Illinois Created Tools and Resources
Illinois Assessment of Readiness: Mathematics ResourcesThis document contains links to all the resources you need to prepare for the IAR: Math--from logistics to released items.
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Considerations for Implementing the Illinois Learning Standards for MathematicsThe implementation guides for mathematics were created by the Illinois Math Content Specialists to assist educators as they implemented the Common Core Standards for Mathematics when they were first adopted in Illinois. These documents acted as a map for teachers—guiding them on their journey and laying out a clear path to reach full implementation. While we have come a long way since that initial adoption year, these documents can still be used to identify weak points in curriculum, instruction, and assessment and determine steps needed to reach full implementation.
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Illinois Teach & TalkThis website was created by ISBE Math Content Specialists and Illinois Math Educators to provide a deep understanding of specific Content Standards at each grade level in the New Illinois Learning Standards. Information here can be used with any curriculum to enhance classroom instruction and specifically incorporate daily math discussions with higher order thinking questions. Materials are designed for the teacher but incorporate instructional strategies, questions, and tasks to use directly in the classroom. We strived to make this website user-friendly, research-based, and focused on key ideas. Standards were chosen based on information new to the grade, information that had moved significantly from previous grades, new or modified definitions, and strategies explicitly called out in the standards.
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IL 6-12 Math StatsThis website was created through a partnership with the Math Content Specialists and Julia Brenson from Lyons Township High School. The goal of the site is to provide support for educators as they teach the rigorous statistics standards articulated by the ILS for Mathematics.
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Illinois Learning Standards for Mathematics BookletThe Illinois Content Specialists compiled this condensed list of all the Illinois Learning Standards for Mathematics from Kindergarten through High School.. Print the whole document or just the grade level you need. Educators now have a 27 page alternative to the 93 page original.
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Outside Resources that Support the ILS for Mathematics
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Achieve the Core CCSS aligned lessons, professional development, videos, parent resources, and websites. Just enter your position (Teacher/Coach or District/Leader), mathematics, and the grade you teach. Parent resources are located at the bottom of the website once you have entered information. Also located on the achieve the Core website:
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EdReports is a non-profit orgainization that reviews math and ELA curricular materials for their alignment to the CCSS. Thorough reports are published listing the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum so that teachers and districts can make informed decisions as they purchase, adopt, and implement materials.
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Achieve CCSS aligned lessons that have been evaluated using the EQuIP Rubric. Lessons have the EQuIP Rubric Jury Feedback Form available. Curriculum and Assessment Alignment to the CCSS tools can also be found here. CTE Lessons aligned to the CCSS, fact sheets, tools, and FAQ's can all be found on Achieve.
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YouCubed A website from Jo Boaler, a Stanford University Math Specialist, with links for Teachers, Students, Parents and Administrators. This website is growing but will contain research, videos, tasks/lessons, and lots more material.
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Illustrative Mathematics Educator created, CCSS-aligned tasks grouped by Grade or Domain/Conceptual Category. Professional Development information also available.
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Inside Mathematics CCSS-aligned classroom tasks, videos, and tools for mathematics instruction.
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Progression Documents descriptions of the progression of a topic across grade levels, based on the structure of mathematics and on research on cognitive development.
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NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics website. Tools, lessons, games, professional development, conferences and workshops, and much more.
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Common Core Tools A blog by Bill McCallum, a lead authors of the Common Core State Standards. Discussions on CCSSM, links to other resources including the Progression Documents, and virtual professional development.
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The Dana Center has published a Mathematics Common Core Toolbox which includes a sample scope and sequence and curriculum framework documents, tools and instructional material, original PARCC prototypes, and much more.
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Lessons, Tasks, and Activities
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Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers, designed to bring contemporary research and authentic data into the classroom. Data Nuggets include a connection to the scientist behind the data and the true story of their research. Each activity gives students practice working with “messy data” and interpreting quantitative information. Students are guided through the entire process of science, including identifying hypotheses and predictions, visualizing and interpreting data, making evidence based claims, and asking their own questions for future research. Because of their simplicity and flexibility, Data Nuggets can be used throughout the school year and across grades K-16, as students grow in their quantitative abilities and gain confidence. Data Nuggets have the potential to improve the understanding of science in society while engaging and motivating the next generation of scientists and engineers.
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Mathematics Assessment Project Tasks, lessons, assessments, and professional development modules aligned to the CCSS.
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Mathematics Vision Project CCSS-aligned Units and lessons for the Integrated High School Pathway.
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EngageNY Curriculum modules aligned to the CCSS. Consider referring to edreports.org to gather detailed information about each grade level/course.
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Dan Meyer's Blog Discussion on implementation of CCSSM and 3 ACT Tasks.
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Graham Fletcher's website features a blog, 3-Acts Lessons for K-HS, progression videos, and fresh ideas for effectively implementing the CCSS for Mathematics.
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GeoGebra A free interactive software dealing with geometry, graphics, algebra and spreadsheets
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Desmos has a lot to offer including an online Four Function or Scientific Calculator, classroom activities, and training videos/activities. Be sure to check out What's Going on in This Graph?.
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Function Carnival is from Desmos and provides students an opportunity to reason about functions and their graphs using technology. Great activity!
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Get the Math (Thirteen.org) is about algebra in the real world. See how professionals use math in music, fashion, video games, restaurants, basketball, and special effects. Then take on interactive challenges related to those careers. There are 9 challenges on the platform, each have a teacher resource with standards aligned lesson plans. There are great student centered- real world - applications used to bring understanding of the use of algebraic concepts.
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Quadrant Defender is a Tower Defense game that allows users to graph systems of equations and use that information to plan their defenses. This game contains game play elements that require students to engage in budgeting, critical thinking, and situational geometry.
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Common Sense for Common Core is a site published by Scholastic that provides parents with a concise overview of the standards and why they are necessary and how they benefit our students. They also provide parents with news and resources to stay current with educational trends and methods and materials to support their students.
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The Council of the Great City Schools has published these Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core Standards - Mathematics. There is a roadmap for each grade level to help parents understand what and how their students will be learning that school year.
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This page of Mathematics Resources for Parents and Guardians published by the California Department of Education provide information and resources for parents and guardians that explain mathematics instruction used today and provides suggestions for supporting their child's academic success.
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Bedtime Math encourages families to make math a part of their daily routine. Fun problems that will engage the whole family will encourage kids to appreciate the fun and beauty of mathematics.
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Talking Math with Your Kids - a blog full of good ideas for parents who want to talk math with their kids. The blog specifically talks about kids up to age 9.
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