Common Core and YOU!
After participating in the webinar about Common Core Standards, what are
your concerns? What ah-ha did you have about CCS? What will you continue to do or do
differently to ensure that you are teaching to the CCS?
As we transition to the Common Core, I'm concerned with students who have been taught using the state standards all throughout school but are now going to be held to the Common Core standards in high school. I do believe that these students can meet these standards, but it will take more support. I also worry about students who are already far below grade level not being able to grasp the concepts being taught. For example, if a student can't multiply, I'm not sure if he will be able to get anything out of a 2-day discovery activity on systems of equations. I do believe that discovery activities and other teaching methods that promote critical thinking are needed, but it's going to be hard to do these with students that lack foundational math skills.
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