"Unpacking the Standards features focus on important academic vocabulary and offer examples and non-examples to clarify learning goals. Interactive lessons allow you to actively participate and develop a deeper understanding of math concepts. Practice and Problem Solving pages provide opportunities for mathematical modeling as you practice and apply new concepts in real-world contexts. Leveled Performance Tasks and Problem Solving Connections help you pull together math concepts and skills and apply them to real-world situations. Assessment Readiness provides you with opportunities to practice and prepare for your high-stakes test. QR codes make it easy to use your smart phone or tablet to access online resources, including video tutorials, interactive animations, and PARCC assessment readiness practice."--Back cover.

Common Core Mathematics is the most comprehensive Common Core State Standards-based mathematics curriculum available today. The modules are sequenced and paced to support the teaching of mathematics as an unfolding story that follows the logic of mathematics itself. They embody the instructional “shifts” and the standards for mathematical practice that are fundamental to the CCSS. Each module contains a sequence of lessons that combine conceptual understanding, fluency, and application to meet the demands of each topic in the module. Formative assessments are included to support data-driven instruction. The modules are written by teams of master teachers and mathematicians. In Common Core Mathematics, Geometry students explore more complex geometric situations and deepen their explanations of geometric relationships, moving towards formal mathematical arguments. Important differences exist between this Geometry course and the historical approach taken in Geometry classes. For example, transformations are emphasized early in this course. Close attention should be paid to the introductory content for the Geometry conceptual category found in the high school CCSS. The Mathematical Practice Standards apply throughout each course and, together with the content standards, prescribe that students experience mathematics as a coherent, useful, and logical subject that makes use of their ability to make sense of problem situations. Common Core Learning Standards Addressed in Geometry, Module 1: G-CO.1, G-CO.2, G-CO.3, G-CO.4, G-CO.5, G-CO.6, G-CO.7, G-CO.8, G-CO.9, G-CO.10, G-CO.11, G-CO.12, G-CO.13 SEQUENCE OF GEOMETRY MODULES Module 1: Congruence, Proof, and Constructions Module 2: Similarity, Proof, and Trigonometry Module 3: Extending to Three Dimensions Module 4: Connecting Algebra and Geometry through Coordinates Module 5: Circles With and Without Coordinates Common Core (www.commoncore.org) is a non-profit organization formed in 2007 to advocate for a content-rich liberal arts education in America’s K-12 schools. To improve education in America, Common Core creates curriculum materials and also promotes programs, policies, and initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels that provide students with challenging, rigorous instruction in the full range of liberal arts and sciences. Common Core is not affiliated with the Common Core State Standards Initiative. GRADE OVERVIEWS, GUIDANCE ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT COMMON CORE MATHEMATICS, MATH TOOLS, AND MORE, CAN BE FOUND AT www.commoncore.org

Students become mathematical adventurers in these challenging and engaging activities designed to deepen and extend their understanding of concepts from the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they create and manipulate geometric figures, draw and analyze complex designs, and develop and apply measurement strategies to solve challenging real-world and mathematical problems. Each activity comes with extensive support for classroom implementation including learning goals, discussion guides, detailed solutions, and suggestions for extending the investigation. There is also a free supplemental e-book offering strategies for motivation, assessment, parent communication, and suggestions for using the materials in different learning environments. Grades 5-8

Provides a clear explanation of the big shifts happening in the classroom as a result of the Common Core State Standards Offers real examples and detailed analyses of how exemplary teachers are using engaging strategies across the curriculum Includes practical, ready-to-use tools you can take back to your classroom

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with the Mark Twain Interactive Math Notebook: Geometry. This interactive notebook includes 28 lessons in lines and angles, 2D and 3D figures, circles, perimeter, and more. Students are encouraged to be creative, use color, and work with interactive content to gain a greater understanding of the topics covered. This workbook helps students record, store, and organize essential information to serve as resources for review and test prep. The Interactive Math Notebook Series for grades 6 through 8 is designed to allow students to become active participants in their own learning by creating interactive notebooks. Each book lays out an easy-to-follow plan for setting up, creating, and maintaining interactive notebooks for the math classroom. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.