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?

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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?

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