W E L C O M E TO: Parent MATH Preparation Night

Educate Parents/Families about AZCCRS and Our State Assessment Resources for Parents and Community Share Differences in Learning and Structure in Math Classrooms Today Presentation Objectives In order to honor your time we will not be fielding questions during our presentation. We will provide time at the end of each session for questions to be written and submitted on an exit ticket.

What is Common Core? Are the AZCCRS the same as CCSS? What are the benefits of sharing the same standards with other states?

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New Focus FEWER TOPICS CLEARER FOCUS HIGHER EXPECTATIONS

The AZCCRS... M irror the Common Core State Standards Create equity from state to state Modeled after top states and countries Common grade level standards Develops critical thinking strategies Promotes long term memory learning Prepares our children for the future not the past

What is the State Assessment ? Is Arizona replacing AIMS with PARCC??? If PARCC is not adopted will our AZCCRS go away?

DVUSD K-8 District Math Resource

Conceptual Understanding Procedural Knowledge

C o n c e t r e P i c t o r a l i A b s t r a c t Pictorial

Comparing Math Strategies Read/Write/Draw Model Drawing Twenty-four people line up to use the canoes at the park. Three people are assigned to each canoe. =

Comparing Math Fluency Sprints Fluency = Sprints =

Tape Diagram Comparing Math Tools Number Bonds Place Value Disks Ten Frames Part-Part-Whole Bar Model Place Value Disks

WHAT CAN WE DO AS PARENTS?

Talk positive about math Don't rush your child's learning Emphasize math in everyday activities and family games Ask your child to share with you how they are learning math Become familiar with your child's standards Ask your child if there is another way to solve the same problem

PARENT RESOURCES Commoncore.org/parents Learnzillion.com EngageNY.org Arizona Department of Education Websites and Videos  Examples of New Strategies: Kindergarten – 5th Grade  Lessons and Standards  Conceptual Videos Based On Grade Level Standards  AZCCRS State Curriculum Documents

How is the learning experience different for our kids?

Problem Solving Representing Explain Thinking Write Equations

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