6-8 IMPLEMENTING THE CCSSM

Resources and tasks from

- Georgia, Ohio, etc...

- Illustrative Mathematics

- MARS Tasks, Learnzillion

Filter resources: always remember to check the standards, progressions, and illustrativemathematics.org

Number Talks (Sherry Parish)

Google!!! - Trying NOT to reinvent the wheel...

SBAC sample items

(used in benchmarks)

Teacher-Created Materials

Marisa Aoki, MAoki@cojusd.org,

7th Grade Teacher, COJUSD

Sunsie Suarez, SHaro@cojusd.org

6th Grade Teacher, COJUSD

Common Core Math

Christine Roberts, croberts@ers.tcoe.org

Math Consultant, TCOE

Positive grade-level team cultures

Students thinking and writing

Support at the district, site, and county level

Teacher Input and creativity

Teaching using new Common Core Strategies: Tape Diagrams, Double Number Lines, teaching for conceptual understanding.

On-going professional development at the school site and district

Trial and Error: Learning from experiences

Opportunities to collaborate

Created a school site wiki by grade-level

Reaching Students who didn't believe they could learn math

“Use the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics as leverage for improving instructional practice.”

-Cathy Seeley

Q & A Time

Our First Year of

Where are we headed?

CCSS Math

Use technology for class lessons and testing

Substitutes do not understand the strategies used and revert to traditional methods

Time to plan to the depth needed

Managing all of the needed materials finding materials at the middle school level

Teaching using new Common Core Strategies: Tape Diagrams, Double Number Lines, teaching for conceptual understanding

First year required a CST review, and CST spiraling throughout the unit, This year only focus is the CCSSM

Parents want to help their students, but they don't know the new models/strategies

Time between planning days and not enough notes

Deepening content knowledge, understanding of math strategies, and making connections between standards and related concepts.

Exploring different instructional models

Refining of Units

- Focus on Progressions

- Vertical Alignment

- Creating cohesive flow

Shifting learning to students