1. Teaching to the Standards Integrating the Common Core State Standards into -Lesson Plans - Instruction -- Assessments

2. What is… Common Core and State Standards? -What students should learn and be able to do in Mathematics and English Language Arts in K- 12. Implemented in all North Carolina classrooms beginning in 2012. Designed to help students be competitive nationally when they graduate high school and attend college or universities. Also, to help ensure that all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school. Essentially, this is your guide. Unpacking Document -A more specific break down of the Common Core. It describes what each standard means a student will know and will be ab to do and gives examples. Basically, this unravels the language of the Common Core Pacing Guide - Developed by a curriculum council in a county and helps keep teachers “on track” and organized in a timely manner

3. ELA Standards: - Key Ideas and Details - Craft and Structure - Integration of Knowledge and Ideas - Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity Math Standards: -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 appropriate tools strategically -Attend to precision -Look for and make use of structure -Look for and express regularity in repeated reading

4. Integrating the Common Core in Lesson Planning: A few ideas to keep in mind : -Make a note in your lesson plan about which CCS you are covering -Show students – “This is what I am teaching you today and this is what you will be learning” -Make notes in your plans of which students had difficulty with a particular standard (this is especially helpful when writing PEPs for students) -Order in which you teach the standards… -It is helpful to plan with your grade level

5. Integrating the Common Core in Instruction: Make it interesting! Allow students to actively explore, research, and solve complex problems Present the lesson in a way that allows students to relate that information to real-world experiences. Collaborate with other teachers who will be working with your students, in order to plan your lessons. (Title I reading, math, media coordinator, etc.) Make it engaging! This will help them understand, make connections, and retain information better Integrate science and social studies with reading – you

6. Integrating the Common Core thru Assessing: Mclass (and progress monitoring throughout) In – class assessments (guided reading groups, math groups, one-on-one) Case 21 tests (In Grade 3 it’s like a practice EOG) Student conferencing Oral questioning and group discussions Class exit slips * It is important to keep a record and keep track of these assessments for parent conferences… and for you!!

7. Some Advice… This takes time and practice! It does not happen overnight Know your students! Don’t be afraid to ask questions! Seek out help! Find a veteran teacher expert, mentor, or other elementary professional to go to for advice, help, questions, etc. Collaborate with your grade level team and be willing to share information, resources, and ideas “When you’re green, you’re growing. When you’re ripe, you rot”

8. Always remember why you went into this profession…And always do what is best for your students! “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these” ~Geroge Washington Carver “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” ~ Maya Angelou

9. Helpful Resources: NCDPI website www.commoncoresheets.com maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Elementary (GREAT RESOURCE) maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Elementary www.mathplayground.com