1. Math Coffee: A Look at Me, the Common Core Standards and TCPS Math October 4, 2013 Mr. Mark Martin

2. About Me Born and raised in San Diego area College at U.C. San Diego, Revelle College A wide variety of interests in science, the environment, technology, and psychology Law School at University of Oregon (J.D.) and University of Utah (LL.M.) Specialized in environmental law Legal Career 15 years in government and private practice SDSU Teacher Education Program 15 th Year in Teaching Public, Parochial and Private Schools 10 years math. Also Science and Computers. What I like about teaching Math What I like about TCPS

3. Common Core Standards: What’s New, What’s Not

4. “Toward Greater Focus and Coherence” [M]athematics curriculum... must become substantially more focused and coherent in order to improve mathematics achievement in this country. To deliver on the promise of common standards, the standards must address the problem of a curriculum that is “a mile wide and an inch deep.” Mathematical understanding and procedural skill are equally important.... http://www.corestandards.org/Math

5. Standards For Mathematical Practice 1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2.Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4.Model with mathematics. 5.Use appropriate tools strategically. 6.Attend to precision. 7.Look for and make use of structure. 8.Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

6. A Roadmap to the Standards http://www.corestandards.org/Math http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states California - http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandar daug2013.pdf http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandar daug2013.pdf Traditional Pathway – 5, 6, Pre-Algebra (7-8), Algebra 1, Geometry Parent Handbook Other Resources

7. Common Core Fits at TCPS Small Classes Depth Understanding Questioning Explaining Defending Constructing knowledge Cognitively Guided Instruction

8. Common Core at Work... Pre-Algebra exploring inequalities. Geometry pondering proofs... and acting! Algebra examining the number 4. and Play!

9. Questions?