Teaching to the Math Common Core State Standards : Focus on Kindergarten to Grade 5 / by F. D. Rivera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rivera, F. D., Author.

Series:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a methods book for elementary majors and preservice/beginning elementary teachers. It takes a very practical approach to learning to teach elementary school mathematics in an emerging Age of the Common Core State Standards. The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSM) is not meant to be “the” official mathematics curriculum; it was purposefully developed primarily to provide clear learning expectations of mathematics content that are appropriate at every grade level and to help prepare all students to be ready for college and the workplace. A quick glance at the Table of Contents in this book indicates a serious engagement with the recommended mathematics underlying the kindergarten through grade 5 portions of the CCSSM first, with issues in content-practice assessment, learning, teaching, and classroom management pursued next and in that order. In this book we explore what it means to teach to the CCSSM within an alignment mindset involving content-practice learning, teaching, and assessment. The CCSSM content standards, which pertain to mathematical knowledge, skills, and applications, have been carefully crafted so that they are teachable, learnable, coherent, fewer, clearer, and higher. The practice standards, which refer to institutionally valued mathematical actions, processes, and habits, have been conceptualized in ways that will hopefully encourage all elementary students to engage with the content standards more deeply than merely acquiring mathematical knowledge by rote and imitation. Thus, in the CCSSM, proficiency in content alone is not sufficient, and so does practice without content, which is limited. Content and practice are both equally important and, thus, must come together in teaching, learning, and assessment in order to support authentic mathematical understanding. This blended, multisourced text is a “getting smart” book. It helps elementary majors and preservice/beginning elementary teachers work within therealities of accountable pedagogy and develop a proactive disposition that is capable of supporting all elementary students in order for them to experience growth in mathematical understanding necessary for middle school and beyond, including future careers.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Dear Elementary Majors and Practicing and Beginning Elementary Teachers: An Introduction

Getting to Know the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice

Counting and Cardinality in Kindergarten

Numbers and Operations (Part I)

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (Part II)

Numbers and Operations – Fractions

Geometry

Measurement and Data

Content-Practice Assessment

Content-Practice Learning

Content-Practice Teaching

Orchestrating a Content-Practice Driven Math Classroom.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9789462095038

9462095035

OCLC:

874769829