHOLDERS

Students Parents Teachers

Provide:

• Information about Common Core State Standards• Opportunities for Practice

• www.commoncoreworks.org• Overview Video

Build strong content knowledge.Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline.Comprehend as well as critique.Value evidence.Use technology and digital media strategically and capably.Come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

Why are the standards changing?The Goal of Common Core is to Prepare Students to be College and Career Ready Upon Graduation

Why are the standards changing?• Provide rigor for all groups of students• To ensure students are better prepared for a global

economy. • To engage all students in the learning process.• The old focus was on facts and memorization. The new

focus is on teaching students higher level thinking skills.

Shared Responsibility for Students’ Literacy Development

• “The Standards insist that instruction in reading, speaking, listening, and language be a shared responsibility within the school” (p. 4).

• “This division reflects the unique time-honored place of ELA teachers in developing students’ literacy skills while at the same time recognizing that teachers in other areas must have a role in this development as well” (p. 4).

Adapted from “Key Design Considerations” (page 4 of the Standards)

Parent Roadmaps

• www.commoncoreworks.org/domain/114• ELA: English and Spanish• 3rd. Or 7 gr example for articulation

Click onto the tab at the top (subject area) and then to Parent Roadmaps. Open the document to read helpful information.

Parent Activity

• Read Article• Pair share

Procedural Skills

Mathematical Proficiency as defined by the California Framework (2006)

Problem Solving

Conceptual

Understanding

DOING

MATH

Common Core Standards for Mathematics

The standards for mathematics:

• aim for clarity and specificity• stress conceptual understanding of key

ideas• balance mathematical understanding and

procedural skill • are internationally benchmarked

Math ActivitySharing Candy Bars

Collaborative Learning Activity to support students in devising a variety of ways to problem solve.

• Concrete• Real world (Relevance)• Group Effort• Explain the thought process (Rigor)• More than 1 answer is expected• Creativity is encouraged!

What will it look like in the classroom?

• Hands on discovery• All students are involve.• Group work. (Structured so all are involved)• Partner work • Dissecting the text • Literacy across curriculums

RIGOR and RELEVANCE

• “Students are academically stimulated in instructional units

that are authentic, choice-driven, and demand skills.

• “Not Just About Time: Instructional Practices and Productive Time In School” Gad Yair, 2000

Questions?

• Link for parents to see assessment

https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student