The Common Core Math Standards: Implications for Teacher Preparation
When The Opportunity Equation report was issued in June 2009, the prospect that more than two-thirds of states would adopt common standards in K-12 mathematics within the next 15 months was almost unimaginable. Yet that is exactly the feat that states have accomplished through the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Widespread implementation of the Common Core holds the promise of guiding stronger mathematics instruction for all students and improving the performance of teachers, schools, and classrooms. But adoption of the Common Core is only a first step on the path toward successful implementation. The full value of the new standards will be realized only when other systemic changes—including the development and implementation of high-quality assessments, more effective systems of accountability, engaging and rigorous curricula and materials, and focused teacher preparation and ongoing learning—have been achieved. These challenges are formidable but not insurmountable; the rewards for U.S. students and our country are clear.
Preparing the K-12 teachers who will be responsible for delivering mathematics instruction on the level of the new standards will be a significant challenge. The Opportunity Equation asked a number of leaders and innovators in teacher recruitment and preparation to share their thoughts about the implications of Common Core standards in mathematics for the preparation of K-12 teachers of mathematics. Click to read more...
This page includes a culmination of flipbooks, websites, resources, and activities.
Standards of Mathematical Practice
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.
K-1st grade math practice posters:
http://elemmath.jordandistrict.org/files/2012/04/Practices-K-16.pdf
2nd-3rd grade:
http://elemmath.jordandistrict.org/files/2012/04/Practices-2-35.pdf
4th-5th grade:
http://elemmath.jordandistrict.org/files/2012/04/Practices-4-52.pdf
6th grade:
http://elemmath.jordandistrict.org/files/2012/04/Practices-62.pdf
Standards for Mathematical Practice presentation
The Common Core “FlipBooks” are a compilation of research, “unpacked” standards from many states, instructional strategies and examples for each standard at each grade level. The intent is to show the connections to the Standards of Mathematical Practices for the content standards and to get detailed information at each level.
Kindergarten: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/KFlipBookedited.pdf
First Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/1stFLIPpdf2.pdf
Second Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/2FlipBookedited.pdf
Third Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/3flipbookedited_2.pdf
Fourth Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/4FlipBookedited.pdf
Fifth Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/5th-Flipbookedited2.pdf
Sixth Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6FlipBookedited22.pdf
Seventh Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/7th_FlipBookEdited21.pdf
Eighth Grade: http://katm.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/flipbooks/8thFlipFinaledited.pdf
Mathematics Performance Assessments
Inside Mathematics - tasks are more complex and would make great performance based assessment tasks