ELA and Mathematics Common Core Natick MA Public Schools Kindergarten to grade 4

1. ELA and Mathematics Common CoreNatick MA Public SchoolsKindergarten to grade 4 2012-2013

2. 2012 Common Core framework • Adopted by 45 states • Part of Race to the Top movement • PreK-12 English Language Arts and Mathematics • Literacy standards for social studies, science and technology • Clearly outlines what students understand and are able to explain

3. NEW ELA Massachusetts Common Core • Framework is organized by grade level – clear outcomes of student learning by grade level • Guiding principles focus on a balance of • reading literature - stories, drama and poetry • reading informational texts with • foundation of reading skills, and • explicit skill instruction in reading and writing • Foundational Skills : Print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency • New standards are in place at all schools

4. NEW ELA Massachusetts Common Core • Writing • As a process with a focus on writing to • Persuade • Explain • Convey an experience • Use evidence from text to support ideas

5. Changes to ELA • More focus on informational text, now a balance of reading fiction and non-fiction • Explicit instruction in phonics and word recognition and fluency (already a part of NPS literacy, just clearly outlined in the framework) • Explicit use of writing process, on-demand and process writing

6. Grade 4 sample • Identifies various genres – fiction and non-fiction, drama, poetry • Responds through literature through speaking, writing, drama and art • Uses context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, re-reading as necessary • Uses text structures to comprehend non-fiction text (comparison, chronology, cause/effect, problem/solution)

7. NEW Mathematics MA Common Core • Organized by grade level • New common core standards are in place with Investigations and teacher-created lessons • New standards are in place at all schools • Math practices are embedded, with a movement towards how a student demonstrates their understanding • Important aspect of mathematical understanding

8. Math Practices • Are the application and the extension of math • Will be significant part of assessments • Important to get at student understanding and application of skills and concepts • Are an integral component of mathematics in Natick

9. Math Practices • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them • Reason abstractly and quantitatively • Construct possible strategies and critique the reasoning of others • Model (pictures, numbers, word that demonstrate mathematical thinking with mathematics • Use appropriate tools strategically and purposefully • Attend to precision • Look for and make use of what you already know • Look for and use strategies you use to solve other problems

10. Mathematics MA Common CoreContent areas • Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Number and Operations and Base 10 (explicit focus in order to understand number); Fractions • Geometry • Measurement and Data (change: no longer studying probability)

11. Kindergarten changes • Rote count by 1s to 100 • Skip count by 10s to 100 • Counts on from any given number • Understands that numbers from 11-19 are composed of ones and tens • Fluently adds and subtracts within 5 • Uses objects and drawings to model and solve addition and subtraction problems to 10 • Identifies and describes basic 2-D and 3_D shapes

12. Grade 1 changes • Develops and uses multiple strategies for computation and solving story problems • Demonstrates fluency to 10 for addition and subtraction • Understands that two digits of a number represents tens and ones • Mentally finds 10 more or 10 less with a two-digit number • Breaks circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describing each as halves, fourths, and quarters

13. Grade 2 changes • Counts within 1000, skip counting by 5s, 10s and 100s using <, >, = • Adds and subtracts 3 digit numbers using pictures, numbers and/or words • Adds up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value • Shows fluency, by memory, of addition and subtraction facts to 20 • Sees rows in an array as a model for repeated addition, and writes an equation to show • Uses addition and subtraction to solve one- and two-step word problems • Shows coins and dollar bills for a given amount and solves word problems using these

14. Grade 3 changes • Uses place value to round whole numbers to nearest 10 or 100 • Demonstrates an understanding of fractions as parts of wholes and parts of a quantity • Read, writes, and explains equivalent fractions • Understands, represents, and compares fractions on a number line • Determines the value of a variable in simple equations involving add, sub, mult and div • Understands geometric concepts, including lines and angles

15. Grade 4 changes • Uses a variety of appropriate, accurate and efficient strategies to solve problems • Multiplies 2 digits by 2 digits • Divides up to 4 digits with a single-digit divisor • Adds, subtracts and multiplies fractions • Understands geometric concepts, including lines, angles, and symmetry • Converts units of measurement (linear, weight, time) • Compares and interprets data

16. We are ready • Our teachers are ready – they have reviewed the new standards, designed lessons, adjusted assessments to meet the new common core • Our families are ready – teachers will discuss changes during curriculum night and in the first conference, including the ROSP changes • Report of student progress (ROSP) will be adjusted for these changes