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Your Mathematics Standards Companion, Grades 6-8

What They Mean and How to Teach Them

By: Ruth Harbin Miles, Lois A. Williams

A Joint Publication of Corwin Mathematics and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NCTM Stock Number 15463

This expansion of the popular Common Core Mathematics Companions provides indexes for states implementing state-specific mathematics standards and shows which are the same as CCSS-M, which differ and how.

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Grade Level: 6-8
ISBN: 9781506382258
Published By: Corwin
Series: Corwin Mathematics Series
Year: 2017
Page Count: 336
Publication date: June 23, 2017

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Transforming the standards into learning outcomes just got a lot easier

In this resource, you can see in an instant how teaching to your state standards should look and sound in the classroom. Under the premise that math is math, the authors provide a Cross-Referencing Index for states implementing their own specific mathematics standards, allowing you to see and understand which page number to turn to for standards-based teaching ideas.

It’s all here, page by page:

Get the inside scoop on which standards connect, what key vocabulary means, and time-saving tables showing where to focus instruction for each grade
Write curriculum for: ratios and proportional relationships, the number system, expressions and equations, functions, geometry, and statistics & probability
Use the What to Teach pages to deliver powerful standards-based lessons
Learn effective techniques to create an environment where all students can experience math break-throughs
Incorporate the Standards for Mathematical Practice to improve students’ ability to problem solve, construct viable arguments, use tools strategically, attend to precision, and more
Cross-referenced index listing the standards in the following states, explaining what is unique to the standards of each state

Your Mathematics Standards Companion is your one-stop guide for teaching, planning, assessing, collaborating, and designing powerful mathematics curriculum.

Author(s)

Ruth Harbin Miles

Ruth Harbin Miles coaches rural, suburban, and inner-city school mathematics teachers. Her professional experiences include coordinating the K-12 Mathematics Teaching and Learning Program for the Olathe, Kansas, Public Schools for more than 25 years; teaching mathematics methods courses at Virginia’s Mary Baldwin College; and serving on the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematic, and both the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics. Ruth is a co-author of five Corwin books including A Guide to Mathematics Coaching, A Guide to Mathematics Leadership, Visible Thinking in the K-8 Mathematics Classroom, The Common Core Mathematics Standards, and Realizing Rigor in the Mathematics Classroom. As co-owner of Happy Mountain Learning, Ruth specializes in developing teachers’ content knowledge and strategies for engaging students to achieve high standards in mathematics.

Lois A. Williams

After teaching mathematics in grades K-8 for 20 years, Lois served as the middle school mathematics specialist for the Virginia Department of Education. Here she worked on curriculum and teacher professional learning. She served the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics and was a board member for the local Jefferson Council of Teachers of Mathematics. After receiving her doctorate in curriculum and instruction at The University of Virginia, she began serving as adjunct faculty to Mary Baldwin College and is in her 15^th year working with pre-service teachers. Currently Lois is an International Fellow with the Charles A. Dana Center working with classroom teachers in the Department of Defense Schools helping them implement their College and Career Readiness Standards. Among her recognitions are a Fulbright Teacher Exchange and Virginia Middle School Mathematics Teacher of the Year.

Table of Contents

Indexes Cross-Referencing Your State Standards

Quick Reference Guide

Acknowledgments

Letter to Grades 6–8 Teachers

Letter to Middle School Principals

Introduction

A Brief History of Current State Standards

College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics

Instructional Shifts

Terminology Used in This Book

Effective Teaching Practices

How to Use This Book

Reflection Questions

Part 1. Ratios and Proportional Relationships

Domain Overview

Suggested Materials for This Domain

Key Vocabulary

Grade 6

Cluster A: Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

Sample Planning Page: Ratios and Proportional Relationships, Grade 6, Cluster A

Planning Page

Grade 7

Cluster A: Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

Sample Planning Page: Ratios and Proportional Relationships, Grade 7, Cluster A

Planning Page

Reflection Questions: Ratios and Proportional Relationships

Part 2. The Number System

Domain Overview

Suggested Materials for This Domain

Key Vocabulary

Grade 6

Cluster A: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.

Cluster B: Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

Cluster C: Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Sample Planning Page: The Number System, Grade 6, Cluster C

Planning Pages

Grade 7

Cluster A: Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.

Sample Planning Page: The Number System, Grade 7, Cluster A

Planning Page

Grade 8

Cluster A: Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.

Sample Planning Page: The Number System, Grade 8, Cluster A

Planning Page

Reflection Questions: The Number System

Part 3. Expressions and Equations

Domain Overview

Suggested Materials for This Domain

Key Vocabulary

Grade 6

Cluster A: Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.

Cluster B: Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.

Cluster C: Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.

Sample Planning Page: Expressions and Equations, Grade 6, Cluster C

Planning Pages

Grade 7

Cluster A: Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.

Cluster B: Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.

Sample Planning Page: Expressions and Equations, Grade 7, Cluster A

Planning Pages

Grade 8

Cluster A: Work with radicals and integer exponents.

Cluster B: Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.

Cluster C: Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.

Sample Planning Page: Expressions and Equations, Grade 8, Cluster A

Planning Pages

Reflection Questions: Expressions and Equations

Part 4. Functions

Domain Overview

Suggested Materials for This Domain

Key Vocabulary

Grade 8

Cluster A: Define, evaluate, and compare functions.

Cluster B: Use functions to model relationships between quantities.

Sample Planning Page: Functions, Grade 8, Cluster A

Planning Pages

Reflection Questions: Functions

Part 5. Geometry

Domain Overview

Suggested Materials for This Domain

Key Vocabulary

Grade 6

Cluster A: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

Sample Planning Page: Geometry, Grade 6, Cluster A

Planning Page

Grade 7

Cluster A: Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.

Cluster B: Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.

Sample Planning Page: Geometry, Grade 7, Cluster B

Planning Pages

Grade 8

Cluster A: Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.

Cluster B: Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.

Cluster C: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.

Sample Planning Page: Geometry, Grade 8, Cluster A

Planning Pages

Reflection Questions: Geometry

Part 6. Statistics and Probability

Domain Overview

Suggested Materials for This Domain

Key Vocabulary

Grade 6

Cluster A: Develop understanding of statistical variability.

Cluster B: Summarize and describe distributions.

Sample Planning Page: Statistics and Probability, Grade 6, Cluster B

Planning Pages

Grade 7

Cluster A: Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.

Cluster B: Draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.

Cluster C: Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.

Sample Planning Page: Statistics and Probability, Grade 7, Cluster C

Planning Pages

Grade 8

Cluster A: Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.

Sample Planning Page: Statistics and Probability, Grade 8, Cluster A

Planning Page

Reflection Questions: Statistics and Probability

Resources

Table 1. Standards for Mathematical Practice

Table 2. Effective Teaching Practices

Reproducibles

Reproducible 1. Percent Wheel

Reproducible 2. Frayer Model

Reproducible 3. Net of a Cube

Reproducible 4. Example for MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation)

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About the Authors

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