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Unpacking The Common Core Math

"Unpacking" the standards means breaking down the State Standard into the knowledge and skills students need in order to fully meet the standard. This helps teachers and curriculum designers closely align classroom instruction and learning opportunities with the rigor found within the standards themselves.

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Unpacking The Common Core Math

"Unpacking" the standards means breaking down the State Standard into the knowledge and skills students need in order to fully meet the standard. This helps teachers and curriculum designers closely align classroom instruction and learning opportunities with the rigor found within the standards themselves.

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GuidetoUnpackingtheCommonCoreStandards Whatdoesunpackingmean? Unpackingthestandardsmeans,breakingdowntheStateStandardintotheknowledgeandskillsstudents needinordertofullymeetthestandard.Thishelpsteachersandcurriculumdesigners,closelyalignclassroom instructionandlearningopportunitieswiththerigorfoundwithinthestandardsthemselves. Howdoyouunpackthestandards? Step1:Identifythestandardyouareworkingwithfromthestatedocument.

Example from Common Core Standards for Mathematics, Kindergarten, Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3. Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1)

Step2:Identifywhatstudentsneedtoknowinordertoreachthisstandard.Nounswithinthestandard usuallyhelpclarifywhatstudentsneedtoknow.
Example from Common Core Standards for Mathematics, Kindergarten, Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3. Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1)

Studentswouldneedtoknowthefollowing: thateverynumberismadeupofsmallerparts whatitmeanstodecomposeanumber whatnumberscombinetocreatenumberslessthanorequalto10 whatpairsmeans thatnumberscanbebrokendowninmanydifferentways whatobjectsareavailableformanipulation whatitmeanstorecordananswer whatamathpicturewouldlooklike whataplussignrepresents whatanequalsignrepresents whatanequationis Step3:Identifywhatstudentsneedtobeabletodoinordertoreachthisstandard.Verbswithinthestandard usuallyhelpclarifywhatstudentsneedtobeabletodo.
Example from Common Core Standards for Mathematics, Kindergarten, Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3. Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1)

Studentswouldneedtobeabletodothefollowing: breakanumberdownintosmallerparts(decompose) useobjectstoshowthisdecomposition drawpicturestoshowthisdecomposition findmultiplewaystobreakdownanumberintosmallerparts recorddecompositionindrawingform recorddecompositioninequationform

Step4:Identifytheenduringunderstandingsorbigideasandessentialquestionswithinthestandard.These aretheconceptsorgeneralizationsthatstudentscantransferortakewiththemoutsideofyourclassroomor thiscontentarea.


Example from Common Core Standards for Mathematics, Kindergarten, Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3. Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1)

EssentialQuestions/EnduringUnderstandings: Canyoubreaksomethingbigintosmallerparts?Istheremorethanonewaytogettoananswer?Is theremorethanonewaytoshowananswer?Istheremorethanonewaytowriteanumber? Thereisalmostalwaysmorethanonewaytogettoananswer,andyoucanshowyouranswerina varietyofways.Therearemanywaystoformanumber.Youcanshowanumberthroughpictures, numbers,words,etc. Whatdoyoudoonceyouveunpackedthestandards? Step5:Alignclassroominstructionandlearningopportunitieswiththeknowledgeandskillsfoundwithinthe standard.Providestudentswithopportunitiestonotonlylearntheknowledgeandskillsatabasiclevel,but applyandusetheknowledgeandskillsinauthenticsituations.Onlythencanyoubeassuredthatstudents havemasteredthefullstandardasseeninthestatedocument.

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