COMMON CORE
STATE STANDARDS (CCSS)
PARENT WORKSHOP
Bonita Unified School District
Common Core
 State
adopted in August of 2010
 Gives us flexibility to organize and
implement the standards
 Instruction is integrated into our
classrooms ensuring the highest level of
student achievement can take place
 We have the ability to research, pilot
and purchase the instructional materials
States Adopting CCSS
Why the CCSS
 Initiative
is driven by states
 Consistent
 College
expectations nationally
and career ready
 American
competitive edge
 Standards
are benchmarked to
international standards
 Fewer
standards in greater depth
English Language Arts Shifts in
Common Core
 More
instructional time on informational text
 Emphasis
on reading, writing, and speaking
based upon evidence / justification of
responses
 Writing
assignments will focus on
Opinions
/ Arguments
Informative
Narratives
/ Explanatory Texts
CCSS ELA Standards Build
Kinder to 12th Grade
STRAND—Reading for Information
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to
support conclusions drawn from the text.
Grades
Grades 11–12
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Grade 5
Grade 4
Grade 3
Grade 2
Kindergarten Grade 1
9–10
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Common Core 6 Shifts in Math

Focus: fewer topics covered in greater depth

Coherence: connect learning within and across grades

Fluency: perform mathematics with speed and accuracy

Understanding: use mathematics in complex situations

Application: know when and how applying math can
solve a problem

Dual Intensity: achieve fluency and conceptual
understanding/application
 Example:
9 x 5 = 45……..Explain why the answer is 45
(fluency)
(conceptual)
8 Mathematical Practices for
Grades K-12

8 Mathematical Practices:
 Make
sense of problems and persevere in solving them
 Reason
abstractly and quantitatively
 Construct
 Model
 Use
viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
with mathematics
appropriate tools strategically
 Attend
to precision
 Look
for and make use of structure
 Look
for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
(Within each mathematical practice, there are several standards)
Common Math Path in
Grades 6-12
Grade
Common Core Math Path
6
7
8
9
10
11
Math 6
Math 7
Math 8
HS Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Advanced Classes
• Honors Pre-Calculus
• Calculus
• AP Statistics
• Advanced Math
12
Common Core for the Special
Needs Student

Special needs students will continue to participate in
assessments as stated in their Individual Education Plans
(IEP’s)

Details for testing are still being developed by the
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Classroom academic and assessment accommodations
and modifications will continue to be made through
students’ IEPs

Common Core will provide a change in curriculum, but
no changes will be made to special education laws
CCSS Assessments

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Implemented beginning 2015
CCSS Assessments

Students in grades 3-8 and in grade 11 will take
the Smarter Balanced Assessments in the areas of:
 Math
 English

Students will take these assessments online

Questions on these assessments will include:

Selected response

Short answer

Performance task
Timeline for CCSS Assessments
 2013
– 2014:
The
field test for CCSS will be administered
in the spring
Students
 2014
take either math or English
– 2015:
Students
in grades 3 - 8 and in grade 11
will take math and English test
These
scores will be used as the baseline
score for Bonita Unified
How are the CCSS being
implemented in classrooms?
 Using
complete sentences
 Justifying
 Using
responses
technology
 Reading
and analyzing informational text
 Exploring
concepts at a deeper, more complex level
What parents can do to help their students
 Read
more non-fiction text
 Encourage
your students to answer questions using
complete sentences
 Have
your students justify the answers they give you