Overview of Math PA Core Standards Fall 2015
Agenda Expectations of the Math PA Core Standards envision Common Core Math 2.0 Parent Resources Questions
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What are the Common Core Standards? The standards were drafted by experts and teachers from across the country and are designed to ensure students are prepared for today s entry-level careers, freshman-level college courses, and workforce training programs. They focus on developing the critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills students will need to be successful. Common Core Standards were adopted by 42 states- states had the flexibility to make some adjustments to the standards. The PA version is known as the PA Core Standards. Common Core Standards are not a curriculum. They define what students should know and be able to do at each grade level.
Common Core Standards Mathematical Content Standards What students must learn Mathematical Practice Standards How students demonstrate application of knowledge, skills and understandings
Shifts in Mathematics (Content Standards) Shift 1 Focus Teachers significantly narrow and deepen the scope of how time and energy is spent in the math classroom. They do so in order to focus deeply on only the concepts that are prioritized in the standards. Shift 2 Coherence Principals and teachers carefully connect the learning within and across grades so that students can build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years. Shift 3 Fluency Students are expected to have speed and accuracy with simple calculations; teachers structure class time and/or homework time for students to memorize, through repetition, core functions. Shift 4 Deep Understanding Students deeply understand and can operate easily within a math concept before moving on. They learn more than the trick to get the answer right. They learn the math. Shift 5 Application Students are expected to use math and choose the appropriate concept for application even when they are not prompted to do so. Shift 6 Dual Intensity Students are practicing and understanding. There is more than a balance between these two things in the classroom both are occurring with intensity. 6
Traditional U.S. Approach K 12 Number and Operations Measurement and Geometry Algebra and Functions Statistics and Probability 7
Focusing Attention Within Number and Operations Operations and Algebraic Thinking Expressions and Equations Number and Operations Base Ten Algebra Number and Operations Fractions The Number System K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High School 8
Key Areas of Focus in Mathematics Grade K 2 3 5 Focus Areas in Support of Rich Instruction and Expectations of Fluency and Conceptual Understanding Addition and subtraction concepts, skills, problem solving and place value Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions concepts, skills and problem solving 6 Ratios and proportional reasoning; Early expressions and equations 7 Ratios and proportional reasoning; Arithmetic of rational numbers 8 Linear algebra and linear functions 9
Standards of Mathematical Practices There are 8 Standards of Math Practices. They describe the skills that are to be developed in students. The end goal is that our children can work strategically, diligently and purposely through real-world math problems.
Math Practice 1 and 2
Math Practice 3 and 4
Math Practice 5 and 6
Math Practice 7 and 8
Why envision Math 2.0? Research-based Designed to meet the curriculum which is aligned to the PA Core Standards Integrates digital tools At-home access for families Focus on problem solving strategies Provides resources to differentiate instruction based on student needs
Resources Pearson site- Information will be sent home with students Bounce Pages- App that brings the page to life (Homework and Practice Page) Parent nights- Dates Forthcoming District Website- Will include tutorials and additional resources
Bounce Pages
Contacts Amaal Awadalla-Assistant Superintendent: aawadalla@fleetwoodasd.org Michelle Jackson-Richmond: mjackson@fleetwoodasd.org Lori Koehler- Willow Creek: lkoehler@fleetwoodasd.org Chris Redding- Andrew Maier: credding@fleetwoodasd.org Gangi Cucciuffo- Middle School: gcucciuffo@fleetwoodasd.org