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Something for the Parents

Last night I finally got to catch up on some light magazine reading. As I was perusing my October 2012 Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine I stumbled upon a short article about CCSS.  It is entitled Cheat Sheet - Common Core State Standards (written by: Stephanie Eckelkamp - page 20). The short half page article laid out simple noticeable changes that may occur in your child's classroom as a result of CCSS. Amazing. I was looking for a short simple way to explain Common Core to my parents! Here are a few other resources for your parents to visit. Think about printing out an article you like and handing it out at your Parent Teacher Conferences.

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/parents-guide-to-common-core-standards/

On this site you can print out grade specific parent information brochures.
http://www.pta.org/4446.htm

This site also provides a Spanish version
http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/1547


*You can also check your state specific CCSS site. Ours is New York State.

http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Shifts-for-Students-and-Parents.pdf

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Conference Update

It was an honor to participate in the NYSSBA Rochester Expo. We met many board members, administrators and education advocates. It was nice to share with them how we have adapted to the CCSS using the Math GNOMe. The feedback was wonderful and from the comments we received this was something that will be brought back to many surrounding districts to have a closer look. Thank you to all that stopped by our booth!