1. INCORPORATING COMMON CORE ELEMENTS INTO THE PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM Common Core

2. What is Common Core K-12 standards for Math and English Language Arts (ELA) education National standards – not federally mandated 46 states have adopted and are implementing http://academicbenchmarks.com/common-core-state-adoption-map/ http://academicbenchmarks.com/common-core-state-adoption-map/ State and local education departments decide how to implement Standard benchmarks for what children should know at given grade levels No standard tests

3. Goals of Common Core Career and college readiness Global competition Create educational continuity and equity across the country Incorporate ELA and Math into every content area Promotes collaboration by states and educational institutions

4. How is Common Core Different? First time we will have same standards across the country Same progression of concepts nation wide Stronger emphasis on Math and ELA Same benchmarks across the country

5. Examples of PA CC Standards PA has written Pre-K Common Core standards English Language Arts http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/PA%20Core%20Standards%20ELA%20PreK- 5%20March%202014.pdf http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/PA%20Core%20Standards%20ELA%20PreK- 5%20March%202014.pdf Math http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/PA%20Core%20Standards%20Mathematics%20PreK- 12%20March%202014.pdf http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/PA%20Core%20Standards%20Mathematics%20PreK- 12%20March%202014.pdf

6. How Will We Use CC? Deeper discussion on curriculum areas Focus more lessons on ELA and STEAM Additional standard on lesson plan CC standards map/chart Will look at standards in more detail when we discuss English Language Arts and Math curriculum