1. Standards do not tell teachers how to teach, but they do help teachers figure out the knowledge and skills their students should have so that teachers can build the best lessons and environments for their classrooms.

2. We’re not in this alone….

3. The Standards
Common Core Math Standards

4. Standards for Mathematical Practice
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students.
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe ways in which developing student practitioners of the discipline of mathematics increasingly ought to engage with the subject matter as they grow in mathematical maturity and expertise throughout the elementary, middle and high school years. 

5. Standards for Mathematical Practice
Mathematically Proficient Students should be able to:
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriately tools strategically.
Attend to precision.
Look for and make use of structure.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

6. Implementation Overview
New assessments and new LCC for ELA and mathematics will be phased in over several years
PreK
Current
New K
Grade 1
Grade 2
Transitional
Grades 3-8
High School
No changes - current curriculum, current assessments
Curriculum - some GLEs deleted, some GLEs remain, some CCSS added
Assessments – based on GLEs that remain in curriculum
Curriculum and assessments based on CCSS only

7. Crosswalks

8. Questions????