Aligning third-grade fractions curriculum with the Common Core State Standards: a teacher's plan for implementation

Project (M.A., Education (Curriculum and Instruction))--California State University, Sacramento, 2013.The last implementation of state standards was in 1997, when California, and the rest of the country were in an economic climate that supported growth in so many aspects including, education. In 2010, the state of California adopted new State Standards set forth by the federal and state governments. California teachers are tasked with implementing these standards; however, many teachers are not being provided with the necessary tools to support their teaching. With larger class sizes, and little to no money, teachers are being asked to change in an environment that offers them little to no support. \ud Common Core Standards are of the educational future in California. Due to the lack of financial support in buying new curriculum that aligns to these standards, teachers will have rely on their own professional practices to help them implement to these new standards. For the teachers in many districts this means developing support lessons and materials that align with these new standards while using their old non-aligned curriculum as the base. This master???s project will help teachers to bridge the curricular gap in the fractions unit of the third grade math curriculum, Macmillan/McGraw Hill 2008. The project???s supplemental lessons will coincide with the textbook lessons while at the same time aligning with the CCSS.\ud This project includes written lesson plans that can be easily implemented by third grade teachers in my district and will assist them to be teaching based upon the new CCSS. Using the current third grade curriculum alongside the Common Core State Standards (National Governor???s Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers [NGA & CCSSO], 2010) as well as other fractions resources, I developed supplemental fractions lessons that any teacher could use. In addition to the detailed lessons themselves, the project contains all instructional materials including student in-class worksheets and suggested assessments.Education (Curriculum and Instruction