30th Annual Comer Retreat

What Everyone Should Know About

Common Core Mathematics
MD College and Career-Ready Standards

Elementary Mathematics
Prince Georges County Public Schools

Participants will:
Gain

knowledge of Common Core State

Standards for Mathematics.
Receive

strategies and resources to support

their child at home based on the Common
Core State Standards for Mathematics.
Engage

in mathematical tasks to better

understand the expectations of Common
Core State Standards for Mathematics.

Provide a consistent and clear understanding

of what students are expected to learn.

Designed to be robust and relevant to the

real world.

Reflect the knowledge and skills young

people need for success in colleges and
careers.
The CCSS can be found on the following link:
http://www.corestandards.org/

Standards for Mathematical

Practice
1.

Make sense of problems

and persevere in solving
them

2.

Reason abstractly and

quantitatively

3.

Construct viable
arguments and critique
the understanding of
others

4.

Model with mathematics

5.

Use appropriate tools

strategically

6.

Attend to precision

7.

Look for and make use of

structure

8.

Look for and express

regularity in repeated
reasoning

Content
Standards
What the students are
learning.
Beh
avio
Th r s
e
H ow

Ma
th
Co em
T nc ati
he ep cal
W ts
ha
t

Mastery of concepts
by the end of each grade
level to be on track for
success in college and
Careers.

Grad
e

Standard

Required Fluency

Add & Subtract within 5

Add & Subtract within 10

Add & Subtract within 100

Multiply/divide within 100 & Add/Subtract

within 1000

Add & Subtract within 1,000,000

Multi-Digit Multiplication

Multi-Digit Division & Multi-Decimal

Operations

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the understanding
of others
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
6. Attend to precision
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

Student Friendly

Student Friendly

 Lets

solve 3 different ways.

Use pictures
Symbols or
Objects

Use bundles and sticks

100

 57

+ 43

50 + 7 + 40 + 3
50 + 40 + 7 + 3
(50+40) + (7+3)
90 + 10

100

The Partnership for the

Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers(PARCC)
have been awarded federal
funding to develop an
assessment system aligned with
the CCSS.

Grade 3 Sample

Grade 3 Sample

Provide a place for your child to study with the

needed materials.

Encourage a good work ethic.

Let your child see you read and do

mathematics.

Discuss with your child what he or she is

learning.

Ask your child to teach you what they have

learned.

Talk about tests with your child and be

positive and encouraging.

Talk with your childs teacher about his or

her performance in school.

If your child needs extra help, work with his

or her teacher to find opportunities for
tutoring or to find other resources.

http://www.cgcs.org/cms/lib/DC00001581/Centricity/Domain/3
6/ParentGuide_Math_2.pdf

http://www.cgcs.org/Page/244

301-772-0080
Monday & Wednesday
Comcast 96
Verizon 38
(K-8th) 4-6pm

Grades 2-4

Judith Russ-jruss@pgcps.org
Elementary Mathematics Supervisor

Patricia Morrison-patric.morrison@pgcps.org
Elementary Mathematics Specialist

Lisa Green- lisa.green@pgcps.org

Elementary Mathematics Specialist/Special Education

Myrtle Davis-myrtled@pgcps.org
Elementary Mathematics Resource Teacher

Thierno Johnson-thierno.johnson@pgcps.org
Elementary Mathematics Resource Teacher

Office Phone (301) 7495610

Make Me Big: Use playing cards to make 2digit numbers. Use the Hundreds Chart to
check numbers
Multiplication War: Use playing cards to
select two cards. Multiply the numbers
together. The player with the largest total
wins the set. Use the Multiplication Chart to
check.
Hundreds Chart Puzzle: Select a piece of
the Hundreds Chart Puzzle. Put the pieces of
the Hundreds Chart back together. Explain
reasoning for placing each piece.