Deep Curriculum Alignment
Project for Mathematics
ERIE 1 BOCES
SUSAN ROTHWELL
History of
DCA
*Three Year
Mathematics
Project
*Over 25 School
Districts involved
*Professional
Learning
Community
Building Valuable
Resources
Objectives of Year 3:
 Review embedded skills & vocabulary
deconstructed from CCLS (Common
Core Learning Standards) during year 2
 Build sample tasks (questions) for the
CCLS embedded skills that ensures
multiple measures of assessment
 Peer review & build assessment
solutions for the sample tasks
 Develop a regional scope & sequence by
grade for the Common Core Learning
Standards
 Review criteria for homeschool communications &
report card alignment to
CCLS
Understanding
the Common
Core Learning
Standards for
Mathematics
 Common Core Learning
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Standards
8 Standards for Mathematical
Practices
Grade Level Focus Points
Required Fluencies for CCLS
Shifts in Mathematics
NYS Assessment Transition Plan
for ELA & Math
Summarize
at least 3 key
points with
a partner.
DCA (Deep
Curriculum
Alignment
Project) allows
us to tackle this
TOGETHER!
We are stronger together than we
are apart…
What do
these
standards
mean?
Deconstructin
g the Common
Core Learning
Standards
(DCA- YEAR 2)
Grade Level
Teams Worked
to Define the
new CCLS &
evaluate
alignment
Embedded skills
written as
measureable (using
measurable verbs)
Alignment
Evaluation
Comparison of 2005 NYS Standards to
New NYS Common Core Learning Standards
www.mathdca.wikispaces.com
Click on:
Common Core Learning Standards
to access grade level documents
Sample
questions for the
skills will be
typed in this box
Answer the
following
questions
as a group
and then
post your
responses
around the
room…
1) What are the
characteristics of quality
tasks or assessment items?
2) Describe multiple
measures of assessment.
3) Explain what a ‘Balanced
Assessment’ might include.
Grade 5
Assessment
Item
Comparison
Compare the NYS Test Item Grade 5
Math (2005) with the Example
Common Core Performance Task 5th
Grade Math.
•What are the embedded skills
that the student needed to know for
each question? How does the level
of rigor compare?
 Grade 2- Place Value
Grade
Level
Sample
Modules
 Grade 4- Fractions
 Grade 7- Arithmetic Operations
on Polynomials
 Grade 9 (Algebra 1)- Algebraic
Expressions
NYS CCLS Resources:
www.engageny.org
 Many textbooks claim to be fully
aligned to CCLS
Common
Core
Aligned
Resources?
Can this be
true?
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The Common Core Standards document
address this issue and clearly state that
nothing published is aligned to the level of
both procedural & conceptual
understanding that the CCLS demand
Guidance can be obtained from a
variety of Sample Task
Resources such as: Buckle Down,
Singapore Mathematics, People
Choice, etc.
*Be careful not to spend too much
time in these resources- STAY on
target with being aligned to what the
embedded skills demand…
www.mathdca.wikispaces.com
CLICK: common core learning standards
Navigating
the DCA
Common
Core Math
Web Site
*you will now be at the new CCLS site:
www.commoncoremath.wikispaces.com
 DCA Common Core Math
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How to sign in
How to request membership
 DCA Common Core Math Wiki
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How to download the Sample Task Documents
How to SAVE the downloaded document (and
name it appropriately)
How to upload the NEW ANNOTATED
document (that contains your work)
Creating
Sample
Tasks using
Microsoft
Word
 Equation Editor
 See guidance document (located on the
center of the tables)
 Location on Toolbar
 How to ‘Insert a New Equation’
 How to ‘Insert a Symbol or Fraction’
 Clip Art
 Two site are located as links on the wiki
for great clip art. Just CLICK:
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Clip Art Sites for Sample Tasks
Let’s begin…
Group Selections & Team Roles
Select group members for smaller working
group (2-3 per group)
Decide as a table how to divide up the
domains for the sample tasks among the
smaller working groups (paper copies have
been provided in the boxes at the tables)
Select a person from you small group to
work with the computer (using the wiki and
uploading/ downloading the documents)
Begin by reviewing the embedded skills & the standard from
which they were deconstructed
Add or modify these skills/ vocabulary with RED font ONLY
Tomorrow….
 Is only a day away…. Annie
We will be picking back up where we have left off
tomorrow. Select a good stopping point and upload
your last domain. Be sure to label your paper copies
of where your have left off and where you need to
start.
Reflections & Planning
 Survey by Grade Level
 Where have you left off
 Planning for next time
 Peer Review Process
 Creating solutions for Sample Tasks