Gearing up for the Common Core is both exciting, yet can be
overwhelming. This Top Ten List of activities are designed as different
ways to process the Math Common Core Standards. They could be used in a
whole group setting, small group, professional learning communities, or
for individual learners. The Ten Activities are linked to more
detailed information. I hope you find some of these helpful in your
district.
Food for thought videos:
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html
Video for 21st Century Learners
As
you read and explore more about the ten strategies, be thinking about
how would you use this activity in your district, how might you change
and/or enhance this activity for your school's needs.
1. Using Survey of Enacted Curriculum: Step-by-Step process for using this amazing tool.
2. Communicating the Differences Between our Math Standards and CCSS (Step by Step process)
3. What Do the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Look Like in the Math Classroom?
Each practice by grade level. Show progression K-12 see the before and after.
See Classroom Sneak Peeks of what student/teacher actions look like and open questions.
4. Using Video Footage to Identify the 8 Mathematical Practices
5. Teacher Questioning Makes Mathematical Communications a Reality in the CCSS Classroom
A couple strategies that encourages teacher questionning are:
1. CGI- Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)
is an approach to teaching mathematics at the elementary level where
teachers utilize what they know about their children's understanding of
mathematics to select problems, pose those problems, question
students, and facilitate discussion and sharing.
2. Three Act Math program- Hook, Explore, Validation- Dan Meyer
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html
http://vimeo.com/39985859
http://educatech.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/looking-deeper-at-dan-meyers-3-acts/
6. Using Unpacking Documents From Other States
7. Exploring the History of the 8 Mathematical Practices
2 books: Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and Adding it Up.
Why do we teach what we teach?
8. Looking at Quality Problems to Understand CCSS
Get
the students hooked on a problem. Have them decide what they need to
solve and ask questions. Have students discuss the problem and what they
information they need to solve. Dan Meyer videos are helpful with this
activity as well.
9. Creating Alternative Assessments Aligned to Common Core Standards in Math
10. Math Vocabulary in the Common Core - Attend to Precision
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