Comprehensive Guide to Common Core State Standards Implementation
Learn about instructional changes, shifts, and standards for ELA, Math, and other subjects following Common Core State Standards. Resources and strategies provided for a successful transition to the new standards.
Comprehensive Guide to Common Core State Standards Implementation
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Common CoreState Standards Brought to you people who may not have taught in a long time…..
Instructional changes • All Grades P-8 should be instructed using the CCLS • Units for these instructional changes or “shifts,” can be found on http://engageny.org • State tests Gr 3-8 will have less time; text will be authentic—longer and more rigorous; no calculators in Book 1, but required in Books 2 and 3 • ELA state tests are given over 3 days, covering 4 books; no speaking or listening tested
The Shifts: ELA • Balancing informational and literary texts (P-5) • Building subject area knowledge (Gr 6-12) • Increasing complexity from grade to grade • Answering text-based questions • Writing from sources • Building academic vocabularies
Overview of Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Reading Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Knowledge of domain-specific vocabulary • Analyze, evaluate, and differentiate primary and secondary sources • Synthesize quantitative and technical information, including facts presented in maps, timelines, flowcharts, or diagrams Writing Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • Write arguments on discipline-specific content and informative/explanatory texts • Use of data, evidence, and reason to support arguments and claims • Use of domain-specific vocabulary
The Shifts: Mathematics • Focus: spend more time on priority concepts; fewer topics • Coherence: look at the prior year’s learning and the expectation for the next year • Fluency: master basic skills, high quality and high volume practice • Deep Understanding: every student “gets it” before moving on • Application: to other subject areas and the real world • Dual Intensity: combine fluency and practice
What does this mean? • PreK-5 focuses on the basic operations plus fractions and decimals • 6-8 adds geometry, algebra and probability and statistics • High School centers around number and quantity, algebra, functions, geometry and probability and statistics
