Sue shared the revised Content Specifications that were completed on March 20th. These will be helpful for us as we move forward for our MSP Empowering Teachers Grant.
Content Specifications Document 1
Content Specifications Document 2
Sue mentioned several resources today during our session. Below you will find several of these links.
Teaching Channel - Great way to see mathematical practices in action through videos in the classroom.
Ohio Department of Education- Several Math resources and model currciulumns that have been developed by Ohio.
Kansas-DOE developed these self-assessment tools that will provide information regarding where are students are in specific domains and clusters. May be helpful in determining what professional development our teachers would benefit from and where our own gaps are currently.
Common Core Teacher Content/Confidence Self-Assessments for various grade levels.
Learning Progressions- In our conversation as a group, it was discussed that the learning progressions are key in getting teachers to see the "Big Picture" and how specific topics are taught throughout the grade levels in a way that develops a deep understanding of these topics. Click on the link and scroll toward the bottom of the page to access these learning progressions. (Note: Number Systems was an area that we see in our data that students are currently struggling with. It will be important that teachers understand this progress. Sue suggested that we have teachers engage in the related learning progression in PLC, trainings, etc...so they understand the progression.)
Bill McCallum's info on Progressions
Education Northwest- May be a good place to look for Focus and Coherence resources that we could use with our teachers. (And LOTS of other great resources here.
Hung-Hsi Wu's Homepage -This was mentioned in the a.m. session. Fractions and Geometry curriculums.
Bill McCallum's site- He is instrumental in Common Core development.
Number System- WOW! Great information relating to the Number System. Good be a good resource for us.
Note: Here is a great link relating to Ratios and Proportions from Granite that I wanted to share.
