Launching the

Common Core State Standards

Partnership for 21Century Learning presents: Above and Beyond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KMM387HNQk

21st Century Skills and the 4c’s are infused in the Common Core Standards

which are the end goals of the Career and College Ready Standards

The 4 C’sCommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingCreativity

Where did the Common Core

standards come from?

• Council of Chief State School Officers and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, teachers, school administrators, and experts worked together to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare students for college and workforce.

• Standards adopted by most states.

• Currently each state has its own set of standards; student expectations vary from state to state.

PA has adopted the PA CoreBased on the Common Core

Standards

New national test with Common Core Standards will be available

Spring of 2015

How are the Common Core Standards

different?

• Includes rigorous content and application of

knowledge through higher-order thinking skills• Performance-based collaborative

activities and assessments• Integrated literacy across content areas

including Science and Social Studies• Stronger emphasis on informational

text, research and media skills

Shifts in ELA Common Core

Standards:

Staircase of complexity design, the standards build upon each other

A combination of literary and informational texts

Integration of Social Science and Science content knowledge

3 types of writing: Informative/Explanatory, Narrative, and Opinion/Persuasive taught K-12

Emphasis on academic vocabulary

CC.1.4.2.H Identify the topic and state an opinion

CC.1.4.2.I Support the opinion with reasons that include details connected tothe opinion

CC.1.4.2.J Create an organizational structure that includes reasons andincludes a concluding statement.

C.C.1.4.2.K Use a variety of words and phrases to appeal to the audience.

C.C.1.4.2.L Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Opinion/Persuasive Grade 2

Focus-narrow and deepen the scope

Coherence connecting across grade levels

Fluency-speed and accuracy

Deep understanding

Application of concepts

Dual Intensity -practice and understand

Shifts in Common Core Math

There are two sets of

standards in math:

• Math Domain Standards by grade level

• K-12 Mathematical Practice Standards

Counting and Cardinality

(K only) Operations in

Algebraic Thinking Number and

Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry Number and

Operations-Fractions (grades 3-5)

Math Domain

Standards

1 Make sense of complex 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

Standards of Mathematical Practice

http://youtu.be/yfpa9uTWdJE

How will teaching and learning change in the 21st Century?

Performance-Based Assessment

Knowing the important role the 4C’s will play in 21st Century Learning how can you apply them in your daily instruction?

CommunicationCollaboration

Critical ThinkingCreativity

The Common Core Standards are an opportunity to transform how we teach our students to prepare

them for the 21st Century

How will you begin the change?