Standards Included: 8.6C, 8.7C and 8.7D This Pythagorean theorem unit will help students master the skills of using the Pythagorean theorem to solve real-world and mathematical problems, using the Pythagorean converse to identify right triangles, using the Pythagorean theorem to find distances on a coordinate plane and using models to explain and illustrate the Pythagorean ...
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Angle Relationships
Standards Included: 8.8A, 8.8C and 8.8D This angle relationships unit will help students establish facts regarding certain angle relationships as well as using those angle relationships to find missing pieces of information. Angle relationships in this unit will include angles formed by parallel lines and transversals, interior angles of triangles, exterior angles of triangles ...
Teacher To-Do List: Summer 2018 Edition
Summer is mere weeks away, and I know that the countdowns have already begun. This time last year*, I would wake up and think to myself, “Only 2 more Mondays left...10 school days... 7 instruction days...” You name it; I was counting it down. My summers are shorter than the typical schools’ summers, so I want to make the absolute most of every day. And, in typical teacher fashion, I ...
5 Ideas for Teacher Organization
As teachers, we are always looking for new and better ways to do things. I think it’s part of our nature. I remember in my first year teaching, I bought those office trays that I used for students to collect and turn in papers. The trouble was that the papers would get crammed in there, some would fall out, and oftentimes, students would slip them in the wrong tray! The next ...
Extension Ideas for Early Finishers
Even when working with a 50-minute class period, there will be times when students complete their work quickly and need something “to do” for the last few minutes of class. If you have a longer class period, then likely this happens more frequently, and it’s something to be prepared for. If not, then you will end up saying something like, “Work on something quietly at your desk.” ...
Linear Relationships
Standards Included: 8.4A, 8.4B, 8.4C, 8.5A, 8.5B, 8.5E, 8.5F, 8.5G, 8.5H, 8.5I, and 8.9A This linear relationships unit will help students master the skills of identifying functional relationships, finding slope and rate of change, writing equations in slope-intercept form, representing proportional and non-proportional linear relationships, and solving problems involving ...
Linear Equations
Standards Included: 8.8A, 8.8B and 8.8C This linear equations unit will help students master the skills of writing and solving equations as well as writing inequalities. Students will work with inequalities and equations with variables on both sides as well as rational number coefficients. Unit Overview Outlines the big ideas covered in the unit as well as essential ...
Real Number System
Standards Included: 8.2A, 8.2B, 8.2C and 8.2D This real number system unit will help students master the skills of evaluating and estimating square roots, identifying rational and irrational numbers, classifying real number values, comparing and ordering real numbers and converting between scientific and standard notation. Unit Overview Outlines the big ideas covered in ...
Personal Financial Literacy
Standards Included: 7.13A, 7.13B, 7.13C, 7.13D, 7.13E and 7.13F This personal financial literacy unit will help students master the skills of calculating sales and income tax, calculating the percentage a category comprises of the total budget, creating an assets and liabilities record, constructing a net worth statement, determining a minimum household budget, calculating simple ...
Data and Statistics
Standards Included: 7.6G, 7.12A, 7.12B and 7.12C This data and statistics unit will help students master the skills of comparing two populations based on data, making inferences based on a random sample, comparing two groups of numeric data, and solving problems using data represented in bar graphs, dot plots, and circle graphs. UNIT OVERVIEW Outlines the big ideas ...