Transitioning to the
Common Core State
Standards – Mathematics
Kindergarten Session 3
Pam Hutchison
[email protected]
AGENDA
Review Math Practice Standards
 The Teen Numbers
 Holiday Word Problems
 Developing Addition
 3-D Shapes
 Review the Content Standards
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1. Make sense of problems and perseveres in solving
them
6. Attend to precision
OVERARCHING HABITS OF MIND
CCSS Mathematical
Practices
REASONING AND EXPLAINING
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments are critique the reasoning of
others
MODELING AND USING TOOLS
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
SEEING STRUCTURE AND GENERALIZING
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
SMP#3
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http://insidemathematics.org/index.php/stan
dard-3
 1st grade lesson
 www.insidemathematics.org
Equation Challenge
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Look over the problems on the page. DO
NOT begin to solve anything!
Are there any questions that you want to ask
BEFORE you begin to solve the problems?
Equation Challenge
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Work for 60 seconds on your own
Think about what you know for sure as well
as any strategies that might be helpful
 Be ready to share those with your group
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Equation Challenge
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SMP #3: Construct viable arguments and
critique the reasoning of others”
Based on your work on Equation Challenge,
what are characteristics of a “viable
argument”?
Building Numbers
Decorating the Tree
Take your holiday tree
 Count out 13 stars
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How do you know you have 13 stars?
 Prove it to your partner.
 Put the stars on your tree
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Count out 14 ornaments
How do you know you have 14 ornaments?
 Prove it to your partner.
 Put the ornaments on your tree
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Word Problems
Winter #1
At Rudolph’s Holiday Dinner, there were 5
more reindeer than polar bears and 8
fewer polar bears than elves. If there are
10 elves, how many reindeer were at the
dinner?
Winter #2
At the park, ¾ of the snowmen were ice
skating while the rest were decorating
the trees. If there were 9 snowman ice
skating, how many were decorating the
trees?
Solving and Recording
Act it out to solve
 Record your solution
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Developing
Addition
Decorate the Tree
3 stars
2 more stars
5
3 + 2 = ___
Decorate the Tree
1 candy cane
2 more candy
canes
3
1 + 2 = ___
Decorate the Tree
1 snowman
1 more snowman
2
1 + 1 = ___
Decorate the Tree
10 stars
How many more?
5 = 10
5 + ___
Adding Whole Numbers
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Solve each problem
Using counters
 Using a ten frame
 Using a number line
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1. 2 + 3 =
2. 4 + 1 =
3. 1 + 3 =
4. 2 + 2 =
3-D Shapes
Cube
Cylinder
Cone
Sphere
Name that Shape
I have 1 flat side and 1 curved
surface. My flat face is circular. My
curved surface makes a sharp
point. I don’t have sides. I look
like a party hat!
What am I?
Name that Shape
I am a solid 3D shape that is
perfectly round. I don’t have flat
faces and I don’t have straight
edges.
What am I?
Name that Shape
I have 6 flat faces and 8 corners.
All my sides are the same.
What am I?
Name that Shape
I have 2 flat surfaces and 1 curved
surface. My flat surfaces are
circular. I don’t have any sides or
corners.
What am I?
Examining the
Content Standards
Stoplight the Standards
Work in grade level groups to compare
 Common Core State Standards
 Former California Standards
Stoplight the Standards
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As you read each CCSS, find the former CA
standard(s) that relate to that CCSS
standard
Stoplight the Standards
Look at the standards that are not on the
poster
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What are the topics/skills that you can stop
teaching right now?
Stoplight the Standards
As you read each CCSS, compare it to the
former CA standard(s)
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Highlight in green the CC standard or parts of the
standard that are the same as the prior standards
Highlight in yellow the CC standard or parts of the
standard that are similar to the previous
standards (some changes)
Highlight in pink the CC standards or parts of
standards that are NOT the same
Stoplight the Standards
Look at the standards highlighted in yellow
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What are the topics/skills that you can stop
teaching now?
What are the topics/skills that you need to
find additional materials or lessons to
teach?