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Get Common Core Ready

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Common Core Knowledge. Apple core is being used as the O in core.
 
 
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Instruction Based on CCSS

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  • Language Development Across the Curriculum
  • Rigor and Text Complexity
  • Increased Focus on Listening and Speaker
  • Emphasis on Collaboration, Inquiry, and Teamwork
 

Common Core

3 Key Ideas for Parents about the Common Core

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Thinking Deeply
The Common Core emphasizes critical thinking. It requires students to analyze more, discuss more, evaluate more, justify more and explain their thinking & understanding deeply, especially in writing. Take-Away: Really thinking deeply is hard. Let it BE hard, help them talk it out. 
 
Integrating Learning
The Common Core emphasizes learning across disciplines (reading with math & social studies standards combined into one task). Students spend more time working together with different settings, structures & tools. Take-Away: Problems & solutions happen everyday in the real world. 
 
Showing How They Know
The Common Core emphasizes proof & evidence. Long gone are the days of worksheets, fact memorizations and skill & drill. Students are not taught this way and they are not assessed this way. Take-Away: The new tests will require students to explain how they know. 
 
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Supporting the Common Core at Home

Supporting the Common Core at Home iconSupporting the Common Core at Hometitle

  • Ask *why* when children tell you they want something or want to do or not do something.
  • Use the word *because* after “No” or “Not tonight…”
  • Give reasons--you to them and them to you.
  • Encourage questions & explore answers (especially questions whose answers are not yes or no.)
  • Explain & discuss issues or problems in your house, neighborhood, & community. Brainstorm solutions.
  • Compare how things are alike and different-videos, movies, food.
  • Look for patterns 8 Describe & categorize stuff.
  • Tell your children what you value & why.
  • Encourage & celebrate opinions.
 
 
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