2. FALL 2012

3. MATH IN FOCUS/SINGAPORE MATH: G RADES 6-8 AT ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS, IN ALL CLASSES G RADES K -5 IN SELECTED PILOT CLASSROOMS IN SELECT SCHOOLS ; 16 E LEMENTARY CLASSROOMS IN THE DISTRICT. A PILOT WILL RUN AT EACH GRADE LEVEL K TO 5. M ATH IN FOCUS IS AN INTENSIVE PROBLEM SOLVING CURRICULUM THAT BALANCES APPLICATION WITH SKILLS. S TUDENTS USE EXTENSIVE CRITICAL THINKING AND MODELING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. A LIGNED WELL TO COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ; THUS, THESE TEACHERS WILL BE IMPLEMENTING CCSS 100% THIS YEAR CURRICULUM UPDATES

4. C OMMON CORE - ALIGNED CURRICULUM A LGEBRA 1, G EOMETRY, A LGEBRA 2 I NTERMEDIATE A LGEBRA & T RIG /P RE C ALC C URRICULUM WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS LAST YEAR 2011-12 HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

5. We will no longer be using All of E OR the G: Drive for our curriculum postings. We have a new curriculum website that will house all of the district curriculum K-12 Information on accessing the website will be provided. For HS teachers, you can download curriculum today on your curriculum flash drive. CURRICULUM WEBSITE

6. SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS *8 TH GRADE: 2 Linear Equations *High School CCSS: 1 linear and one quadratic *Quadratic is considered anything of degree 2, including parabolas, circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, etc. *To be tested by the Junior Year SBAC test *CCT will collaborate on how to incorporate this into curriculum. *Information from Cathy Battles at MCTM conference on 7/31/12. NEW INFORMATION ON CONTENT

7. This year we’re offering College Algebra for College Credit at Truman, Chrisman and Van Horn! Truman: UMKC; enrolled: 26 Chrisman: UMKC; enrolled: 14 Van Horn: Truman State University; enrolled: 31 CELEBRATE!!!

8. This school year, 2012-13, all EOC and MAP tests will be written under CLEs and GLEs. Next school year, 2013-14, all EOC and MAP tests will be written under CCSS; no GLEs and CLEs. This school year AND next school year, test results will be sent double- coded to show results by CLE/GLE and by CCSS. Performance Events return THIS YEAR for Algebra 1 EOC and on 8 th Grade MAP The District is still deciding if we will give Geometry and Algebra 2 Bonus tests this year This year’s freshmen are the first to take the SBAC CCSS test in their Junior Year 2014-15. We now use Acuity Software; no more Pearson Limelight or Inform MAP predictive test given grades 3- 8, 3 times per year Algebra 1 Diagnostic Test given 3 times in the year. First session of testing for Algebra 1 will be in the first 2-3 weeks of school. More info to come. More information about Acuity training to come. Acuity testing will be online and with clickers. State Testing: EOC & MAP District Testing TESTING CHANGES Information from DESE Math Director, Cindy Bryant Information from Dr. Beth Savidge, Asst. Superintendant

9. Changes at DESE Adopting CAS -Core Academic Standards- Includes CCSS Math, CCSS English Language Arts, Common standards in Science and Common Standards in Social Studies. As a part of the adoption of math CCSS under the Missouri CAS, DESE will NOT add 15% more standards. They will implement CCSS as-is. DESE has released sample CCSS units that can be used for ideas in implementing CCSS. These units are not curriculum documents. Our HS Common Core Team will be inspecting them in the months to come.

10. MORE DESE After this school year, DESE will eliminate all non-CCSS problems from their testing banks. Those non-CCSS problems will not be used in testing after this school year. DESE will not be involved in writing new problems for CCSS in the near future; they plan to utilize CCSS problems already in their problem banks in the years to come

11. www.nextnavigator.com We have begun a subscription to Next Navigator. What’s that? In conjunction with Bill Daggett and Successful Practice Network Access to teaching tools, CCSS aligned assessments and gold seal lessons. An online tool, that at this time is used by select administrators and coaches for resources. NEXT NAVIGATOR

12. High School Cross-District Meetings This Year Friday, August 10, 2012 Curriculum Kickoff Grades 6-12 Jointly 1:00 pm-3:00 pm Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Program of Studies Discussion and Course Changes. Other Early Release Dates will be used as Building Time, agendas determined by Building Staff.

13. Middle School Cross-District Meetings This Year Friday, August 10, 2012 Thursday, September 13, 2012 Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Thursday, November 15, 2012 Thursday, January 17, 2013 Thursday, March 21, 2013 *October 29 th and February 14 th will be full building PD days.

14. COLLABORATIVE LESSON PLANNING BY SUBJECT C OME FOR COLLABORATION IN PLANNING, CONTENT KNOWLEDGE, LESSON IDEAS, AND SAMPLE PROBLEMS ! COME JOIN THE FUN!

15. Common Core Curriculum Design Team Dates-High School Thursdays 3:30-5:30 pm Truman Library Glass Room September 6 September 27 October 4 October 18 **Dates following To be determined

16. TEXT CODES ALGEBRA 1: ACTIVATION CODE: 6741003-10 Product Name: Algebra 1 - eEdition - ISBN #: 9780618756469 ---------------------------------------- GEOMETRY: ACTIVATION CODE: 6741003-20 Product Name: Geometry - eEdition - ISBN #: 9780618756476 ---------------------------------------- ALGEBRA 2: ACTIVATION CODE: 6741003-30 Product Name: Algebra 2 - eEdition - ISBN #: 9780618756483 From McDougal Littel !

17. Information about the ESEA Waiver in Missouri The Missouri flexibility waiver has been approved, making NCLB requirements flexible in Missouri. The waiver allows more accountability in schools to be State-led Continues to encourage HS graduates to be college and career ready Includes adoption of CCSS For more information, a 121 page PDF of the waiver is available at http://dese.mo.gov/qs/esea-waiver.htmlhttp://dese.mo.gov/qs/esea-waiver.html To view a video about the waiver from Missouri’s Commissioner of Education, Click here http://dese.mo.gov/commissioner/ http://dese.mo.gov/commissioner/

18. Basic MSIP 5 Scoring Advanced: 5 Proficient: 4 Basic: 3 Below Basic: 1 This means we need to really focus on getting students out of the Below Basic Category!

19. Have a GREAT year, everyone!!