CCSS for Elem Parents 2013 - Elk Grove Unified School District

Cosumnes River Elementary School
Back to School Night 2013
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
•A
CBEE Honor School 2007-2012
•A California Distinguished School
•A National Blue Ribbon School
•Our Neighborhood School
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKES PRIDE IN BEING
THE 2013 COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY TEAM
Kindergarten:
Mrs. B. Passmore – E109
Mrs. Fite – E107
Mrs. McConnell – E101
THE 2013 COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY TEAM
First Grade:
Mrs. Boudreaux – D109
Mrs. Derfield – D110
Mrs. Tuvell – D111
THE 2013 COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY TEAM
Second Grade:
Mrs. Miller – D107
Mrs. Wathen and Mrs. Bruggeman-D101
Mrs. Wooten – D108
THE 2013 COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY TEAM
Third Grade:
Mrs. Black – D204
Mrs. Boyle – D210
Mrs. Zarecky – D212
THE 2013 COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY TEAM
Fourth Grade:
Mrs. V. Passmore – D209
Ms. Shehorn – D104
Mrs. Hespeler – D203
THE 2013 COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY TEAM
Fifth Grade:
Mrs. Reinke and Mrs. Ramatici (R2)-D208
Mrs. Rau – D207
Mr. Ancheta (5th/6th) – D211
THE 2013 COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY TEAM
Sixth Grade:
Mrs. Donelli – D206
Mrs. Bjorge and Mrs. Hahn – D205
Mr. Ancheta (5th/6th) – D211
CONSIDER JOINING THE CRES
PTA
Our
PTA is very involved in and crucially important
to all aspects of our school. There are so many ways
to take part.
If you are not already involved, please consider
taking that step.
•Dads – a couple of years ago, PTA’s Dads’ Club was
started to organize and carry out the annual MotherSon event. Last year, Dads took on the Haunted
House. We’d love to have you join!
CRES
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
r
•We Support $50,000+ in Programs!
•Assemblies
•Librarian •Scholarships
•Summer Reading •Teacher Appreciation
•Accelerated Reader •Social Events & Misc.
•$19,425 •Art & Classroom Supplies
•$32,000
CRES
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
How Do We Support These Programs?
• Fundraisers
Innisbrook Sales, Jog-a-Thon, Class Art Gala, Trash &
Treasure
• Donations
PTA Dues, direct donations
• Planning and Organizing Events
Over 2,000 volunteer hours in 2012-2013 school year!
CONSIDER JOINING THE CRES
PTA
2013
STAR RESULTS AND API
You should be receiving your
child’s 2013 STAR Results later
this month.
GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL
•Thank
you for following the basic flow of
traffic in the parking lot.
•Our staff members are out front to keep
everyone safe. Please respect their
efforts.
•School gates open at 7:20 for breakfast
eaters for those of you who’d like to get
a jump start on the morning.
GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL
Our
most pressing safety concerns
are during arrival and dismissal times
If you are in the parking lot, please
put down your cell phone and look in
all directions.
Remember, most of our pedestrians
are little people
GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL
If
you are picking up your child at the end of
the day, please wait for them outside the
gated area. Teachers will walk them toward
the front gate to meet you. Pull as far
forward as you can and loop around the lot if
asked by a staff member.
All students taking the bus will be walked to
the MP Room where they will meet their bus
drivers.
PLEASE DROP IN AT OUR
INFORMATIONAL TABLES
Innisbrook
Fundraiser
PTA
Transportation
K-Kids/Knitting
Food
Services
Club
THE COMMON CORE STATE
STANDARDS AT COSUMNES RIVER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Information for Parents
July-September, 2013
Adapted from CCSS for Elementary Parents 2013
EGUSD Department of Curriculum & Professional Learning, A.
Zeman
In this presentation:
1. New Academic Standards In The Elk Grove
Unified School District (EGUSD)
2. What Are The Common Core State Standards?
3. Why Is EGUSD Changing To Common Core
State Standards?
4. How Will This Affect My Child?
5. What Should I Expect In The Future?
6. How Can I Help My Child To Do
Well In School?
New in EGUSD
Beginning this year, elementary students in all
EGUSD schools will be taught and will learn
new curriculum in both English/language arts
and mathematics.
This new curriculum prepares students to
meet the expectations of the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS).
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Let’s watch this introduction to the
Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
From the Council of Great City Schools:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player
_embedded&v=5s0rRk9sER0
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What Are the Common Core State Standards?
Standards define the academic goals for
student learning.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are
new, adopted by California in August 2010.
•CCSS have been adopted in 46 states.
•Students will be assessed on CCSS
beginning in 2014-15.
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What Are the Common Core State Standards?
These K-12 standards…
• Are aligned with college and career expectations.
• Are the new standards for academic performance.
•Are the concepts and skills
that all students will learn.
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Common Core State Standards:
Have some similarities to the previous standards;
 Contain some important differences:
 Emphasis on clear thinking and clearly
communicating one’s thinking to others
 Emphasis on mathematical reasoning,
expressing ideas in writing, and reading both
stories and informational text

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How Do Common Core State Standards
Improve Learning?
•Prepare our students to be
competitive with students from
top-performing countries
•Communicate clearly what is
expected at each grade level
•Create cohesion across states
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Why Is EGUSD Changing to Common Core
State Standards Now?
 Gradual transition allows teachers &
students time to adjust before testing
begins.
 Students & teachers make the transition to
CCSS in one subject per year.
 Students & teachers need time
in order to be prepared for the
new testing which begins in 2014-15.
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Transition to Common Core State Standards
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Grades K - 2
CCSS Math
CCSS English
/Language Arts
CCSS continues…
Grades 3 - 6
CCSS English
/Language Arts
CCSS Math
CCSS State Testing
Begins.
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How Will This Affect My Child in Kindergarten
Through 2nd Grade?
Most important goals:
• Learning to read
• Learning to write
• Becoming competent and
confident in working with
numbers
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How Will This Affect My Child in Grades 3 – 6?
•Greater percentage
of reading of
informational text as
opposed to narrative
or “stories”
•Greater emphasis on writing: narrative,
informational, and persuasive
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How Will This Affect My Child in Grades 3 – 6?
• Students will use the new Go
Math textbooks this year.
• Students will be asked to explain
their mathematical reasoning.
• Students will learn to solve problems using multiple
methods.
• Students’ math lessons will reflect a balance of
conceptual understanding, procedural proficiency, and
application.
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What Should I Expect in the Future?
California’s standardized testing system is in
transition.
 2013-14 is the last year of California’s STAR
(California Standards Test or CST) program.
Students in grades 3-6 will be tested.
 The CST is not aligned with the Common Core.
However, students who meet CCSS
expectations will also do well on the CST.
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How Can I Help My Child to Do Well in School?
Young students, Kindergarten and 1st Grade:
 Read to your child often! Vary what you read,
choosing both stories and informational selections.
Read material that your child cannot yet read for
himself or herself.
 Hold conversations with your child daily.
Select topics that help your child to build
an understanding of our world: nature, weather,
age-appropriate news stories, etc.
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How Can I Help My Child to Do Well in School?
Young Students, Kindergarten and 1st Grade:


Give your child opportunities to count and to
compare numbers. (“Would you please count the
number of slices of bread in each package
and tell me which has a greater number?”)
Ask your child about “real-life” addition and
subtraction problems. (“Here’s a carton of a
dozen eggs. If I use three, how many will be left?”)
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How Can I Help My Child to Do Well in School?
Students in Grades 2 – 3
 Read to your child! Vary what you read, choosing both
stories and informational selections. Read material
that your child cannot yet read for himself or herself.
 Provide a time for sustained reading every day.
Encourage your child to periodically read
selections that are a bit challenging.
Encourage him or her to keep at it and re-read
portions for understanding.
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How Can I Help My Child to Do Well in School?
Students in Grades 2 – 3
 Play games that assist your child in learning math facts.
 When at a store, ask your child to mentally calculate total
costs and amount of change.
 If your child asks for assistance with math
homework, first ask him or her to re-read the directions,
the problem, and the top portion of
the page. Ask him/her what ideas he has to
solve the problem.
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How Can I Help My Child to Do Well in School?
Students in Grades 4 – 6
 Provide a time for sustained reading every day.
Encourage your child to periodically read selections
that are a bit challenging. Encourage him or her to keep at it
and re-read portions for understanding.
 Encourage the use of precise vocabulary.
 When your child offers an opinion, ask him or
her to identify the information that supports the opinion.
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How Can I Help My Child to Do Well in School?
Students in Grades 4 – 6
 Give your child opportunities to work with fractions such as
when cooking or measuring materials for projects. Encourage
him/her to talk about the reasoning involved in thinking about
fractions.
 Ask your child to assist in calculating everyday
problems such as tips, costs of gasoline for trips.
 Ask your child to explain his/her reasoning and how he or she
got the answer.
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How Can I Help My Child To Do Well In School?
ALL Students:
 Read, read, read! Encourage – and model – reading
of
all sorts of materials: books of fiction; books that
provide information; informative internet sites;
magazines; sets of directions.

Read for sustained periods of time daily.
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How Can I Help My Child To Do Well In School?
ALL Students:
Speak positively about math! If your own
experiences in mathematics were not positive, do not
share that with your child. Instead, tell your child,
“Math is the basis of technology and a lot
of science. Math is pretty cool.”
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How Can I Learn More About Common Core?
Find more information about Common Core:
http://blogs.egusd.net/ccss
Talk to your child’s teacher.
 Find resources for math by logging into “Think
Central,” the website associated with our Go Math
textbooks. (Login provided by your child’s teacher.)
 Refer to the information sheet provided to you
tonight.
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COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS ARE
HERE!
What questions
do you have?