Phil Daro: Mathematics Common Core Standards More SERP math stuff Against Answer-getting Planning Chapters, Not Lessons These define the content of a student's mathematical character. - Phil Daro Phil Daro Mathematics Common Core State Standards Phil Daro speaks to principles that he and the other Common Core State Standards authors established when forming the standards. See all SERP Public Products Formative Principles of the Common Core State Standards About SERP Formative Principles Against "Answer-getting" Phil Daro goes on to describe answer-getting, which is a problematic student practice that the Common Core State Standards address. Correct answers are essential... but they're part of the process, they're not the product. There's a lot of value to getting it just about right, and a lot of cost to getting it wrong, and what we discovered is that mathematics does not break down into lesson-sized pieces. - Phil Daro
Lewis and Clark MapQuest Videos Read it, Write it, Tell it How to Use the Teacher Resources Guide All eight Read It, Write It, Tell It units are arranged in the same way. Each unit begins with the purpose of the lesson and a list of the Literary Text indicators for grades 3-4. 1. This section of the guide provides information about the individual Read It, Write It, Tell It DVD episode. 2. This section may be used before viewing the Read It, Write It, Tell It DVD episode. 3. This section includes questions about the episode and the unit’s literary text element. 4. This section provides one or more lessons, usually with worksheets – and answers, that teach the unit’s literary element. 5. This section of the guide provides suggestions for activities and Internet resources to extend instruction for both the literary element and the Read It, Write It, Tell It episode.
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Parent and Family Resources The Common Core State Standards are important because they will help all children – no matter who they are – learn the same skills. They create clear expectations for what your child should know and be able to do in key areas: reading, writing, speaking and listening, language and mathematics. If you know what these expectations are, then you can work with the teacher and help your child prepare. Read the letter from Commissioner King to parents regarding the release of the grades 3-8 test results. Watch the new video for parents and families about the Common Core Standards and the Grade 3-8 state assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics: Watch the videos below for an overview of the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. To see how the Common Core Instructional Shifts outlined in these videos are broken down, see the Common Core Video Series.
Twitter PBLU.org | Making Projects Click Selection of Authentic Texts for Common Core Instruction: Guidance and a List of Resources for Text Selection Central to the heart of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts & Literacy is reading, writing, speaking and listening grounded in text. CCSS aligned assessment and instruction requires texts be of quality—that is, worth reading and re-reading, and capable of supporting rigorous questions grounded in evidence from the text. Inherent in the standards is the need to engage students in texts of appropriate complexity for their grade level and to direct student attention to the complexity of the texts. This document serves to guide educators in how to select texts that can support CCSS-aligned instruction and assessment as well as some resources to find these texts. Guidance for selection: Quality and Opportunity for CCSS aligned instruction and assessment Texts that support CCSS must contain the specific characteristics necessary to measure different standards. Literary Texts: Stories Dramas Poetry Informational Texts: Literary Nonfiction All texts should display:
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