Make math matter to students in grades 5 and up using Basic Geometry! This 128-page book leads students from points and lines to angles, two-dimensional shapes, and three-dimensional space figures. All of the included concepts are teacher-tested and illustrated with easy-to-understand diagrams and patterns for three-dimensional figures. Students construct these foldable models. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards and NCTM standards , national, and Canadian provincial standards.
Make math matter to students in grades 5 and up using Basic Geometry! This 128-page book leads students from points and lines to angles, two-dimensional shapes, and three-dimensional space figures. All of the included concepts are teacher-tested and illustrated with easy-to-understand diagrams and patterns for three-dimensional figures. Students construct these foldable models. The book supports NCTM standards and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.
Why are there so many formulas for area and volume, and why do some of them look alike? Why does one quadrilateral have no special name while another has several, like square, rectangle, rhombus, and parallelogram—and why are all these names useful? How much do you know … and how much do you need to know? Helping your students develop a robust understanding of geometry requires that you understand this mathematics deeply. But what does that mean? This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about geometry. It is organized around four big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas—essential understandings. Taking you beyond a simple introduction to geometry, the book will broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students—and teachers. It will help you engage your students, anticipate their perplexities, avoid pitfalls, and dispel misconceptions. You will also learn to develop appropriate tasks, techniques, and tools for assessing students’ understanding of the topic.
Hailed as a classic in its field, "Skills for Success" offers practical common-sense guidelines for getting ahead in all kinds of careers--from sales to entertainment, from engineering to the law. Expert career coach and management consultant Scheele offers fresh ideas and techniques readers can put to use right away.
Skill Builders are great tools for keeping children current during the school year or preparing them for the next grade level. A variety of fun and challenging activities provides students with practice and helps introduce basic skills to new learners. This full-color workbook contains appropriate passages and exercises based on national standards for sixth through eighth grade to help ensure that children master geometry math skills before progressing. Skill Builders combines entertaining and interactive activities with eye-catching graphics to make learning and reviewing fun and effective. The compact 6" x 9" size makes this book perfect for school, at home, or on the go. It features 80 perforated, reproducible pages and an answer key.
Learn about the specialized pedagogical content knowledge you need to teach geometry effectively in grades 6-8. The authors demonstrate how to use this multifaceted knowledge to address the big ideas and essential understandings that students must develop for success with geometry-not only in their current work, but also in higher-level mathematics and a myriad of real-world contexts.
With the help of Spectrum Algebra for grades 6 to 8, your child develops problem-solving math skills they can build on. This standards-based workbook focuses on middle school algebra concepts like equalities, inequalities, factors, fractions, proportions, functions, and more. Middle school is known for its challenges—let Spectrum ease some stress. Developed by education experts, the Spectrum Middle School Math series strengthens the important home-to-school connection and prepares children for math success. Filled with easy instructions and rigorous practice, Spectrum Algebra helps children soar in a standards-based classroom!
Kumon Middle School Math workbooks provide an introduction to math subjects with explanations of topics, definitions of terms, and practice problems designed to improve your childs math skills. Using Kumons step-by-step method your child will advance through algebra and geometry concepts without feeling frustrated or overwhelmed when faced with new problems. These workbooks will help your child develop confidence in his or her math abilities.
With the help of Spectrum Geometry(R) for grades 6 to 8, children develop problem-solving math skills they can build on. This standards-based workbook focuses on middle school geometry concepts like points, lines, rays, angles, triangles, polygons, circles, perimeter, area, and more. --Middle school is known for its challengesÑlet Spectrum(R) ease some stress. Developed by education experts, the Spectrum Middle School Math series strengthens the important home-to-school connection and prepares children for math success. Filled with easy instructions and rigorous practice, Spectrum Geometry helps children soar in a standards-based classroom!
Why does it matter whether we state definitions carefully when we all know what particular geometric figures look like? What does it mean to say that a reflection is a transformation—a function? How does the study of transformations and matrices in high school connect with later work with vector spaces in linear algebra? How much do you know… and how much do you need to know? Helping your students develop a robust understanding of geometry requires that you understand this mathematics deeply. But what does that mean? This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about geometry. It is organised around four big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas—essential understandings. Taking you beyond a simple introduction to geometry, the book will broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students—and teachers. It will help you engage your students, anticipate their perplexities, avoid pitfalls, and dispel misconceptions. You will also learn to develop appropriate tasks, techniques, and tools for assessing students’ understanding of the topic. Focus on the ideas that you need to understand thoroughly to teach confidently. Move beyond the mathematics you expect your students to learn. Students who fail to get a solid grounding in pivotal concepts struggle in subsequent work in mathematics and related disciplines. By bringing a deeper understanding to your teaching, you can help students who don’t get it the first time by presenting the mathematics in multiple ways. The Essential Understanding Series addresses topics in school mathematics that are critical to the mathematical development of students but are often difficult to teach. Each book in the series gives an overview of the topic, highlights the differences between what teachers and students need to know, examines the big ideas and related essential understandings, reconsiders the ideas presented in light of connections with other mathematical ideas, and includes questions for readers’ reflection.
