1. Highlights from the November Network Team Institute
Elaine Zseller, Ph.D.

2. General Notes Implementation of Common Core standards
Curriculum is district decision
Instruction is teacher decision
Test guides will be available by January
Regents will be released

3. Math Notes Honor lesson objective and rigor of modules
Choose from each of the components of the lesson i.e
If time for math in grades K – 5 is 40 minutes, select from the suggested fluencies, do the application problem as part of the morning “do now” time, choose from the conceptual development, choose from the practice set, choose from the lesson debrief, assign selected problems from the homework.

4. Math Notes Some California schools are using the NYSED modules
California will translate the modules to Spanish
New York will translate to five languages next year
Look in earlier grade for basic models

5. Math Notes – Grade 8 Do not need vector notation for NYSED assessment
NYSED assessment will not include proofs
Some lessons are optional – these will not be tested

6. Nassau BOCES Common Core Links
PARCC Frameworks – will guide construction of 2014 NYSED assessments
Emphases documents – will guide emphasis of NYSED assessments
Performance Level Description documents – may be used to guide instruction differentiation