1. Common Core Math Night
3/11/14

2. Welcome!

3. Tonight’s Objectives
Help parents understand how the Common Core State Standards are different from traditional NY educational standards.
Help parents understand what the shift to the new standards will mean for their children.
Help parents understand how they can help their children at home.

4. A Closer Look: Mathematics Shifts
Focus: learn more about less
Build skills across grades
Develop speed and accuracy
Really know it, Really do it
Use it in the real world
Think fast AND solve problems 4

5. Traditional U.S. ApproachK
Number and Operations
Measurement and Geometry
Algebra and Functions
Statistics and Probability

6. Common Core State Standards approach
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Expressions and Equations
Algebra →
Number and Operations—Base Ten
The Number System
Number and Operations—Fractions K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
High School 6

8. What parents can do?

9. Parent support can help students succeed
By staying involved, informed and engaged, parents can help students be successful
There are many ways to help:
Review and discuss their homework
Communicate with their teachers
Attend public meetings to learn more
Learn about the standards and how they affect your child’s education and school
Look through your child’s backpack each afternoon 9

10. Backpacks: What you should see
Math homework that asks students to write out how they got their answer
How did you use math today? Can you show me an example?
Real-world examples that makes what students learn in math make more sense
Math homework that asks students to use different methods to solve the same problem
What math problems did you do today? How did you get your answer?
Some questions to ask your child

11. Pearson SuccessNet Online access to classroom resources
Provides an opportunity to look inside your child’s day-to-day learning.
Online access to classroom resources
Individually assigned activities and assessments
Skills-based games to support mathematical practice and application
Ability to monitor student progress
These interactive learning experiences will help to motivate and excite your child.
Sharon

12. Closing discussion What other information would be helpful to you?
What other questions do you have? 12