1. Common Core State Standards What you need to know Cambrian School District

2. State Adoptions 45 states, three territories and the District of Columbia California State Board of Education (SBE) - August 2010  Established the Academic Content Standards Commission (ACSC) composed of members appointed by the Governor and the Legislature; the majority were current public school elementary or secondary classroom teachers.  The ACSC was authorized to make recommendations to the SBE to approve or disapprove the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and to supplement those standards with up to 15 percent additional standards.  The ACSC met four times in June and July 2010, and provided its recommendations to the SBE on July 15, 2010. The SBE voted unanimously to adopt the recommendations of the ACSC on August 2, 2010. 2

3. A Multi-State Led Effort 3

4. What are the Common Core State Standards? The Common Core State Standards set grade-by-grade learning expectations for students in grades K-12 for Mathematics and for English Language Arts/Literacy. While California has had standards for more than 15 years, this set of standards is more focused on preparing students for success in college and career. They set clear, consistent and high learning goals. 4

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7. Common Core: It Takes All of Us! Teachers Administrators Students Parents Community members 7

8. What Should I Expect with CCSS? More time to focus on preparing students for college and career readiness. 8

9. Instructional Shifts in Language Arts  Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational text in addition to literature  Reading and writing grounded in evidence from the text  Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary (words like commit and synthesize)  Writing to inform and structure an argument, not only writing stories 9

10. Shifts in Language Arts Standards Grade 3 Expectations 1997 Language Arts Standards Common Core Language Arts Standards Reading 1. 6- Use sentence and word context to find the meaning of unknown words. Reading Literature 3.1- Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Language 3.4- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. 10

11. 11 Shifts in Language Arts Assessments

12. 12 Shifts in Language Arts Assessment

13. How can you help your child in literacy? 1.Ask your child specific questions about what they read. 2.Encourage children to read, then write and speak about nonfiction text: A.Newspapers B.Magazines C.Biographies D.Science 3.Encourage children to research topics of interest and read series that relate to a central topic. 4.Have your child follow step by step instructions or a set of directions in order to accomplish a task, such as building a sandcastle or operating a game.

14. The Shifts in Mathematics 1.Focus: Focus deeply on concepts prioritized in standards; build strong foundational knowledge. 2.Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics 3.Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application with equal intensity

15. K 12 Number and Operations Measurement and Geometry Algebra and Functions Statistics and Probability Traditional U.S. Approach 15

16. The Common Core Standards Approach Number and Operations Operations and Algebraic Thinking Expressions and Equations Algebra →→ Number and Operations— Base Ten → The Number System → Number and Operations— Fractions → K12345678High School 16

17. Grade Focus Areas in Support of Rich Instruction and Expectations of Fluency and Conceptual Understanding K–2 Addition and subtraction – concepts, skills, and problem solving and place value 3–5 Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions – concepts, skills, and problem solving 6 Ratios and proportional reasoning; early expressions and equations 7 Ratios and proportional reasoning; arithmetic of rational numbers 8 Linear algebra Key Areas of Focus in Mathematics 17

18. Shifts in Mathematics Assessment Released Test Items CSTCommon Core Assessment 18

19. Shifts in Mathematics Assessment Released Test Items CSTCommon Core Assessment 19

20. How can you help your child in math? 1.Help children practice their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. 2.Encourage children not to give up while solving problems, to build stamina and develop their critical thinking skills. Don’t give them the answers - ask them to think of different ways they can solve problems. 3.Have children illustrate the math they were thinking in their head and discuss it out loud. 4.Have children apply their math knowledge to a real- world scenario at home, such as doubling a recipe or calculating the area of a room.

21. Smarter Balance Assessment A Dramatic Shift

22. Assessment Two groups working in collaboration to create a Common Core-aligned assessments in English and math: 1.Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) 2.Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) California is a governing member of the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium – 25 states are members of this consortium – Represents 48% of K-12 students in US 22

23. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Requirements Create more rigorous tests measuring student progress toward “college and career readiness” Have common, comparable scores across member states and across consortia Provide achievement and growth information to help make better educational decisions and professional development opportunities Assess all students except those with “significant cognitive disabilities” Administer assessments online, with timely results 23

24. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium K-12 Common Core State Standards All Students Leaving High School College & Career-Ready Summative Assessments, 2014-15  Benchmarked to college and career readiness Interim Assessments  Flexible, open, used for actionable feedback Formative Assessment Tools & Processes  Teacher resources to improve instruction 24

25. 25 Transitioning to the Common Core: A Phase-in Process Awareness Building readiness

26. 26 Transitioning to the Common Core: A Phase-in Process Awareness Building readiness Transition Moving to the new standards

27. 27 Transitioning to the Common Core: A Phase-in Process Awareness Building readiness Transition Moving to the new standards Implementation Making meaning

28. 28 Transitioning to the Common Core: A Phase-in Process Awareness Building readiness Transition Moving to the new standards Implementation Making meaning Transformation Changing teaching & learning

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30. Additional Resources Council of the Great City Schools Parent Roadmaps: Math http://www.cgcs.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=244 ELA / Literacy http://www.cgcs.org/Page/328 National Parent Teachers Association (PTA) http://pta.org/parents/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2583 Achieve the Core www.achievethecore.org Common Core State Standards Text Exemplars http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf 30