Common Core State
Standards for Mathematics Workshops
Grade level workshops have been designed for grades K-3.
The workshops begin with an introduction to the eight practices that
are to be integrated into the teaching of the grade level content. The
practices are introduced using teacher friendly language and using appropriate
grade level examples and activities. The practices are mentioned and used
throughout the workshops.
All the standards are introduced with examples or activities.
DMG suggests having a workshop for each grade level since there are
new standards at each grade level and not the repetition found in previous
standards. We have combined grade one with grade two in the past. This
works but is not as effective as having them alone. There are new things at
each grade level and it is difficult to get it all covered.
At the end of a grade level CCSSM workshop, teachers will know
exactly what they are required to teach and they will have activities and
resources to use.
Kindergarten
The standards are organized into the framework of word, quantity,
symbol, and relationships. The practices are integrated into the content. Four
types of situations for addition and subtraction are introduced.
The foundation for place and value is set with learning about the
value of teen numbers as ten ones and some more. First grade is the first
time students begin to think of ten ones as one ten.
Number is the most important topic in kindergarten but there are
standards for measurement, data and geometry, these are covered in the
workshop.
First Grade
The workshop covers developing understanding of addition and
subtraction, place value, linear measurement and reasoning about attributes of,
and composing and decomposing geometric shapes. Time is spent on
developing strategies for learning the basic facts using ten and double ten
frames and solving word problems involving situations using mats. Strategies for
adding within a hundred will be presented using algorithms based on place value
and the empty number line. An eight step method for developing place value
concepts will be presented. Resources used are the 99/100 board, grouping
materials, small ten frames, place value mats and games.
Second grade
The focus is on extending understanding of place value using an
eight step method and hands on resources: 99/100 board, grouping materials,
small ten frames, base ten blocks and place and value mats. Another focus is
building fluency with addition and subtraction within a hundred and solving problems
within 1000 using models such as number lines and pre-grouped materials.
Using standard units of measure and describing and analyzing shapes
will be covered.
Third Grade
Focus is on developing understanding of multiplication and division,
fractions, and the structure of rectangular arrays and of area, and describing
and analyzing two- dimensional figures.
Strategies for learning basic facts for multiplication and division
will be introduced along with an algorithm based on place and value.
The place value steps will be reviewed. Resources used are
base ten models, 99/100 Board, number lines, fraction models, and array models.
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