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Discovery Education Common Core Academy:Making Common Sense Out of the Math Common Core

January 23-24, 2013Karen M. Beerer, [email protected]

Karen M. Beerer, Ed.D.• 28 years in public education:

classroom teacher, reading specialist, building principal, curriculum director, assistant superintendent

Possibly a photo of Karen in classroom

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The GoodNews…

Children’s books sales are up across the board, with increases ranging from 12% to 37% for paper books and 250% for children’s ebooks.”Source: US eBook Sales Were Up in the First Half of 2012, October 15th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder the New Leader,” Leadership for 2030

“U.S. Math, Science Achievement Exceeds World Average”Source: Ed Week, Published Online: December 11, 2012

“According to a study released by the Pew Research Center, 60 percent of Americans survey surveyed in the age group 16 to 29 said they still visited the library. They use libraries to conduct research, borrow print, audio and electronic books and, in some cases, read magazines and newspapers.”Source: Haughney, C., “Young People Frequent Libraries, Study Finds,” New York Times, October, 2012.

“U.S. fourth graders are definitely looking better. From 2006 to 2011, their math performance on TIMSS bumped up twelve points and now trails that of their counterparts in just seven other lands (in East Asia and Northern Ireland). Even more remarkable results come from PIRLS: Of the fifty-three systems participating, only four from abroad bested the U.S.’s score (Hong Kong, Russia, Finland, and Singapore). Further, Singapore is the only foreign system to surpass us at the “advanced” level, where an impressive 17 percent of American fourth graders can be found.”Source: Robelson, E., “U.S. Math, Science Achievement Exceeds World Average,” Education Week, December, 2012

And Some More…

You Knew It Was Coming:Total percentage of American adults who can’t understand the labels on their prescriptions.

46%

Community College students were shown a number line from -2 to 2 and asked to draw a line marking the approximate location of two numbers: -0.7 and 13/8.

21%

Total percentage of U.S. adults who are unable to read an 8th grade level book. 50%

U.S. adults able to pick out two items on a menu, add them, and calculate a tip. 42%

Total percentage of adults that have not been in a book store in the past 5 years. 70%

U.S. adults who could reliably calculate mortgage interest or those who could not calculate weekly salary when told an hourly pay rate.

20%

Total percentage of books started that aren’t read to completion. 57%

Source: Read Faster, Reading Stats, 2012; Richland, Stigler, & Holyoak, 2012); Department of Education's National Assessment of Adult Literacy

Take A Look at What Students Are Reading…

What do you notice?

Jobs That Will Boom In 20201. Data Crunching2. Counseling and Therapy3. Scientific Research4. Computer Engineering5. Veterinarians6. Environmental and Conservation Science7. Healthcare fields8. Management9. Finance10. EntrepreneurshipSource: Newman, R. “10 Businesses that Will Boom in 2020,” U.S. News, September 2012

What Does Workplace Readiness Really Mean?

Mr. Tony IannelliPresident/CEO Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce • Under Tony’s leadership, the Chamber has now grown to nearly 5,000

members and is currently the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the 9th largest Chamber in the United States.

• Recognized with the Latino Leadership Alliance Distinguished Service Award, The William Allen Distinguished Alumni Award, The Kids Peace Community Leader Award, the Muhlenberg College Entrepreneur Award, and the Lehigh Valley Human Relations Award.

• Received the Regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award.• Host of Business Matters, the region’s premier local business TV show, a fast

paced, hot topics interview show which is broadcast by 69 WFMZ-TV .

Discovery Education’s ELA and Math Academy Learning Targets

I CAN identify the content, format and structure of the ELA or Math CCSS. I CAN describe the essential classroom elements of instruction to ensure all students meet the CCSS. I CAN explain curriculum and assessment strategies to implement CCSS in my classroom, school or district. I CAN determine my next steps to implement CCSS successfully in my classroom, school, district and select useful resources to support me.

Today’s Agenda

• A Deeper Dive Into the Standards• Looking at the Math Learning

Progressions• Break [10:15]• Breaking Down the Instructional

Shifts• Lunch [12:00] - Provided• It’s All About Instruction: The

Standards of Mathematical Practice

Tomorrow’s Agenda

• Examining the Next Generation Assessments

• An Instructional Model• Break [10:15]• One Strategy: The Importance of

Feedback• Lunch [12:00] – On Your Own• Aligning Your Curriculum• Developing Your CCSS Toolbox

Show Dan Meyer’s video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWUFjb8w9Ps

Key Word Sort:

1. Review the terms from the Standards.

2. Sort them into categories.

3. Within the terms, decide on those that are the labels for the categories.

4.One group of terms does not have a label… you determine what it is.

A Quick Trip Through the Math CCSS

• Find a partner.• On the wiki, open your tour

“map” to the Common Core Standards.

• With your partner, take a trip through the Math Standards and Appendices.

• When you finish, complete the “ticket” together on your table.

Lessons Learned…

Re-Sort?

Now that you’ve been through the Standards…would you change anything in your sort?

And the missing label?

Activity: Text Rendering:Find A New Partner.

Read the Instructional Shifts for Math.Highlight a sentence, phrase and word that are meaningful to your understanding of the shifts.Share the meaningful sentences, phrases and words with your partner.Together, decide on one sentence, one phrase and one word that is the best way to highlight the shifts.

The CCSS Shifts – What Do They Mean for Us…

Shifts in Mathematical Practice

Show Hunt Institute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjbwJdcPjE&list=UUF0pa3nE3aZAfBMT8pqM5PA&index=5

Focus and Coherence:Learning Progressions

Focus and Coherence:Learning Progressions/Trajectories

What is a learning progression/trajectory?How would you explain “learning progression” to a colleague?

Focus and Coherence:Learning Progressions

Focus and Coherence:Learning Progressions

Exploring the CCSS Main Domains:• Use the activity record sheet to examine the

domains for your grade level or a grade level of choice.

• Note for each domain at your grade level whether it is a beginning point, building point, or end point

• Record any insights you have about the big ideas for your grade level, based on the domains.

Read the first three words of each of the practices to yourself… what do you notice?

Unpacking the Standards for Mathematical Practice

Standards for Mathematical Practice

What is it? What will you see teachers and students doing?

What isn’t it? What practices are now “obsolete?”

Provide an example:

What important mathematical concepts would a student need to understand in order to be successful with this task?

When engaged in this task, what would it look like for a student to demonstrate proficiency in the mathematical practice standards?

Standards in Practice In Action

Watch video: Collect evidence and respond with your Evidence/Interpretation Chart

Standards in Practice In Action

Watch video: Collect evidence and respond with your Evidence/Interpretation Chart

• What mathematical concepts are being addressed in this lesson?

• To what extent are individual students demonstrating proficiency with the Standards in Practice? What is your evidence?

• How do the instructional decisions support student learning?

Debrief: Standards in Practice • How will you use the standards for mathematical

practice to inform your instruction and lesson planning?

• What do you anticipate to be challenges in supporting students in developing proficiency in these practice standards? What actions will you take to address and overcome these challenges?

• What questions remain for you about the mathematical practice standards?

Instruction, Instruction, Instruction!Tool: Instructional Practice Evidence Guide

★ I/We are ready to go and have this strongly in place! ✔ I/We have some aspects of this in place but we have more work to do. ✖ I/We haven’t started this yet and need to know more about it.

Reflection…In the Classroom?

Confirmed vs. MythBuster

VS..

Confirmed vs. MythBuster1. The math CCSS only focus on skills, not content knowledge.

2. Key math topics are missing or appear in the wrong grade levels.

3. The math CCSS prescribe to teachers how to teach.

4. The Common Core State Standards require a lot of funding to implement.

5. The rigor and complexity of the math CCSS begins in Kindergarten and continues to accelerate through high school using an integrated approach.

Starting with Clear Targets

Reflection

Wrap-Up

I CAN identify the content, format and structure of the Math CCSS. I CAN describe the essential classroom elements of instruction to ensure all students meet the CCSS. I CAN explain curriculum and assessment strategies to implement CCSS in my classroom, school or district. I CAN determine my next steps to implement CCSS successfully in my classroom, school, district and select useful resources to support me.