COREHANDBOOK

for K-12

A quick guide to help

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with the Common Core Standards.

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Moving to Common Core StandardsThis booklet has been designed as a resource for parents,

out-of-school education providers, and volunteers. While not comprehensive, it is intended to give a broad overview of what’s

expected of students by the end of each grade level.

This year, all Illinois schools will be using Common Core Standards. Common Core has been adopted by 45 states

so far and gives parents and teachers a clear understanding of what skills children need in each grade level. These standards also help develop critical thinking skills that

help children prepare for college and careers.

Included in this booklet are the skills that students and teachers will be working on together during each grade level.

Kindergarten 1st Grade

• Knownumberorderandhowtocount.

• Comparenumbers.• Understandadditionandsubtraction.

• Workwithnumbers11–19tounderstandplacevalue.

• Putobjectsintocategories,andcountthem.

• Identify,compare,andcreateshapes.

• Rememberkeydetailsfromastorywithhelp.

• Withprompting,showtheauthorofastoryorbook.

• Compareonestorytoanotherwithassistance.

• Askaboutunfamiliarwordsinatext.

• Recognizerhymingwords.• Readcommonwordsbysight,likethe,is,andat.

• Showandsolveproblemswithadditionandsubtraction.

• Abletocountto120,startingwithanynumber.

• Abletoshowplacevaluewithtens(10,20,30,etc.).

• Understandtheideaofinchesandcentimeters.

• Tellandwritetime.• Abletodivideshapesintohalves,quarters,orfourths.

• Understandtheoverallmessageinastoryorbook.

• Useillustrationsinastorytodescribeitscharacters,setting,orevents.

• Describeconnectionsbetweentwopeople,events,orideasinatext.

• Understandlongandshortvowelsounds.

• Participateinsharedresearchandwritingprojects.

• Adddrawingsorothervisualdisplaystodescriptions.

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2nd Grade 3rd Grade

• Abletoworkonone-ortwo-stepwordproblems.

• Workwithequalgroupsofobjectstobeginfoundationsofmultiplication.

• Addupto4two-digitnumbers.• Estimatelengthsininches,centimeters,feet,ormeters.

• Solvewordproblemswithmoney.

• Drawmoredifficultshapes,suchaspentagonsandhexagons.

• Recallstorieswiththeirmainideas.

• Describetheconnectionbetweenaseriesofevents.

• Abletoshowhowspecificideassupportthemainpointofastory.

• Readgrade-leveltextaccuratelyoutloud.

• Writeonaspecifictopicandedithis/herwork.

• Showandsolveproblemswithmultiplicationanddivision.

• Multiplyanddividewithin100.• Roundnumberstothenearest1or10,usingdecimals.

• Developanunderstandingoffractions.

• Understandtheconceptof“area”withinashape.

• Understandperimeter.• Showfractionsthroughshapes.

• Askandanswerquestionsbasedonatext.

• Abletotellhis/herpoint-of-viewfromtheauthor’sinatext.

• Recallkeyideasfromastory.• Usesearchtoolstolocaterelevantinformation.

• Abletousemulti-syllablewords.

• Readgrade-levelmaterialwithpurpose.

• Usecontexttodeterminewordsanddefinitions.

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4th Grade 5th Grade

• Comparelargenumberswith<(lessthan),>(greaterthan),and=(equal).

• Multiplyupto4-digitnumbersby1-digitnumbers.

• Understandrelationshipbetweenfractionsanddecimals.

• Solvewordproblemswithmeasurementsinvolvingareaorliquid.

• Begintounderstandanglesandtheirdegrees,suchasa90degreeangle.

• Describeacharacter,event,orideaindetailfromatext.

• Compareandcontrastpartsoftexts,suchasthemesandevents.

• Useseveraltypesofvisualinformation,suchasgraphsandanimations.

• Usetwosourcesofinformationtowriteorspeakaboutatopic.

• Givereportsonspecifictopics.• Participateingroupprojects.

• Understandhowtousebrackets,braces,orparenthesesinmathproblems.

• Abletousenumberswithdecimalplacestothehundredths,suchas312.54.

• Usefractionswithunlikedenominators,like1/4and5/8.

• Abletoconvertmeasurementswithinasystem,suchasfeetintoinches.

• Understandtheconceptofvolume.

• Graphpointsonacoordinateplane.

• Explainhowaseriesofeventsandchaptersmakeupastory.

• Analyzemultiplepoints-of-viewofthesameevent.

• Drawinformationfrommultiplesourcestoquicklyfindanswers.

• Abletowriteopinionpapersontextsorevents.

• Useseveralnarrativetechniquesinwriting,suchasdialogueanddescription.

• Summarizeatextaloud.

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6th Grade 7th Grade

• Useratiostocompareobjects.• Findcommonfactorsandmultiplesofnumbers.

• Understandthatrationalnumbersarepointsonanumberline.

• Workwithproblemsthatuseletterstorepresentnumbers.

• Abletofindtheareaofdifferentshapes.

• Begintounderstandstatisticsanddistribution.

• Explainhowanauthordevelopsapoint-of-view.

• Understandthedifferencesingenres,suchasmysteryorhistoricalfiction.

• Evaluatetheargumentsandclaimsinatextforsupport.

• Findanduseevidencetosupportanalysisandresearch.

• Usemultimediacomponentstoclarifyideas.

• Askandrespondtoquestionswithdetails.

• Applypropertiesofoperationsasstrategiestomultiplyanddividenumbers.

• Identifytheunitrateintables,graphs,andequationsinproportionalrelationships.

• Understandsubtractionofrationalnumbersasaddingtheadditiveinverse.(Example:p–q=p+(–q).)

• Understandthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetween2-dimensionaland3-dimensionalshapes.

• Knowtheformulasfortheareaandcircumferenceofacircle,andusethemtosolveproblems.

• Compareandcontrastawrittenstory,drama,orpoemtoitsaudioorfilmedversion.

• Evaluateanargument,andassessifevidenceisabletosupportit.

• Conductshortresearchprojectstoansweraquestion,drawingonseveralsources.

• Usewords,phrases,anddetailstoconveyexperiences.

• Acknowledgenewinformationandmodifytheirownviewsasneeded.

• Abletouseresourcestofindthepronunciationofawordoritsdefinition.

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8th Grade

• Usecoordinatestodescribechangessuchasdilatations,rotations,andreflectiononanobject.

• Understandthatafunctionisarulethatassignstoeachinputexactlyoneoutput.

• Investigatepatternsindatawithtwovariables,includingclustering,outliers,andlinearassociation.

• ExplainaproofofthePythagoreanTheoremanditsopposite.

• Usenumbersexpressedintheformofasingledigittimesanintegerpowerof10toestimateverylargeorverysmallquantities.(Example:123)

• Analyzeastoryfocusingonaction,characters,anddecision-making.

• Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext.

• Determineacentralideaofatextandprovideasummary.

• Createadocumentthatintroducesatopicclearly,organizesideas,andconcludeswithasummary.

• Posequestionsthatconnectideasfromseveralsources.

• Usepunctuation(comma,ellipsis,dash)toindicateapauseorbreak.

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High School9th-12th Grade

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Number & Quantity• Rewriteexpressionsinvolvingradicalsandrational exponentsusingthepropertiesofexponents.• Useunitsasawaytounderstandproblemsandtoguidethesolutionofmulti-stepproblems.

• Recognizevectorquantitiesashavingbothmagnitudeanddirection.• Solveproblemsinvolvingvelocityandotherquantitiesthatcanberepresentedbyvectors.

Algebra• Interpretthestructureofexpressions.• Writeexpressionsinequivalentformstosolveproblems.• KnowandapplytheRemainderTheorem.• Rewritesimplerationalexpressionsindifferentformsusinginspection,longdivision,oracomputeralgebrasystem.

• Createandgraphequationsoncoordinateaxeswithlabelsandscales.

Functions • Understandthatafunctionfromoneset(calledthedomain)toanotherset(calledtherange)assignstoeachelementofthedomainexactlyoneelementoftherange.

• Calculateandinterprettheaveragerateofchangeofafunction(presentedsymbolicallyorasatable)overaspecifiedinterval.

• Findandexpresstheinverseofagivenfunction.• Recognizesituationsinwhichaquantitygrowsordecaysbyaconstantpercentrateperunitintervalrelativetoanother.

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High School9th-12th Grade

Geometry• Knowprecisedefinitionsofangle,circle,perpendicular line,parallelline,andlinesegment,basedontheundefinednotions ofpoint,line,distancealongaline,anddistancearoundacirculararc.• Abletousethedefinitionofcongruenceintermsofrigidmotionstoshowthattwotrianglesarecongruent.

• Canderivetheequationsofacircle,parabola,ellipse,andhyperbola.• Usevolumeformulasforcylinders,pyramids,cones,andspherestosolveproblems.

Statistics & Probability• Usestatisticsappropriatetotheshapeofthedatadistributionto comparecenter(median,mean)andspread(interquartilerange, standarddeviation)oftwoormoredifferentdatasets.• Interprettheslope(rateofchange)andtheintercept(constantterm) ofalinearmodelinthecontextofthedata.• Recognizeandexplaintheconceptsofconditionalprobabilityandindependenceineverydaylanguageandeverydaysituations.

Speaking & Listening• Abletosummarizepointsofagreementanddisagreement, andqualifyorjustifytheirownviews.• Makeuseofdigitalmediainpresentationstomakeapointandtoaddinterest.• Workwithpeerstopromotepolitediscussionsanddecision-making, setcleargoalsanddeadlines,andestablishindividualrolesasneeded.

Language• Useasemicolontolinktwoormorecloselyrelatedindependentclauses.• Interpretfiguresofspeech(e.g.euphemism,oxymoron)incontext,andanalyzetheirroleinthetext.

• Identifyandcorrectlyusepatternsofwordchangesthatindicatedifferentmeaningsorpartsofspeech(Example:conceive,conception,conceivable).

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English Skills

High School9th-12th Grade

Reading Literature• Citestrongevidencetosupportanalysisofwhata textsaysdirectlyaswellasinferencesdrawnfromthetext.• Analyzehowanauthordrawsonandtransformssourcematerialinaspecificwork.

• Understandthatapoint-of-viewrequiresdistinguishingwhatisdirectlystatedinatextfromwhatisreallymeant(e.g.,satire,sarcasm,irony,orunderstatement).

Reading Informational Text• Determineacentralideaofatext,analyzeitsdevelopmentthroughthetext,andprovideanobjectivesummary.

• Identifyfalsestatementsanddeceptivereasoning.• Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext,includingfigurative,connotative,andtechnicalmeanings.

• Usemultiplesourcesofinformationpresentedindifferentmediaorformatstoaddressaquestionorsolveaproblem.

Writing• Developclaimsandcounterclaims,providingevidence.• Usenarrativetechniques,suchasdialogue,pacing,andreflectiontodevelopexperiences,events,and/orcharacters.

• Gatherrelevantinformationfromreliableprintanddigitalsources,andassessthestrengthsandlimitationsofeachsource.

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Strategies for Success: How Parents Can Assist At Home

English and Literacy Skills• Readmorenon-fiction(likethenewspaperorbiographies)withyour

student.

• Findbooksontopicsofinteresttoyourstudentanddiscusshis/herideas.

• Knowwhatisappropriateforyourstudent’sreadinglevel,andreadmore

challengingtextstogether.

• Useevidenceineverydayconversationtomakeapoint.

• Encourageyourstudenttowritemore.

• Readoftenwithyourstudent,andlethim/herseeyoureading.

Math Skills• Askyourstudent’steacherwhichconceptsarehighpriority,andspend

timeonthem.

• Knowwhatyourstudentisstrugglingwithandlookforsupportonthose

gapskills.

• Knowwhatfactsyourstudentshouldhavememorizedandworkonhelping

themmemorizethem.

• Brushuponthemathyourstudentneedstolearnsoyoucanhelp.

• Engageyourstudentinsolvingeverydaymathproblemswithyou.

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