What's In....What's Out?

 As Alabama moves to the College and Career Standards( Common Core State Standards), I want teachers to receive information that will directly impact their instruction.  This has been the most helpful document that will give teachers a snap shot of "What's In" their course of study and "What's Out" of their course of study.

Common Core State Standards

 Content Comparison

	Grade K	Grade 1	Grade 2
What’s New	Counting and Cardinality - Counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in different arrangements - Model representations of numbers in a variety of ways – fingers, mental images, objects, drawings, expressions, verbal explanations and equations - Determine quantity of objects visually, without counting - More and Fewer - Expand comparing 0-5 - Counting to 30 and estimating about how many Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Fluently add and subtract within 5 Number and Operations in Base Ten - Expand Composing and decomposing numbers to include 11-19 - Writing number sentences for 4 and 5, 6 and 7, 8 and 9, 10 Measurement and Data - Length of more than 2 objects; height – including more than 2 objects; weight Geometry - Expand Geometry competencies to include spatial orientation and relationships, modeling drawings and building 2- and 3-dimensionsl shapes.	Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Expand understanding of equations; gain an understanding of the equals sign and use symbols for unknown values in equations. - Facts to 20 – using strategies such as counting on, making ten, and compensation with known facts - Associative property of addition - Commutative property of addition - Expand understanding of place value as related to two-digit addition and subtraction  Number and Operations in Base Ten - Exploration of special cases of adding with two-digit numbers with justification through various representations. Measurement and Data - In measurement, focus is on measuring length indirectly with a variety of units. - Telling and writing time in hours and half hours. - The focus for data consists of sorting and classifying in order to ask and answer questions about a set of data, not on formal representations of the data. Geometry - Expand understanding of solids - Expand understanding of shapes and their attributes to include partitioning of circles and rectangles into equal shares – halves, fourths and quarter	Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Emphasis on representing and using a variety of types of problems to develop understanding of addition and subtraction, such as, adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart and comparing.  . - Mental math: ways to find missing parts in 3-digit addition and subtraction Number and Operations in Base Ten - Emphasis on place value as the approach to thinking about operations with muti-digit numbers, such as adding and subtracting multiples of 10 - Skip counting by 5, 10, 100 to 1,000 - Fluently and  subtract within 100 - Subtracting 2-digit numbers on a number line Measurement and Data - Adding and subtracting in measurement - Adding 2-digit numbers on a number line - Comparing lengths - Graphing lengths Geometry - Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes.  - Angles - Geometry focuses on attributes of shapes, such as what makes a triangle a triangle rather than just recognizing a triangle. Shapes also used to introduce informal work with fractions.

	Grade K	Grade 1	Grade 2
What’s Gone	Number and Operations in Base Ten - Ordinal Numbers Measurement and Data - Money - Time - Calendar - Probability - Bar Graphs Geometry - Patterns related to color, shapes, sound and movement - Fractions	Number and Operations in Base Ten - Ordinal Numbers - Comparing and Ordering Numbers - Fractions as parts of a set - Odd and Even - Counting Money Measurement and Data - Volume, Capacity and Weight - Metric Measurement - Calendar - Temperature - Money - Probability -  Tally Charts and Tables Geometry - Congruence - Symmetry - Transformations	Number and Operations in Base Ten - Counting collections of coins - Division Concepts and Facts - Patterns Measurement and Data - Measurement in feet, yards and meters - Exploring perimeter - Exploring area - Capacity and Weight - Estimating time - Calendar - Temperature - Probability Geometry - Congruence - Symmetry - Coordinate graphs - Transformations Fractions - Unit fractions and regions - Non-unit fractions and regions - Estimating fractional parts of a whole - Fractions of a set

 What are the Implications for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics?

Instructional Implications
•Students –a K-12 articulated learning trajectory based on college and career readiness.

•Parents –assurance that if the K-12 learning trajectory is successfully implemented and followed their child will be prepared for success in college and their chosen career.

•Teachers/Administrators –will be provided a clear, explicit, and rigorous guide on how to move a student along their learning trajectory with alerts when that student falls above or below the trajectory supported by a resource repository of best practice populated by collaborating states and our national and international education partners.

•Higher Education –provides an opportunity to develop a more clearly articulated relationship with K-12 in the preparation of future teachers and administrators and continued learning opportunities for current teachers and administrators.

•Business & Industry –assurance that a graduate from an Alabama high school is prepared for college and career opportunities without the need for remedial education or training.


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Alabama is making great strides through the Common Core Initiative.  The State Department is working on tools that will assist teachers in making the transition smoothly.  In order to implement these standards effectively across the state, stellar professional development and opportunities to deepen content knowledge must occur.