1. MEEKER MATH DEPARTMENT COMMON CORE AND ENGAGE NY

2. SHIFTS FOR STUDENTS DEMANDED BY THE CORE 6 Shifts in Mathematics Focus: learn more about fewer, key topics  Tacoma accelerates students to complete algebra by the end of 8 th grade Build skills within and across grades Develop speed and accuracy Really know it, Really do it Use it in the real world Think fast AND solve problems

3. Keeping the 6 shifts in mind parents can help their students in the following ways: ∞Know what the priority work is for your child for their grade level ∞Spend time with your child on priority work ∞Ask your child's teacher about their progress on priority work ∞Be aware of what your child struggled with last year and how that will affect learning this year ∞Advocate for your child and ensure that support is given for “gap” skills- negative numbers, fractions, etc. ∞Know all of the fluencies your child should have and prioritize learning of the ones they don’t ∞Provide time for your child to work hard with math at home ∞Make sure your child really knows why the answer is what it is ∞Ask your child to do the math that comes up in daily life ∞Make sure your child knows/memorizes the basic math facts, they should practice often the ones he/she struggles with ∞Make sure your child is thinking about math in real life

4. Key Fluencies

5. The old MSP test would ask a question like: Place the following numbers in order from least to greatest: 23.42 23.18 23.21 23.35 23.24 a)23.42,23.35,23.24,23.21,23.18 b)23.35,23.24,23.18,23.42,23.21 c)23.18, 23.21, 23.24,23.35, 23.42 d)23.18, 23.24,23.21,23.35,23.42 The New Smarter Balanced test will ask questions like this : this is a 5 th grade practice problem

6. Here are links to some informative websites: The EngageNY website https://www.engageny.org/parent-family-library Parent roadmaps (describes what happens for ccms at each grade level) http://www.cgcs.org/Page/244 Smarter Balanced Practice items http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm# The Common Core Standards http://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Mathematics/ Pierce County Library http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/kids-teens/online-homework-help.htm Tacoma City Library http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/Page.aspx?nid=15