The Common Core State Standards 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 designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy. Common Core State Standards Resource Page What is Common Core? The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts and for Mathematics were adopted by South Carolina as its standards in English and Mathematics in July of 2010. The standards will be fully implemented in the school year 2014-15. Below you will find a Power Point developed by the State Department detailing writing instruction based on the Common Core Standards.
Domains-Standards Grade Band Format
Standards-Clusters Grade Band Format
Teaching Sequence - Grouping of Common Core State Standards
Concepts-Terminal Objectives-Actions It can be helpful to better understand the CCSSM by breaking them into Concepts - Terminal Objectives - and then into Actions. The terminal objectives are what the student is expected to learn and the actions are how they will reach those objectives. CCSSM Concepts-Terminal Objectives-Actions template LES CCSSM Planning Document LES PPT 3.22.12
Additional Math Resources
Pearson's FACT SHEET on the Common Core State Standards for Literacy and Mathematics List of CCSS resources for Math Additional Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Mathematics Resources (pgs 8-9) Standards for Mathematical Practice (PPT) from The University of Arizona Hyperlinked version of the math standards - This version of the math standards has hyperlinks within the document so the reader can electronically navigate the standards with fluidity. Creator/Lead Author: Bill McCallum. EDC's Think Math! CCSS Mathematical Practices explanations and illustrations Fractions Doing What Works - Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for K-8 SERVECenter - Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for K-8
S²TEM Centers SC S²TEM Centers SC Support Page for Common Core State Standards Implementation - The S²TEM Centers SC CCSSM Implementation Team provides quality professional learning experiences and support resources for educators preparing for implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. The S²TEM Centers SC At-a-Glance Transition Documents were created in Spring 2011 in response to a request by district leaders for a quick overview of the magnitude of the changes as South Carolina moves from the 2007 SC Academic Standards for Mathematics to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). S²TEM Centers SC At-a-Glance Transition Documents are currently available for K-8 mathematics. You can click on the grade level listed below to view the transition document for that grade.
Tools for the Common Core State Standards Tools for the Common Core State Standards is a website maintained by Bill McCallum - one of the lead authors of the Common Core Math standards. There are a number of helpful tools at this site, including the progressions. The progressions elaborate on, provide background knowledge, and give examples for each of the standards in a domain as the content in the domain grows from one grade to the next. Listed below are the progressions for middle school and elementary math that have been posted at this site. These can be a valuable resource to teachers as they begin to incorporate the CC standards in their lessons.
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Standard 1 | Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. |
Standard 2 | Reason abstractly and quantitatively. |
Standard 3 | Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. |
Standard 4 | Model with mathematics. |
Standard 5 | Use appropriate tools strategically. |
Standard 6 | Attend to precision. |
Standard 7 Standard 8 | Look for and make use of structure. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
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How is Smarter Balanced Different than Current Assessments?
Smarter Balanced is guided by the belief that a balanced, high-quality assessment system—including formative, interim, and summative components—can improve teaching and learning by providing information and tools for teachers and schools to help students succeed. Timely and meaningful assessment information can offer specific information about areas of performance so that teachers can follow up with targeted instruction, students can better target their own efforts, and administrators and policymakers can more fully understand what students know and can do, in order to guide curriculum and professional development decisions.
Smarter Balanced assessments make use of computer adaptive technology, which is more precise and efficient than fixed-form testing. Teachers, principals, and parents can receive results from computerized assessments in weeks, not months. Faster results mean that teachers can use the information from optional interim assessments throughout the school year to differentiate instruction and better meet the unique needs of their students.
Smarter Balanced assessments will go beyond multiple-choice questions and include short constructed response, extended constructed response, and performance tasks that allow students to complete an in-depth project that demonstrate analytical skills and real-world problem solving.
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) has released sample items that teachers and districts can use as part of their preparation in the transition to SBAC related assessments.
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