Variables

and Patterns

3.5 – 4 weeks (timeline

in book works, add days for additional assessment)

Inv 5 – only if time

Collecting/analyzing data

Creating and analyzing patterns in tables and

graphs

Linear relationships – analyze, write expressions and equations

Extensions

Choice of homework

Substitutions (using ACE)

Algebraic thinking/Q strategies

Inequalities, 2 step, distribute property

Stretching

and Shrinking

Inv 1 – Rubberbands? Demo, use ruler

Inv 2 – 3 days

Use 2.1 summary as

launch for 2.2

Inv 3 - 3 days

Each person cuts out one

Share within group

(Shape set)

Inv 4/6 done in stations –

1 week (6 could be demo)

Inv 5 – 2 days, skip 5.3

Scale factor

Identify and construct similar figures

How changes in dimension effect changes in area

Intro to translations

Art connections

Technology

Stations

Algebraic representation of transformation rules

Comparing

and Scaling

Prob 4.1 opener

May skip Inv 6 – use for extensions

Rest of timeline matches book

Scaling

Proportions

Ratios

Percents

Estimation strategies

Algebra extensions

Need: fractions, decimals, percents

Small groups – skill work

Filling and Wrapping

4 – 5 weeks

1.1 Follow-up may

want to skip

Inv 2.2, 2.1 takes time

to build charts (they

look short)

Inv 3 takes possibly

more than one day per investigation

Inv 4.1 fast after 3.3 “fancy boxes”

Inv 4.2 you may need to review area of circles (takes some time)

STOP after Inv 4 !

Surface area, volume, flat patterns for rectangular prisms and cylinders

Opportunity to look again

at areas of rectangles, circles, perimeter and circumference

3” x 8.5” great for fancy boxes in Inv 3.3

What Do

You Expect?

3 weeks

Inv 1 – 1 day each (lots of ACE), devote a lot of time

to launch!

Inv 2.1, 2.2 could be done

on same day, but there's a

lot of ACE in Inv 2

Inv 1-4 important for the GLE's

Inv 5.6 also good investigations!

Interpreting experimental and theoretical probabilities

Area models

Counting trees

Carnival games

Computer game Treasure Hunt

Moving Straight Ahead