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Why the Common Core Standards?. The standards are the result of a national movement to provide an equitable, coherent, focused, and rigorous curriculum. The standards will enable our students to be college and career ready in order to compete globally. Why Grades 1 and 2 in 2012-2013?.
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Why the Common Core Standards? • The standards are the result of a national movement to provide an equitable, coherent, focused, and rigorous curriculum. • The standards will enable our students to be college and career ready in order to compete globally.
Why Grades 1 and 2 in 2012-2013? • Maryland adopted the Common Core in 2011 and will begin assessing those standards during the 2014-2015 school year. • HCPSS started the transition last year with kindergarten. • The transition continues this year in prekindergarten, first and second grades. • Next year, the transition will occur in intermediate grades so that all students are prepared for new assessments the following year in 2014-2015.
What Will Our Students Learn? Grade 1 Grade 2 • Problem Solving • Place Value • Addition/Subtraction • Fact Fluency • Measurement • Time • Shapes and Attributes • Problem Solving • Place Value • Addition/Subtraction (to 1,000) • Fact Fluency • Time • Money • Measurement • Shapes and Figures
What Will Our Students Learn? Prekindergarten • Problem Solving • Counting & Cardinality • Measurement • Shapes and Attributes • Sorting & Classifying • Making and Breaking Apart Sets
Where Can I Get More Information? HCPSS SMART Pages • More information about the Common Core State Standards • Specific grade level standards • Optional activities you can do at home to support your student http://smart.hcpss.wikispaces.net