This blog will be talking about the CCSS M standards and the process standards and how they all intertwine. A lot of these standards tell us the same thing. We especially found that out when doing our poster activity today in class. It showed that a lot of them are intertwined to almost every single one of the other set and vice versa. It is important to know how important it is that these two sets of standards intertwine because when you start planning and teaching lessons you will want to make sure that you are keeping that in mind. One of the most interesting things that came up out of both sets of standards, to me, was communication. This tells me, and the rest of my classmates, that we really need to be paying attention to how we are wording things to our students, and how we need to model that skill so our students know what to do.
Another big concept that was brought up a lot was the reasoning portion of the sets of standards. This is important because if the students are not able to reason and understand exactly why a mathematical concept or idea works the way it does, than they will experience frustration as they get further along in their academic years.
All in all, I noticed that for each one of the process standards, at least one of the CCSS M standards. I found that very interesting because it has really opened my eyes to how I need to be planning and going about the problems that I will be giving and preparing for my students. By seeing how these sets of standards connect, I also see how important modeling the right thing for my students is. I feel like, if we as teachers don't show the students what they need to be doing, than we are ultimately setting them up for difficulties. This goes for when the students use manipulatives etc. as well. The main beauty, as previously mentioned, is that when you hit one set of standards, you are more than like hitting another standard from the other set which makes the lesson twice as rewarding.
Thanks Madison:)
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