Common Core State Standards in Action at HCS

1. Common Core State Standards in Action at HCS Presentation for Partners in Education (PIE) November, 2013 by Betsy Knox and Nancy Pollack HCS Literacy and Math Coordinators

2. Common Core State Standards

3. Define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 educational careers. Standards vs. Curriculum The tools and materials used to help students meet the goals outlined in the standards.

4. Common Core Transition Timeline WE ARE HERE CC = Common Core State Standards GE = Grade Expectations NECAP = New England Common Assessment Program SBAC = SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium

5. CSSU Common Core Implementation Plan

6. Reading Common Core ELA/Literacy Standards College and Career Readiness Writing Speaking, Listening & Language

7. College and Career Ready students can… • Demonstrate independence. • Build strong content knowledge. • Respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline. • Comprehend as well as critique. • Value evidence. • Use technology and digital media strategically and capably. • Come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

8. Big Ideas from the writers of the ELA CCSS David Coleman & Sue Pimentel Students should be able to – • closely read complex texts, • evaluate and gather evidence, and • integrate information into clear, coherent writing that demonstrates critical thinking.

9. HCS implements the CCSS in Reading: Close Reading Strategies Complex Text Fundations Second Edition Building Stamina

10. Reading & Writing:Informational Texts & Short Research Projects

11. More work with informational texts…..

12. Lucy Calkins Units of Study: a Writing curriculum for grades K-5

13. HCS implements the CCSS in: Listening and Speaking

14. Common Core Math Standards Mathematical Practices Content Standards Depth & Rigor

15. Content Shifts – Less is More More proportionality Linear Functions and intro to non-linear Number Concepts, Operations, and Fluency 7 4 5 3 K 1 2 HS 6 8 Counting techniques Probability Statistical analysis Similarity Transformations Most 3-d geometry No 3-D geometry at grades 3 and 4 Data linked to measurement or number concepts Marge Petit Consulting, MPC margepetit.com 802-496.4651

16. Standards for Mathematical Practice • Make senseof complex problems and perseverein solving them. • Reasonabstractly and quantitatively. • Construct viable arguments and critiquethe reasoning of others.  • Modelwith mathematics.  • Use appropriate tools strategically. • Attend to precision. • Look for and make use ofstructure.  • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

17. Math Habits of Interaction Math Habits of Mind

18. 8th Graders making sense of Square Roots….

19. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Math and Language Arts will be assessed by SBAC Spring 2015 First Administration of SBAC C. A. T. Computer Adapted Testing

20. A Closer Look at SBAC • Decide Math? or Literacy? • Get a laptop and handout • Sit at appropriate table Login: HCSguest Password: H1n3sburg! Access website noted below http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

21. Private Reasoning Time: • Considering what we’ve shared about the Common Core Standards, think about what skills and strategies were necessary to complete these task(s)? Listen and Compare • Partner B shares first • Partner A shares second • How are the ideas you shared the same and different?

23. THANK YOU … for your partnership and support…as we implement the CCSS together!