1. Welcome to Back to School Night

2. What is math?
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3. Shift to Common Core! * Shifts in Mathematics
Focus...narrow and deepen the way time and energy is spent in the classroom...building strong foundations
Coherence...thinking across grades...extension of previous learning...linking to major topics...deeper exploration
Rigor...conceptual understanding...procedural skill and fluency...application
* Fewer, clearer, higher
*Three minutes to learn about common core:

4. Five Shifts in the Classroom Environment
Mathematics Instruction Should Shift
Toward
Away From
Classrooms as mathematics communities
Classrooms as collections of individuals
Logic and mathematical evidence as verification
The teacher as the sole authority for right answers
Mathematical reasoning
Mere memorizing of procedures
Conjecturing, inventing and problem solving
Finding answers mechanistically
Connecting mathematics, its ideas, and its applications
Treating mathematics as a body of isolated concepts and procedures
Adapted from Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics (NCTM)
“These Five Shifts connect to the Five Tenets of Common Core.”
Have teachers Turn and Talk about what this looks like in their classrooms.
Use the next hidden slides if time permits.

5. “Common Core is about the Growth Mindset, as is our program
“Common Core is about the Growth Mindset, as is our program. You will learn more about the Fixed and Growth Mindsets in the RTI-DI session.”

6. What does that mean for Geometry?
*Current curriculum is not aligned
*End of the year testing covers 8th grade standards
*Exposing them to activities that will help with SBAC
*High school is in the process of revamping their curriculum and piloting new books this year

8. What Else Do We Do? * Projects and Activities * Tuesday Silent Reading
* Character Counts
RESPONSIBILITY
* Embrace our “inner nerd”

9. Staying Informed My website... http://suzanne.wvusd.k12.ca.us
...just click on my name!