1. Arkansas Department of Education-CCSS

2. Common Core State Standards Mathematics Little Rock School District
Math Department
Dr. Vanessa Cleaver ~Director of Mathematics
Mrs. Marcelline Carr ~ High School Specialist
Mr. Karl Romain ~ Elem./Middle School Specialist
Mrs. Beth Clifford ~ Elementary School Specialist

3. Common Core Standards

4. Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
A consistent and clear set of national standards for K-12 mathematics and English language arts.
Consistent from state to state
Relevant to the real world
Clear and more focused
Students will be prepared for both college and work in a global economy (College & Career Ready)

5. The Rolling Out of Common Core Mathematics
School Year
District Responsibilities
ADE Responsibilities
State Assessments
Districts Develop Transition Plan
ADE Shares Resources and Provides PD
State Assessments Reflect AR Curriculum Frameworks
Common Core State Standards Grade K-2
Common Core Standards Grades 3-8
Common Core State Standards Grades 9-12
Pilot New Assessment System
Common Core State Standards Grades k-12
Full Implementation of Common Core Standards
Full Implementation of New Assessment System K
Little Rock K-12 mathematics teachers will implement portions of CCSS beginning the academic year.

6. CCSS in Mathematics

8. Focus Areas: Grade K
Represent, relate, and operate on whole numbers, initially with sets of objects
Describe shapes and space
**More learning time in Kindergarten should be devoted to number than to other topics**

9. Focus Areas: Grade 1
Develop understanding of addition and subtraction within 20
Develop understanding of place value relationships
Develop understanding of linear measurement
Reason about attributes of geometric shapes

10. Focus Areas: Grade 2 Extend understanding of base 10 number system
Build fluency in addition and subtraction
Use standard units of measure
Describe and analyze shapes

11. Focus Areas: Grade 3
Develop understanding of multiplication and division and the strategies used for those operations
Develop understanding of fractions
Develop understanding of rectangular arrays and area
Describe and analyze two-dimensional shapes

12. Focus Areas: Grade 4
Develop understanding of multi-digit multiplication and division
Develop an understanding of fraction equivalence
Understand that geometric figures can be analyzed and classified by their properties

13. Focus Areas: Grade 5 Develop fluency with operations on fractions
Extend division to two digit divisors, and develop an understanding of operations with decimals
Develop an understanding of volume

14. What does this mean for our secondary students and their classes for next year?

15. Content vs. Credit
The Common Core math system places the new content of Algebra I in the 9th grade
This new content has more Algebra II concepts.
The old content of Algebra I is now in 8th grade mathematics (as well as 7th and some 6th)

16. Grade 8 and Beyond
8th Grade Mathematics becomes more like what Algebra I is under the Arkansas Mathematics Frameworks.
Extends rational number system to the real numbers
Function Concepts
Intense study of linear functions
Congruence, Similarity and Pythagorean Theorem

17. Grade 8 and Beyond
Algebra I (CCSS) will finalize linear functions, but most of the instruction will focus on quadratic and/or exponential functions.
Algebra II (CCSS) will look a great deal more like what pre-calculus has been under the Arkansas Frameworks.

18. Will there be learning gaps?

19. Learning Gaps
Yes, there will be learning gaps during the transition years;
Major learning gaps have been identified for each grade level;
Teachers will teach those missing concepts this spring (following the benchmark tests)

20. Secondary Math Content

21. LRSD Secondary Math Courses
Most students will benefit from placement in courses
Mathematics 6 (reg/Pre-AP)
Mathematics 7 (Reg/Pre-AP)
Mathematics 8 (Reg/Pre-AP)
Please be reminded that the content in these courses will be much more rigorous

22. Abbreviations
AP - Advanced Placement courses are offered in high school to help students acquire the skills and habits needed to be successful in college. In some cases, students can earn credit for AP courses
Pre-AP – Pre-advanced placement courses include the same major topics but explore them in greater depth and breadth. Particular emphasis is placed on the content and thinking skills that begin to prepare students for success in upper level mathematics courses including AP courses.

23. Sixth Grade Mathematics 6 Mathematics 6 Pre-AP
In grade 6, instructional time should focus on four critical areas:
Connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems;
Completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers;
Writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations;
Developing understanding of statistical thinking.

24. Seventh Grade Mathematics 7 Mathematics 7 Pre –AP
In grade 7, instructional time should focus on four critical areas:
Developing understanding of and applying proportional relationships;
Developing understanding of operations with rational numbers and working with expressions and linear equations;
Solving problems involving scale drawings and informal geometric constructions, and working with two- and three-dimensional shapes to solve problems involving area, surface area, and volume;
Drawing inferences about populations based on samples.

25. Eighth Grade Mathematics 8 Mathematic 8 Pre-AP
In Grade 8, instructional time should focus on three critical areas:
Formulating and reasoning about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with a linear equation, and solving linear equations and systems of linear equations;
Grasping the concept of a function and using functions to describe quantitative relationships;
Analyzing two- and three-dimensional space and figures using distance, angle, similarity, and congruence, and understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem.

26. The writers of the Common Core curriculum believe that there may be a very few students (top 3-5%) who would benefit from some acceleration starting at the 7th grade level.

27. Mathematics 7 Accelerated
This new course demands a faster pace for teaching and learning. This course compacts all of grade 7 mathematics and part of the grade 8 mathematics course into one year.

28. Criteria for Mathematics 7 Accelerated
Students earning a grade of “A” or “B” in 6th grade Pre-AP Pre-Algebra; or
Students score 90% or above on an assessment that will be administered Spring 2012 to 6th grade students and at least two of the following:
Students scored advanced in 5th grade mathematics (benchmark exam)
Students score advanced in 6th grade mathematics (benchmark exam)
Teacher recommendation

29. Eighth Grade 2012-2013 only Algebra I Pre-AP (2012-2013 only)*
Geometry Pre-AP ( only)*
*Beginning , these courses will no longer be offered in the middle school under the Common Core State Standards.
Students who successfully complete the Mathematics 7 Accelerated course will be enrolled in 8th Grade Pre-AP Algebra I which is a fast-paced course that compacts the remainder of the 8th grade content with all of the Algebra I content.

30. What happened to Pre-Algebra?

31. There is no provision in the Common Core for courses titled Pre-Algebra. The experts who wrote the curriculum believe that the new course work is very rigorous and will challenge the vast majority of the students.

33. What are we doing to prepare for the CCSS?

34. Unwrapping the standards and identifying resources
Providing content workshops
Facilitating curriculum mapping workshops
Preparing transition gap lessons/units

35. What are We Doing? Continuing to study the CCSS and impact of changes
Vertical Teams
Horizontal Teams
Math Coaches
Preparing professional development sessions for spring and summer

36. Where can I go to get more information about the CCSS?

37. Helpful Websites
Parents’ Guide to Student Success (
Frequently Asked Questions about CCSS (

38. Putting it All Together in Arkansas with Common Core State Standards
Downloadable brochures
Elementary (
Middle School (
High School (