And now the mid-point of the school year is in our sights as well as a much needed break for the holidays. It is time for a mid-point reflection, as well as a time to buckle down for a spring semester that is full of intention, specificity, and rigor.
As I work with schools around the country, and primarily in New York State, there are elements to the Common Core implementation conversations that are similar. Those commonalities lend themselves nicely to a re-versioning of the classic Holiday song “The 12 Days of Christmas.”
I’ve created a LiveBinder presentation called Common Core for the Holidays for you to use for yourself or to share with your colleagues as you integrate and align the standards into your professional practice. It includes the following:
12 Instructional Shifts
11 Considerations
10 Instructional Strategies
9 Collaborative Opportunities
8 Standards for Mathematical Practice
7 College and Career Readiness Capacities
6 Exemplar Units
5 Unit Planning “Must-Do’s”
4 Depths of Knowledge
3 Document Hierarchies
2 Aligned Units
and
1 New Perspective
I hope you find some of this useful, and I welcome feedback around what I’ve put together. I’m delivering this as a specific workshop over the course of the next few weeks and some of the activities around the binder elements are not included. If you’re interested in some of the activities or have questions about what is included, please email, tweet, or comment.
I have a couple more holiday themed blog posts up my sleeve, including one that specifically looks at the 12 Instructional Shifts around the Common Core and some local teachers who visualized the shifts in a creative and innovative way! So, stay tuned!
I wish you all a wonderful Holiday season!
Mike Fisher
@fisher1000 on Twitter
www.digigogy.com
