Cracking the Code: How to Read the Common Core State Standards

1. Cracking the Code: How to Read the Common Core State Standards Rhode Island Department of Education 10/2011

2. Common Core State Standards The Standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate from high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs. K-12 Standards • Mathematics • English Language Arts (Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening) • Includes: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, 6-12

3. The Common Core State Standards: • Are aligned with college and workforce expectations; • Are clear, understandable and consistent; • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills; • Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards; • Are informed by standards in other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and • Are evidence-based.

4. Common Core: English Language Arts Standards

5. ELA: Design & Organization • Three Sections • K-5 (cross-disciplinary) • 6-12 English Language Arts • 6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects • Three Appendices • A: Research and evidence; glossary • B: Reading text exemplars; sample performance tasks • C: Annotated student writing samples Available at: http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards

6. ELA: Design & Organization • Four Strands: • READING • WRITING • SPEAKING & LISTENING • LANGUAGE

7. ELA: Design & Organization • Four Strands (continued)… • Reading

8. ELA: Design & Organization • Four Strands (continued)… • Writing • Arguments • Informative/explanatory texts • Narrative • Speaking and Listening • Comprehension and collaboration • Presentation of knowledge and ideas • Language • Knowledge of language • Vocabulary

9. ELA: Design & Organization • College and Career Readiness (CCR) ANCHOR Standards • Broad expectations consistent across grades and content areas • Based on evidence about college and workforce training expectations

10. ELA: ANCHOR STANDARDSReading Strand Example

11. How to “talk” about theELA Standards • The Literacy Common Core Standards as written do not clearly articulate a set of codes with which to refer to. • A code has been developed • Aide in distinguishing Anchor Standards from Grade-Specific Standards • Ease of “conversation” about the standards • A KEY is necessary for “decoding” the code

12. Cracking the Literacy “CODE” Strand Code Key Reading Standards R Reading Standards for Literature RL Reading Standards for Informational Text RI Reading Standards: Foundational Skills RF Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies RH Reading Standards for Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects RST Writing Standards W Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, WHST Science, & TechnicalSubjects Speaking & Listening Standards SL Language Standards L

13. How to read a Common Core ANCHOR Standard R.CCR.6

14. How to read a Common Core Reading Standard(grade-specific standard) RI.4.3

15. How to Read a Common Core Writing Standard (grade-specific standard) W.5.1a

16. How We Achieve an ANCHOR Standard Literature Literature Informational Text Informational Text 3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects Literature Literature Literacy in History/Social Studies Informational Text Informational Text Literacy for Science and Technical Subjects

17. Common Core: Mathematics Standards

18. Mathematics: Design & Organization 3 Components: • Standards for Mathematical Practice • Standards for Mathematical Content • K-8 Grade Level Domains • High School Conceptual Categories • Glossary Appendix: • Pathways • Traditional • Integrated • Compacted: High School Mathematics in Middle School • Traditional • Integrated Available at: http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards

19. Standards for Mathematical Practice • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them • Reason abstractly and quantitatively • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others • Model with mathematics • Use appropriate tools strategically • Attend to precision • Look for and make use of structure • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

20. Standards for Mathematical Content Grade Level Domains High School Conceptual Categories K – 5 • Counting and Cardinality • Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Number and Operations in Base Ten • Number and Operations – Fractions • Measurement and Data • Geometry 6-8 • Ratios and Proportional Relationships • The Number System • Expressions and Equations • Functions • Geometry • Statistics and Probability • Number and Quantity • Algebra • Functions • Modeling • Geometry • Statistics and Probability

21. Conceptual Categories: Domains • Number and Quantity • The Real Number System • Quantities • The Complex Number System • Vector and Matrix • Algebra • Seeing Structure in Expressions • Arithmetic with Polynomials & Rational Functions • Creating Equations • Reasoning with Equations & Inequalities • Functions • Interpreting Functions • Building Functions • Linear, Quadratic, & Exponential Models • Trigonometric Functions

22. Conceptual Categories: Domains (continued) • Modeling • Geometry • Congruence • Similarity, Right Triangles, & Trigonometry • Circles • Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations • Geometric Measurement & Dimension • Modeling with Geometry • Statistics and Probability • Interpreting Categorical & Quantitative Data • Making Inferences & Justifying Conclusion • Conditional Probability & Rules of Probability • Using Probability to Make Decisions

23. Model Course Pathways in Mathematics TRADITIONAL INTEGRATED • ALGEBRA I • GEOMETRY • ALGEBRA II • 4th Year Mathematics Course • MATHEMATICS I • MATHEMATICS II • MATHEMATICS III • 4th Year Mathematics Course

24. Mathematics K-8 : Design & Organization • Introduction Page • Highlights: 2-3 Critical Areas • Provides: Emphasis of Content • Overview Page • Provides: • Domains • Cluster Headings • Mathematical Practices

25. Components: K-8 grade level Mathematics Standards Domains: larger groups of related standards Cluster Headings: overview & quick summary of the mathematical ideas within a domain Clusters: groups of related standards Standards: define what students should understand and be able to do

26. Components: K-8 grade level Mathematics Standards

27. How to “talk” about the Mathematics K-8 Common Core State Standards • The Mathematics Common Core Standards as written do not clearly articulate a set of codes with which to refer to. • A code has been developed • Aide in distinguishing Standards from Pathways • Ease of “conversation” about the standards • A KEY is necessary for “decoding” the codes

28. Cracking the K-8 Mathematics “CODE” Grades K – 5 Counting and Cardinality CC Operations and Algebraic Thinking OA Number and Operations in Base Ten NBT Number and Operations – Fractions NF Measurement and Data MD Geometry G Grades 6-8 Ratios and Proportional Relationships RP The Number System NS Expressions and Equations EE Functions F Geometry G Statistics and Probability SP

29. How to read a Common Core K-8 Mathematics Grade Level Standard 3.NBT.1 1ST STANDARD IN THE CLUSTER GRADE LEVEL DOMAIN: NUMBER AND OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN

30. Standards for Mathematical Content Grade Level Domains High School Conceptual Categories K – 5 • Counting and Cardinality • Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Number and Operations in Base Ten • Number and Operations – Fractions • Measurement and Data • Geometry 6-8 • Ratios and Proportional Relationships • The Number System • Expressions and Equations • Functions • Geometry • Statistics and Probability • Number and Quantity • Algebra • Functions • Modeling • Geometry • Statistics and Probability

31. Mathematics High School (9-12): Design & Organization • Introduction Page • Provides Conceptual Categories: Emphasis of Content • Overview Page • Provides: • Domains • Cluster Headings • Mathematical Practices

32. Components: High School Mathematics Standards Conceptual Categories: large grouping of content specific standards Domains: large groups of related standards within the Conceptual Category Cluster Headings: overview & quick summary of the mathematical ideas within a domain Clusters: groups of related standards Standards: define what students should understand and be able to do

33. Components: High School Mathematics Standard

34. How to “talk” about the Mathematic K-8 Common Core State Standards • The Mathematic Common Core Standards as written do not clearly articulate a set of codes with which to refer to. • A code has been developed • Aide in distinguishing Standards from Pathways • Ease of “conversation” about the standards • A KEY is necessary for “decoding” the Codes

35. Cracking the High School Mathematics “Code” High School • Number and Quantity • The Real Number System N-RN • Quantities N-Q • The Complex Number System N-CN • Vector and Matrix N-VM • Algebra • Seeing Structure in Expressions A-SSE • Arithmetic with Polynomials & Rational Functions A-APR • Creating Equations A-CED • Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities A-REI

36. Cracking the High School Mathematics “Code” (continued) • Functions • Interpreting Functions F-IF • Building Functions F-BF • Linear, Quadratic, & Exponential Models F-LE • Trigonometric Functions F-TF • Modeling * • Geometry • Congruence G-CO • Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry G-SRT • Circles G-C • Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations G-GPE • Geometric Measurement and Dimension G-GMD • Modeling with Geometry G-MG

37. How to read a Common Core High SchoolMathematics Standard A-SSE.1b Letter & Number indicating the Standard within the Cluster Conceptual Category Domain

38. How to read a Common Core High School PATHWAYS Mathematics Standard (+)N.CN.4,5,6 Indicates: Content needed for advanced courses Numbers indicating the Standards within the Cluster Heading Conceptual Category Domain

40. Resources • RIDE webpage for Common Core State Standards updates: http://www.ride.ri.gov/Division-EEIE/transition.aspx

41. Contact Information • Literacy Specialists • Diane Girard, diane.girard@ride.ri.gov401.222.8479 • Colleen O’Brien, colleen.obrien@ride.ri.gov 401.222.8474 • Mathematics Specialist • Patty Carnevale, patricia.carnevale@ride.ri.gov 401.222.8458 • Susan Pagliaro, susan.pagliaro@ride.ri.gov 401.222.2644