Here is a video of Phil Daro calling for a change in classroom habits of how we teach students to solve problems. Great quote, from Phil’s daughter: “Daddy, I don’t have time to understand it, I just want to get it right on the test.”
Upcoming Webinar
On April 30th at 2:00pm eastern Bill will be doing a webinar on the Common Core Mathematics Standards and the Concept of Focus. I will also talk about Illustrative Mathematics and our work with CCSSO’s Math SCASS. Registration is here.
Draft high school Statistics and Probability progression
Here is the progression on high school Statistics and Probability. As usual, comments welcome, and make sure you are using an up-to-date pdf reader.
[30 July 2012] This thread is now closed. Please go here to discuss this progression.
May 25 – 27th Workshop Full
The workshop from May 25 – 27 in New Orleans: Focus in the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, is full and no longer accepting registrations. If you are interested in attending a similar workshop in the future stay tuned to this blog for information about an upcoming fall workshop dates and location TBA.
Reduced Registration Fee: Extended to April 15
This is just to let everyone know that the reduced fee registration for the May conference: Focus in the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, is extended until April 15th. This conference from May 25-27 will encourage participants to not only understand the big picture of the CCSSM but understand focus domains, and go into depth in these particular topics at each grade level. Break out sessions will be available at lower elementary, upper elementary, middle school, and high school levels.
Here is the information page and registration.
General questions about the Mathematics standards
If you have a question about the Mathematics standards, please try to ask it by creating a new topic in the forum (also accessible from the link in the black navigation bar above). You can search the forum using the Search Forum box on the right.
Illustrative Mathematics redesign and milestones
Some of you may have noticed this already, but we have just gone live with a major redesign of the Illustrative Mathematics website. Take a look and let us know what you think. In addition to the new look, we have reached a milestone of 400 illustrative tasks. The new comment feature is attracting interest as well. And the FAQ section will be kept up to date with answers to all your burning questions.
I know somebody is going to ask about printing tasks. We don’t have that yet, but are working on it!
New Orleans Workshop: May 25 – 27
Just wanted to let everyone know that the deadline to register for our workshop in New Orleans for a reduced price is quickly approaching (March 31st deadline for reduced price). The workshop will feature Bill McCallum and others from across the country, including teacher leaders as facilitators and will highlight “focus” in the Common Core State Standards. Workshop will start late on Friday May 25th and go to mid-afternoon on Sunday May 27th.
Here is the information page and registration.
Arranging the high school standards into courses
Here is a suggested arrangement of the high school standards into courses, developed with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Pearson Foundation, by a group of people including Patrick Callahan and Brad Findell. I haven’t looked at it closely, but it seems to be a solid effort by people familiar with the standards, so I put it up for comment and discussion. There are five files: the first four are graphic displays of the arrangement of the standards into both traditional and integrated sequences, with the standards referred to by their codes. The fifth is a description of the arrangement with the text of the standards and commentary.
9_11 Scope and Sequence_traditional1
9_11 Scope and Sequence_traditional2
9_11 Scope and Sequence_integrated1
Spring Common Core Workshop: May 25 – 27 New Orleans, La
Join teachers, administrators, and district personnel from across the country as we explore together “Focus in the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.” This conference will feature Bill McCallum and his team of Common Core facilitators, including teacher leaders from every grade band. Many of the breakout sessions will be run by teacher experts, leading the way in developing PD for fellow teachers implementing CCSSM. Time in the conference will also be devoted to small group focus on the major work in specific grade bands. Register by the end of March to receive the discounted registration fee!