Parent Leadership Academy Workshop
How to help your child succeed
in the Common Core
Mathematics Standards
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Presented by:
Dr. Beth Bray, Supervisor
Danielle Saldavia, Program Specialist
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Tonight’s Topics
1. Common Core Standards in Mathematics
2. Mathematics Standards in the Daily
Lesson Design of the New Textbook
3. Strategies to help your child in math at
home
4. Other resources available
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Top 3 Facts about
Common Core State Standards
This is not a federal mandate or curriculum.
● Standards are adopted by the state board of education.
● They were created by teachers, college professors and
researchers based on what students will need to be successful
in college and career.
Common Core is not taking away local control.
● Each state and/or district decides how they will meet the
standards.
You will feel some shifts and that is a good thing!
● Students are being asked to do more than find answers and
complete tasks.
● They are now being asked to reason and work through complex
problems using grade level appropriate skills.
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Common Core State StandardsMathematics
There are two types of
Math standards in Common Core.
Mathematical
Practices
Grade Level
Content
Standards
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Kindergarten-8th grade organized by Content Domains
HS organized by Content Categories
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What are
Mathematical Practices?
The standards for Mathematical Practices describe
ways in which developing students…...
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving
them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated
reasoning.
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What are
Mathematical Practices?
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Student Lessons
1) Daily Common Core ReviewRegular practice of previously learned concepts.
1) Develop the Concept:
Interactive Problem-Based Interactive Learning
(PBIL)
3) Develop the Concept: Visual
Visual Learning, Guided Practice, Independent
Practice, Problem Solving
4) Close/ Assess and Differentiate
Review Essential Understanding with students
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What Can Parents Do?
Be an example
Many adults say they hated math in school,
according to national polls. If you are one of them,
be careful that you don't communicate that attitude
to your child. Help her improve her attitude toward
math by showing her that you are confident when
completing routine tasks like counting money from a
school fundraiser, balancing your checkbook, or
completing your tax return. You can also point out
the importance of math in different professions
including architecture, medicine, fashion design,
restaurant management, and computer
programming.
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Common Core State StandardsMathematics
What Can Parents Do?
Help your child use math every day
Encourage your child to solve problems
involving math outside of school. In the grocery
store, ask her to figure out the price of four cans
of tuna fish. In the car, ask her how long it will
take to travel to your destination based on your
speed. In the toy store, ask her to calculate the
price of a discounted toy and how long it will
take to save up her allowance to buy it.
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What Can Parents Do?
Familiarize yourself with learning standards
It's important to know what math skills your child
should learn in his current grade. You can
access the learning standards for your child's
grade on the Web site for your state department
of education or ask your child's teacher to outline
them for you. If you know what your child will be
learning, it will be easier to complement those
skills with activities at home.
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What Can Parents Do?
Monitor your child's math homework
Do your child's math assignments only call for
rote work or does the teacher include a creative
"problem of the week" that tests students'
understanding of mathematical concepts? Ask
your child's teacher which techniques he uses to
help students become more comfortable with
math.
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What Can Parents Do?
Play math games at home
There are many games your child can play that
involve math. Beginning in the elementary years,
students can learn to enjoy math by playing
games such as chess, dominoes, cribbage,
checkers, Yahtzee and backgammon.
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What Can Parents Do?
Read books that incorporate math
More and more schools are starting to integrate diverse subject
areas in the curriculum so that students can make clearer
connections. But how do you include math in a history or
English class? One way is to read books in which the main
characters solve a problem using math or logic. Examples
include One Hundred Angry Ants by Ellinor J. Pinczes, The
King's Commissioners by Aileen Friedman and Socrates and
the Three Little Pigs by Tuyosi Mori.
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What Can Parents Do?
The bottom line
We naturally encourage our children to read, write
and speak outside of school, but often leave
learning math skills to 45 minutes a day in the
classroom. Like everything else, your child's skills
and confidence in working with mathematical
concepts will improve with daily practice, support
and encouragement.
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What Can Parents Do?
What will students have to do?
What can parents do to help?
Spend more time on fewer concepts
Know what the priority work is for your
child at their grade level
Go more in-depth on each concept
Spend time with your child on priority work
Ask your child’s teacher for reports on your
child’s progress on priority work
Spend time practicing
Push children to know, understand and
memorize basic math facts
Know all of the fluencies your child should
have
Prioritize learning the fluencies your child
finds most difficult
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What Can Parents Do?
Make the math work, and understand why
it does
Ask questions and review homework to see
whether your child understands why as well
as what the answer is.
Talk about why the math works
Advocate for the time your child needs to
learn key math skills
Prove that they know why and how the
math works
Provide time for your child to work on math
skills at home
Apply math in real world situations
Ask your child to do the math that comes up
in daily life
Know which math skills to use for which
situation
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Parent Resources
ELA CCSS
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/finalelac
cssstandards.pdf
Math CCSS
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssma
thstandardaug2013.pdf
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Parent Resources
http://achievethecore.org/common-core-introfor-parents
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/documents/ccssresour
cesparents.doc
Math Practice with free games
http://www.softschools.com/math/games/
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Index.html
http://www.ixl.com/math/
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