engageny.org common core: what can parents do? presented by: ms. augello ms. careccia
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Common Core: What can Parents Do?
Presented by:
Ms. Augello
Ms. Careccia
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• Read as much non-fiction as fiction
• Learn about the world by reading
• Read more challenging material closely
• Discuss reading using evidence
• Write non-fiction using evidence
• Increase academic vocabulary
A Closer Look: ELA/Literacy Shifts
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Read more non- fiction
• Understand how non-fiction is written and put together
• Enjoy and discuss the details of non-fiction
• Supply non-fiction texts to read
• Read non-fiction books aloud or with your child
• Have fun with non-fiction in front of your children
ELA Shift #1: Read as much non-fiction as fiction
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Learn more about Science and Social Studies through reading
• Use “primary source” documents
• Get smarter through the use of texts
• Supply texts on topics that interest your child
• Find books that explain how things work and why
• Discuss non-fiction texts and their ideas
ELA Shift #2: Learn about the world by reading
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Re-read
• Read books at their comfort level and more challenging texts
• Not just read, comprehend
• Handle frustration and keep pushing to improve
• Provide more challenging texts their children want to read in addition to books they can read easily
• Know what is grade level appropriate
• Read challenging books with your child
• Show that challenging books are worth reading
ELA Shift #3: Read more complex material carefully
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Find evidence to support their arguments
• Form judgments and opinions
• Become scholars• Discuss what the
author is thinking• Make predictions
• Talk about texts• Demand evidence in
everyday discussions, debates and disagreements
• Read aloud or read the same book as your child and discuss with evidence
ELA Shift #4: Discuss reading using evidence
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Make arguments in writing using evidence
• Compare multiple texts in writing
• Learn to write well
• Encourage writing at home
• Write “books” together using evidence and details
• Review samples of student writing: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_C.pdf
ELA Shift #5: Write from sources
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Learn the words they will need to use in college and career
• Get smarter at using the “language of power”
• Read often and constantly with young children
• Read multiple books about the same topic
• Let your children see you reading
• Talk to your children, read to them, listen to them, sing with them, make up silly rhymes and word games
ELA Shift #6: Build an academic vocabulary
An Overview of the ELA Test
• The test will take place over 3 days. • (April 1st, 2nd, and 3rd)• The test will consist of multiple choice
questions, short answers, and extended response questions.
• Each Testing Day will be scheduled to allow 70 minutes for completion. However, it is estimated that it will take most children 50 minutes to complete each section.
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ELA Test Design
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Types of ELA Questions
• On the ELA, students will encounter:
*Text Dependent Questions
*Inferential Questions
*Critical Thinking and Analysis Questions
• Visit http://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-common-core-sample-questions for sample ELA questions!
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What to Expect from Multiple Choice
Questions
Students will be asked to analyze different aspects of a given text including • central idea • style elements (text structure) • character and plot development, • vocabulary.
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What to Expect from Short Answer Questions
• Students will use inference skills or detail skills to answer a single question.
• Responses must be supported with text evidence.
• At least 2 pieces of text evidence must be used in response.
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What to Expect from an Extended Response
• Designed to assess writing from sources.• Require comprehension and analysis of an
individual text• Students must express a position and
support it with text evidence • It allows students to demonstrate their ability
to write a coherent essay using text evidence to support their ideas.
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Are You Smarter Than a 3rd Grader?
• Now it’s your turn to take answer a few questions from last year’s 3rd grade ELA test!
• After we answer the questions, we will review the questions and answers.
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• Focus: learn more about less
• Build skills across grades
• Develop speed and accuracy
• Really know it, Really do it
• Use it in the real world
• Think fast AND solve problems
A Closer Look: Mathematics Shifts
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Spend more time on fewer concepts
• Go more in-depth on each one
• Know what the priority work is for your child at their grade level
• Spend time with your child on that work
• Ask your child’s teacher about his or her progress on the priority work
Math Shift #1: Focus: Learn more about less
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Keep building on learning year after year
• Be aware of what your child struggled with last year and how that will affect ongoing learning
• Advocate for your child and ensure that support is given for “gap” skills: negative numbers, fractions, etc.
Math Shift #2: Learn skills across grades
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Spend time practicing by doing lots of problems on the same idea
• Push children to know, understand and memorize basic math facts
• Know all of the fluencies your child should have; prioritize learning of the ones they still find difficult
Math Shift #3: Develop speed and accuracy
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Make the math work, and understand why it does
• Talk about why the math works
• Prove that they know why and how the math works
• Notice whether your child really knows why the answer is what it is
• Advocate for the time your child needs to learn key math skills
• Provide time for your child to work at math skills at home
• Get smarter in the math your child needs to know
Math Shift #4: Really know it, really do it
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Apply math in real world situations
• Know which math skills to use for which situation
• Ask your child to do that math that comes up in your daily life
Math Shift #5: Use it in the real world
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Parents SHOULDStudents MUST
• Be able to use core math facts quickly
• Be able to apply math in the real world
• Notice your child’s strengths and weaknesses in math
• Make sure your child practices the math facts that prove most difficult
• Make sure your child thinks about math in real life
Math Shift #6: Think fast and solve problems
An Overview of the Third Grade Math Test
• The test will take place over 3 days.
(April 30th, May 1st, May 2nd)• Sessions 1 and 2 will be 60 minutes.• Session 3 will be 70 minutes.• The estimated time for sessions 1 and 2
is 40 minutes. The estimated time for session 3 is 50 minutes.
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Math Test Design
• Day One: 24 multiple choice questions• Day Two: 24 multiple choice questions• Day Three: 5 short response questions and
3 extended response questions
For Day 3, students are expected to show all their work and explain in words how they arrived at their answer.
**For all three days, most of the
questions are word problems.
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What do the Questions Look Like?
• Multiple Choice: These will assess a skill or concept. Many will involve multiple steps and combine concepts or a standard algorithm.
• Short Response: Students will complete a task and show their work. These will require multiple steps and knowledge of mathematical practices and real-world applications.
• Extended Response: Students will complete multiple step problems. They will be asked to show all of their work and explain their answer in written form.
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Are Your Smarter Than a Third Grader?
• Now it’s your turn to take answer a few questions from last year’s 3rd grade Math test!
• After we answer the questions, we will review the questions and answers
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Resources for parents
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• www.achievethecore.org
• www.pta.org/4446.htm
• http://www.cgcs.org/Domain/36
• http://parcconline.org/parcc-content-frameworks
Additional resources
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