1. The Greater Los Angeles Mathematics Council
A Parent’s Guide
to the Common Core
Presented By
The Greater Los Angeles Mathematics Council
Middle School Mathematics

2. Why do we have the Common Core State Standards?
The Common Core provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are meant to be robust and relevant to the real world.
The standards were developed as we benchmarked with high performing international countries.
The US mathematics standards are commonly known to be a “mile wide and inch deep” because there are a lot of skills for students to learn and memorize.
Due to research we’ve done with high performing countries, we learned that we ought to teach fewer standards consistently and to teach those standards well.
Los Estandardes Comunes se desarrollaron al comparar la educacion de EEUU con paises que demonstraban alto rendimiento para sus alumnos en
examenes internacionales.
Los estandardes anteriores eran conocidos como “una milla de ancho, pero solo una pulgada de profundidad”, porque habian muchisimas destrezas
para apprender y memorizar.
Atravez de muchos estudios internacionales llegamos a la conclusion que habia que ensenar menos estandardes pero con mas profunda comprension.
corestandards.org

3. What are the Common Core Standards?
Cuales son los Estándares Estatales Comunes en Matemáticas? Aqui vamos a ver un video que da un explicación concisa.

4. Today’s Objectives Understand what college and career
readiness is and why it matters.
Introduce the new standards
and understand what to look for and
how to help your children at home.
Nuestros objectivos para hoy:
• Comprender lo que significa crear estudiantes que esten dispuestos a entrara la universidad y seguir una carerra.
• Introducccion a los nuevos estandardes y comprender como podemos ayudar a nuestros hijos en la casa.

5. College and Career Readiness
The new standards will get students ready for success in college and the workforce….
Los nuevos estandardes los alistaran a nuestros ninos para el exito en la vid duniversitaria y para seguir una carrera…pero que signifca eso?
…but what does that mean?

6. Career readiness means that college graduates are
College readiness means that graduates have the skills they need to do well in college.
“College” doesn’t just mean a four-year degree. It can mean any program that leads to a degree or certificate.
• “ready” means that students graduate from high schools
with key skills in English and mathematics.
Career readiness means that college graduates are
qualified for and able to do well in long-term careers.
Preparación para la universidad quiere decir que tienen todos los requisitos para hacer bien en la universidad
Universidad no solo significa una una universidad de 4 anos, sino tambien cualquier programa que los conduce a un grado or certificacion.
Preparacion profesional quiere decir que se van graduar de la universidad bien calificados para tener exito en una carrera que les satisface y gane un salario competitivo
“Career” doesn’t just mean a job. It means a profession that lets graduates succeed at a job they enjoy and earn a competitive wage.

7. Why does this matter? Because it’s what our students need
For every 100 ninth graders…
65 graduate from high school
37 enter college
24 are still enrolled in sophomore year
12 graduate with a degree in six years

8. … and only 6 get a good job after graduation

9. The new standards will…
Prepare students to succeed in college and the workforce
Ensure that every child—regardless of race, ethnicity or zip code—is held to the same high standards and learns the same material
Provide educators with a clear, focused roadmap for what to teach and when

10. Big Picture in Mathematics
CCSS
verb
• Standards of Mathematical Practice
noun
• Grade level content standards
Grades K-5
• Shifts made to
different grades.
Grades 6-8
• Algebra 1
moved to HS
• Some algebra
standards moved
to 8th grade
Grades 9-12
• Traditional Path
• Integrated Path

11. THE MATHEMATICAL PRACTICE STANDARDS (MP)
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 reasoning.

12. Do what makes sense and be persistent
Use number sense when representing a problem
Look for
and use patterns and connections
Be precise with words, numbers, and symbols
What do good problem solvers do?
Use math to describe a real situation or problem
Use tools and technology strategically
Make conjectures
and prove or disprove them
Look for and create efficient strategies

13. Books that are both fiction and non-fiction
Backpacks: What you should see
Books that are both fiction and non-fiction
Real-world examples in English and math that helps make what they’re learning make more sense
Writing assignments that require students to use evidence instead of opinion
Math homework that asks students to write out how they got their answer and why they think they are right.
Math homework that ask students to use different methods to solve the same problem.

14. Some questions to ask your child
How did you use evidence in school today? Where did you get it?
What did you read today? Did you talk about it? Did you use evidence when you talked about it?
How often did you use math today? How did you use it? Did you talk about it?
Did you learn any new words in class today? What do they mean? How do you spell them?

15. Compare Which fraction is closer to one, 4/5 or 5/4?
Answer is:___________________
4/5 is closer to 1 than 5/4.
Using a number line explain why this is so.
Explanation is:___________________
Which question demonstrates understanding of the concept?

16. Grade 3 - CST 2012
Grade 3 -
SBAC 2014

17. Grade 5- CST 2012
Grade 5 - SBAC 2014

18. Grade 8 - Alg 1- CST 2012
Grade 8 - SBAC 2014

19. APPLICATION PROBLEM
The principal wants to buy 8 pencils for every student at her school. If there are 859 students, how many pencils does the principal need to buy?

20. So, what can parents really do to help?

21. How do we help our kids with homework?
When your child isn’t sure how to begin a problem, ask:
What do you need to find out?
How might you begin?
What can you try first?
What picture or drawing will help you get started?
“Math At Home: Helping Your Children Learn and Enjoy Mathematics”

22. How do we help our kids with homework?
While your child is working on a problem, ask:
How can you organize your information?
How can a list or a table help?
Show me what you did that didn’t work.
Explain the strategy you’re using to solve the problem.
What patterns do you see?
What could you do next?
“Math At Home: Helping Your Children Learn and Enjoy Mathematics”

23. How do we help our kids with homework?
When your child finds an answer, ask:
Does that answer make sense?
Why do you think that?
How did you get your answer?
Convince me that your solution makes sense.
Explain it in a different way.
“Math At Home: Helping Your Children Learn and Enjoy Mathematics”

24. What can we do to support our understanding of math?
Promote effort over ability. (MP 1, MP 6)
Have kids explain their thinking verbally and in writing. Ask them, “why?” or “how do you know?” (MP 2, MP 3)

25. What can we do to support?
INSTEAD Encourage a GROWTH MINDSET (Carol Dweck)
Effort
Perseverance
Persistence
DO NOT:
Talk about math or math experiences in negative ways
Describe learning math as a gift (natural) or innate

26. Some resources: http://www.corestandards.org/what-parents-should-know/
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27. What will you do?