Welcome to the Parent
Advisory Curriculum
Committee
Meeting
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This Evening’s Agenda
*21st Century Math*
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Group Activity - It’s more than just problem solving
Mathematical Practices ----> NJ Math Standards
Video - How the world is changing
What do the changes look like?
Opportunities to meet and exceed the Standards
Our New Assessments
Let’s try it!
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Group Activity - “I’m not a Math Person”
1. Select an envelope from the center of the table and
in partners, work together to solve the problem.
2. Remember there may be more than one way to
solve a problem.
3. Once you have completed your puzzle, use the
blank template in the center of the table to create
your own puzzle.
4. Now let’s reflect!
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Orange Triangle
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Green Circle
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Red Square
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Blue Star
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Purple Rectangle
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Where did it all begin?
Need for...
➔ Math education to become more focused and coherent
➔ Provide clarity and specificity rather than broad general
statements
➔ Stresses student understanding of key ideas, but also by
continually returning to organizing principles such as
place value and the laws of arithmetic to structure those
ideas
“A mile wide and an inch deep…”
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Introducing the NJ Student Learning Standards
What are Standards?
Standards are the learning goals for what students should
know and be able to do at each grade level.
● Teachers know what to teach
● Parents know what children are expected to learn
● School districts (and teachers) know what to assess
A teacher decides how best to teach students to achieve this goal.
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Digging Deeper into Math Instruction
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Making Sense of it All...
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Keeping Up With a 21st Century World...
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The 4 C’s
The 4 C’s
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How Math has Evolved...
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This is where we were...
Jamie had a bag of 24 jellybeans she wanted to share with
her two friends. She shared the jellybeans equally. How
many jellybeans did each person get?
Write a number model to show your answer.
24 / 3 = 8
8 jellybeans
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This is where we are now...
Karen had a bag of jellybeans. She gave one-eighth of them
to Jenny and then one-fourth of the remaining jellybeans to
Jon. Karen had 21 jellybeans left in the bag.
How many jellybeans were originally in the bag?
How many different ways can be used to solve this problem?
Let’s work in groups to solve this problem.
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Let’s share our thinking!
What’s your reasoning?
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Shift in Assessments ~ Then...
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Shift in Assessments ~ ...and Now!
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Using Data to Ensure Success
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Through the Eyes of a Child....
Measuring Up! Live
● Customized, standards-aligned assessment
program
● ELA and Math
Login on a Chromebook using the
following information…
www.measuringuplive2.com
Use information on handout to login
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Thank You For Coming!
In the past we assigned problem solving...now we are saying, we need to teach
problem solving. We need to teach students to be thinkers.
~ Sue O’Connell, author of Putting the Practices into Action
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Resources
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
The Escape Classroom
http://www.wodb.ca/
https://www.theescapeclassroom.com/
Would You Rather…
National Council of Teachers of Math
www.wouldyourathermath.com
http://www.nctm.org/
NJ Student Learning Standards
Edutopia - Parent’s Guide
http://www.nj.gov/education/cccs/
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/guides/ed
utopia-parents-guide-21st-century-lear
ning.pdf
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