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A Parent’s Guideto the Common Core
PresentedBy
The Greater Los Angeles Mathematics Council
Middle School Mathematics
Why do we have the Common Core State Standards?
The Common Core provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are meant to be robust and relevant to the real world.
corestandards.org
What are the Common Core Standards?
http://vimeo.com/51933492
http://youtu.be/qs7Spmjmnn0
Today’s Objectives
• Understand what college and career readiness is and why it matters.
• Introduce the new standards and understand what to look for and how to help your children at home.
College and Career Readiness
The new standards will get students ready for success in college and the workforce….
…but what does that mean?
College readiness means that graduates have the skills they need to do well in college.
Career readiness means that college graduates are
qualified for and able to do well in long-term careers.
• “ready” means that students graduate from high schools with key skills in English and mathematics.
• “College” doesn’t just mean a four-year degree. It can mean any program that leads to a degree or certificate.
“Career” doesn’t just mean a job. It means a profession that lets graduates succeed at a job they enjoy and earn a competitive wage.
For every 100 ninth graders…
65 graduate from high school37 enter college
24 are still enrolled in sophomore year
12 graduate with a degree in six years
Why does this matter? Because it’s what our students need
… and only 6 get a good job after graduation
The new standards will…
Prepare students to succeed in college and the workforce
Ensure that every child—regardless of race, ethnicity or zip code—is held to the same high standards and learns the same material
Provide educators with a clear, focused roadmap for what to teach and when
Big Picture in MathematicsCCSS
verb
Grades K-5• Shifts made todifferent grades.
Grades 6-8• Algebra 1moved to HS• Some algebrastandards movedto 8th grade
Grades 9-12• Traditional Path• Integrated Path
• Standards of Mathematical Practice
• Grade level content standardsnoun
THE MATHEMATICAL PRACTICE STANDARDS(MP)
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.
What do good problem solvers
do?
Do what makes sense and be
persistent
Make conjectures and prove or
disprove them
Use math to describe a real
situation or problem
Use tools and technology strategically
Be precise with words, numbers,
and symbols
Look for and use patterns and connections
Look for and create efficient
strategies
Use number sense when representing a
problem
Backpacks: What you should see
Real-world examples in English and math
that helps make what they’re learning make
more sense
Math homework that asks students to write out how
they got their answer and why
they think they are right.
Writing assignments that require students
to use evidence instead of opinion
Books that are both fiction
and non-fiction
Math homework that ask students to
use different methods to solve
the same problem.
Some questions to ask your child
What did you read today? Did you talk about it? Did you use evidence when you talked about it?
Did you learn any new words in class today? What do they mean? How do you spell them?
How often did you use math today? How did you use it? Did you talk about it?
How did you use evidence in school today? Where did you get it?
4/5 is closer to 1 than 5/4. Using a number line explain why this is so.
Compare
Which fraction is closer to one, 4/5 or 5/4?
Which question demonstrates understanding of the concept?
Answer is:___________________
Explanation is:___________________
Grade 3 - CST 2012
Grade 3 - SBAC 2014
Grade 5- CST 2012
Grade 5 - SBAC 2014
Grade 8 - Alg 1- CST 2012
Grade 8 - SBAC 2014
APPLICATION PROBLEMThe principal wants to buy 8 pencils for every student at her school. If there are 859 students, how many pencils does the principal need to buy?
So, what can parents really do to help?
When your child isn’t sure how to begin a problem, ask:
1.What do you need to find out?
2.How might you begin?
3.What can you try first?
4.What picture or drawing will help you get started?
“Math At Home: Helping Your Children Learn and Enjoy Mathematics”
While your child is working on a problem, ask:
1.How can you organize your information?
2.How can a list or a table help?
3.Show me what you did that didn’t work.
4.Explain the strategy you’re using to solve the problem.
5.What patterns do you see?
6.What could you do next?
“Math At Home: Helping Your Children Learn and Enjoy Mathematics”
When your child finds an answer, ask:
1.Does that answer make sense?
2.Why do you think that?
3.How did you get your answer?
4.Convince me that your solution makes sense.
5.Explain it in a different way.
“Math At Home: Helping Your Children Learn and Enjoy Mathematics”
Promote effort over ability. (MP 1, MP 6)
Have kids explain their thinking verbally and in writing. Ask them, “why?” or “how do you know?” (MP 2, MP 3)
What can we do to support? INSTEAD Encourage a GROWTH MINDSET (Carol Dweck)
-Effort
-Perseverance
-Persistence
DO NOT:
•Talk about math or math experiences in negative ways
•Describe learning math as a gift (natural) or innate
Some resources:
http://www.corestandards.org/what-parents-should-know/http://www.cgcs.org/Page/244http://www.pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2583http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ccssresourcesparents.asphttp://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ccssinfoflyers.asphttp://vimeo.com/99383000videos Eng /Span http://www.commoncoreworks.org/Page/378has Span http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3425OCDE http://www.ocde.us/CommonCoreCA/Pages/Parent-Resources.aspx
What will you do?
http://youtu.be/WFvYZDR4OeY
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