Making a successful

transition to Common Core

Math

Roz AuerbachAugust 2013

"If people just swap out the old standards and put the new CCSS in the old boxes –into old systems and procedures –into the old relationships –Into old instructional materials formats –Into old assessment tools, Then nothing will change and perhaps nothing will."Phil Daro – chairman of the mathematics work group for Common Core Standards and lead writer for the Mathematics K-12 Common Core Standards Committee

"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn." (Ignacio Estrada)   

You can forget facts, but you cannot forget understanding. (Harvard Professor Eric Mazur)

Common Core represents

new Challenges in Mathematics Instruction

• This is not a new name for the same old thing!

Today’s PresentationWill give you a very short preview

of the full day workshop.3 Specific resources will be explored The full day gives teachers access

to my full web site which will be an important resource for them

throughout the school year.

Common Core Standards for Mathematics

Two Types of Standards• Mathematical Practice (recurring throughout the grades)

• Mathematical Content (different at each grade level)

Standards for Mathematical Practices

Standards for Mathematical Practices

The full day workshop provides teachers with several different resources to help them and their students develop a working understanding of the specifics of the mathematical practice standards.

Mathematics of Content: 3 shifts1. Focus: Focus strongly where the

standards focus.2. Coherence: Think across grades,

and link to major topics 3. Rigor: In major topics, pursue

conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application

Required Changes• These standards require students

to develop skills for mathematical thinking that apply to all strands and grade levels

• Need to effect a change in delivery of content to provide for more independent and group problem solving activities

• These can and should be done with and without technology.

Shift One

Significantly narrows the scope of content in each grade level and changes how time and energy is spent within the math classroom to provide a wider variety of experiences

Focus deeply only on what is emphasized in the standards, so that students gain strong foundations

Shift Two Coherence

Carefully connect the learning within and across grades so that students can build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years.

Begin to count on solid conceptual understanding of core content and build on it. Each standard is not a new event, but an extension of previous learning.

Shift Three Rigor

• The CCSM require a balance of:– Solid conceptual understanding– Procedural skill and fluency– Application of skills in problem

solving situations Rigor and Relevance

• This requires equal intensity in time, activities, and resources in pursuit of all three

Full day workshop will: Help teachers understand the

progression of skills from K- to HS Improve their knowledge of the

mathematical content for their grade level and get an in-depth understanding of what students need to know for each standard

Provide links to prototype problems so that teachers and students will be able understand and prepare for the format and challenge of the new types of assessments.

Provide links to resources to develop teaching materials for their current grade levels as well as fill-in the gaps of concepts not learned from previous levels.

Provide links to a wide variety of ready to use videos, simulations, problem solving and interactive web sites

1. Will highlight what teachers need to know about the common core content for any grade level (K-HS)– Flipbooks explain each and every

standard Specific content students need to

knowSpecific teaching examples to use

Resource #1

#2 Will give you and your students a beginning understanding of new CC assessments– Try the sample assessments

provided by PAARC

Challenges for all Levels• Not all students have come up

through the grades exposed to the common core curriculum and therefore may not have mastered the skills from previous grade levels.

• It will probably be necessary to review and “reteach” many concepts.

–Totally aligned to each skill at each grade level LA and Math (3-HS) • *major project this summer to add

more resources–Short – concise - effective–Has interactive practice

problems.–Great for special-education or for

reviewing skills introduced at previous levels.

#3 Learnzillion.com free videos

• Can be used for whole class instruction, independent study or differentiated instruction.

• Can be assigned for homework if students have home computers.

• Great for use in a “flipped classroom”.• Can be given to parents who want to

help students at home.• Works on all computers and tablets.

The full day workshop gives teachers access to my full web site

Extensive set of linksOne place to go for all common core math needs

Exceptional resource that will be used throughout the school year.

Come to usDecember 6th Grades 3-5December 16th Grades 6-8

Douglas Campus – New BrunswickOr

We can come to you