10+Ways+to+Process+the+Common+Core+Math+Standards

The Ten Activities are linked to more information and the handouts from the session. Hope you find some of these helpful in your district.

[|Video for 21st Century Learners]

In your group, how would you use this activity in your district, how might you change and/or enhance this activity. Please add to this page.


 * 1.[| Using Survey of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) Online to Compare Your State Standards to CCSS]**

Step-by-Step process for using this amazing tool.

[|**2. Communicating the Differences Between our Math Standards and CCSS**] (Step by Step process)


 * Notes from Conference**
 * Use the activity:**
 * grade level/content PLCs to discuss content changes, alignment, resources**
 * Vertical PLC for alignment**
 * MS/HS -include social studies and science in dialogue**
 * communication (website, newsletters) -changes in content, progress reports, local assessments, etc**
 * How you might change or enhance**
 * add to template to include unpacking -**teacher actions/ student actions, **verbs etc**

[|**3. What Do the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Look Like in the Math Classroom?**] Each practice by grade level. Show progression K-12 see the before and after. See [|Classroom Sneak Peaks] of what student/teacher actions look like and open questions.

[|**4. Using Video Footage to Identify the 8 Mathematical Practices**]

[|**5. Teacher Questioning Makes Mathematical Communications a Reality in the CCSS Classroom**]

CGI- Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is an approach to teaching mathematics at the elementary level where teachers utilize what they know about their children’s understanding of mathematics to select problems, pose those problems, question students, and facilitate discussion and sharing.

3 Act Math program- Hook, Explore, Validation- [|Dan Meyer]

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[|**6. Using Unpacking Documents From Other States**]

[|**7. Exploring the History of the 8 Mathematical Practices**] 2 books: Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and Adding it Up. Why do we teach what we teach? Helps teachers show the math and not just say this is the way it is.

[|**8. Looking at Quality Problems to Understand CCSS**] Get the students hooked on a problem. Have them decide what they need to solve and ask questions. Have students discuss the problem and what they information they need to solve. Dan Meyer videos

[|**9. Creating Alternative Assessments Aligned to Common Core Standards in Math**]

[|**10. Math Vocabulary in the Common Core - Attend to Precision**]