Business & Finance Technology Education Standards Alignment To English Language Arts and Mathematics Common Core State Standards Connecticut State Department of Education Lee C. Marcoux, Education Consultant Tel: (860) Fax: (860)

Workshop Overview: English Language Arts CT Common Core State Standards Overview Mathematics CT Common Core State Standards Overview Aligning of BFT Standards to ELA CCSS Aligning of BFT Standards to Math CCSS Lesson Plans and Student Activities Action Plan Resources

CT State Standards (CCSS) ELA & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects READING Grade Specific Standards  Key Ideas & Details  Craft & Structure  Integration of Knowledge & Ideas  Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity WRITING Grade Specific Standards  Text Types & Purposes  Production & Distribution of Writing  Research to Build & Present Knowledge  Range of Writing SPEAKING & LISTENING Grade Specific Standards  Comprehension & Collaboration  Presentation of Knowledge & Ideas LANGUAGE Grade Specific Standards  Conventions of Standard English  Knowledge of Language  Vocabulary Acquisition & Use Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects Grades 6-12 Reading & Writing standards for content area subjects

SLSpeaking and Listening Standards in English Language Arts 6-12 LLanguage Standards in English Language Arts 6-12 RHReading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12 RSTReading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12 WHST Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6-12 Standards Coding

Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts Reading, writing, speaking and listening grounded in evidence from text Regular practice and instruction with complex texts and its academic vocabulary

Guiding Questions How would this CTE competency look in the classroom? What should students know and be able to do? (CTE and CCSS expectations) Are CCSS expectations dependent on courses and grade bands? How would this CTE competency look in a course for 6-8 versus 11-12?

BFT and ELA/Math Alignment ELA Common Core State Standards Math Common Core State Standards

Aligning BFT Lessons with ELA CCSS

Example of Business and Finance Technology Education Accounting : CT Accounting Frameworks Performance Standards 6-12 Standard 1: Understand the role that accountants play in business and society. CT State Standards English Language Arts 1.Understand the role that accountants play in business and society. Describe career opportunities in the accounting profession RST.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to Grades 9-10 texts and topics RH.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10) L.4.c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology L.4.c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage.

Example of Business and Finance Technology Education Personal Finance CT Personal Finance Frameworks Performance Standards 6-12 Standard 1: Personal Decision Making Apply reliable information and systemic decision making to personal financial decisions. CT State Standards English Language Arts 1.Use the rational decision-making process as it applies to the roles of citizens, workers and consumers. Define and give examples of economic wants and needs. RH Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole. WHST b Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic

Student Classroom Activities

Think, Pair, Share Accounting Personal Finance ELA Student Activities Handout—Unit Plan Banking & Finance

Modeling K The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (K-12 Content) Geometry Measurement and Data The Number System Number and Operations in Base Ten Operations and Algebraic Thinking Geometry Number and Operations Fractions Expressions and Equations Statistics and Probability Algebra Number and Quantity Functions Statistics and Probability Ratios and Proportional Relationships F CC

14 1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2.Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4.Model with mathematics. 5.Use appropriate tools strategically. 6.Attend to precision. 7.Look for and make use of structure. 8.Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. K-12 Standards for Mathematical Practice

Aligning BFT Lessons with Math CCSS

Example of Business and Finance Technology Education Accounting CT Accounting Frameworks Performance Standards 6-12 Standard 2: Accounting Principles Mastery of fundamental accounting principles, skills, and competencies is essential to making informed business decisions. Mathematics Common Core State Standards High School 2.Identify and describe generally accepted accounting principles currently (GAAP/IFRS), explain how the application of these principles impacts the recording of financial transactions and preparation of financial statements. Intermediate—Strand 1/Assets Explain transaction affecting accounts receivable, including uncollectible accounts, write-offs, and recoveries. CC.9-12.A.SSE.1: Interpret expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context.

Personal Finance Frameworks Performance Standards 6-12 Content Standard 2: Earning and Reporting Income Use a career plan to develop personal income potential CT CCSS Mathematics Common Core State Standards High School Advanced Analyze and prepare a federal and state income tax return. CC.9-12.A.REI.1 Explain each step in solving simple equations as following from the equality of numbers asserted at the previous step, starting from the assumption that the original equation has a solution. Construct a viable argument to justify a solution method. CC A.REI.2 Solve simple rational and radical equations in one variable, and give examples showing how extraneous solutions may arise. Example of Business and Finance Technology Education Personal Finance

Student Classroom Activities

Think, Pair, Share Accounting Personal Finance Math Student Activities

Action Plan Align curriculum with State BFT Frameworks Align curriculum with CT ELA and Math CCSS Modify Lesson Plans Implement Plans and Activities Collect Data, Evaluate and Modify

Resources Common Core State Standards and Career and Technical Education Mississippi State University Research and Curriculum Unit Content Content6381 The Career Pathways Effect, CORD and NASDCTEc, Chapter 9, pps , Southern Regional Education Board/ Ready for Tomorrow National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

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