Do Now……Use the Lego blocks to complete your do now.
Rate your
knowledge of
the new revised
K-2 Math TEKS.
Primary focal
points are core
structures that
lay a conceptual
foundation for
each grade.
DISD will
implement the
new revised K-2
Math TEKS in
2014-2015.
Novice, Intermediate,
or Expert
True or False
True or False
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Building Blocks: K-2 Revised
Math TEKS
Presented By:
Jamila Steen
Lori Thomas
Marelenise Phillips-Roberts
Norms
• Participate
• Be respectful
• Challenge your limits
• Monitor technology
• Make learning meaningful
Core Beliefs
• Our main purpose is to improve student academic achievement.
• Effective instruction makes the most difference in student
academic performance.
• There is no excuse for poor quality instruction.
• With our help, at risk students will achieve at the same rate as
non-at risk students.
• Staff members must have a commitment to children and a
commitment to the pursuit of excellence.
Session Outcomes
 Become familiar with the focal points and
TEKS comparison documents.
 Examine how to use the documents to
improve overall mathematics instruction.
 Understand the connections of mathematical
concepts and processes within the Revised
Math TEKS (2012).
How do you look at things?
• What focal points continue
through three grade levels?
• What focal points begin in
your grade level?
• What focal points are unique
to your grade level?
Primary Focal Points cont’d.
Kinder
counting and
cardinality,
understanding
addition as joining
and sub traction as
separating, and
comparing objects
by measurement
attributes.
Grade 1
Grade 2
understanding and
applying place value,
solving problems
involving addition
and subtraction, and
composing and
decomposing twodimensional shapes
and three
dimensional solids.
making comparisons within the
base-10 place value system,
solving problems with addition
and subtraction within the
1,000, and building
foundations for multiplication
Process Standards
K-2 Math TEKS Side-by-Side
Current TEKS and Revised TEKS (2012)
Zooming In: A Side by Side
TEKS Comparison
1. Review one grade level and answer the
questions on your recording sheet.
2. Review the Side-by-Side TEKS Comparison
Highlights document for your grade band.
Personal Financial Literacy
Zooming in Further
At your table, number from 1-6.
1-Number, Operation, and Quantitative Reasoning
2-Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Thinking
3-Geometry and Spatial Reasoning
4-Measurement
5-Probability and Statistics
6-Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools
Individual Study
Study your assigned strand from the
current TEKS for content that
 remains or is clarified,
 is new, or
 is deleted.
“Symbol” “izing” Your Ideas
!-Most important idea to share in each column
?-An idea I’m still pondering
Sharing Your Expertise
• Pair up with someone who studied the same grade level
and content strand.
• Share the most important idea for each of the three
columns.
Zooming Out
Putting It All Together
Focal
Points
Sideby-Side
Mix and Mingle
Coaching Implications and Reflections
Nuts and Bolts:
 Professional Development
 www.region10.org
 http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=3449