Advanced Coordinate Graph Art for Grades 6-8: Transformations in the Coordinate Plane

by Immanda Bellm

Overview

Graph Art enthusiasts everywhere will cheer for the second edition of Coordinate Graph Art for Grades 6-8. Whereas the first edition provided a comprehensive study of 4-quadrant graphing, Advanced Coordinate Graph Art for Grades 6-8 quickly accelerates and condenses that learning into a single chapter. Students who have been introduced only briefly to transformations will now achieve mastery in the areas of Translations, Dilations, Rotations and Reflections. The final chapter of multi-step challenges is sure to give even your top students a run for their money. From turns and flips, to stretches and tessellations, this book has it all. Purchasers are granted unlimited copy rights within the teacher's own classroom. Students, parents, and home schooled families who wish to complete the entire cadre of puzzles may also choose to purchase the student version, under the same title, also available on Amazon.com. In addition to 30 unique graph art puzzles, each section of this book contains instructional modules, vocabulary, practice pages, and full-size teacher keys. This book is written by a teacher for teachers; in teen-friendly language, while building the foundation of a sound mathematical vocabulary. Students will be inspired to create, explore, and challenge themselves in a way they have never done before. Teachers will be thrilled at the ease of its use and alignment to Common Core standards. A must-have for all Cartesian Plane enthusiasts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781490478098
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/23/2013
Pages:	98
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Immanda Bellm has previously authored Coordinate Graph Art for Grades 6-8 and runs the "Zombie Math Teacher" eduBlog on blogger.com. She currently works as a technology integration coordinator in Waconia, MN; a small suburban school district west of the Twin Cities. She completed her Masters degree in Elementary Education, with a Mathematics specialty in grades 5-8, through the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus. She also holds a certificate of Learning Technologies from Pacific Lutheran University. She has previously taught at the middle school level in the areas of Spanish, Math Essentials and Algebra 1. Current interests include Differentiated Instruction, Content-Based Bilingual Education, technology applications in the classroom, and discovering appropriate challenges for Gifted & Talented students. Immanda lives in rural Minnesota with her husband and two young boys, where she enjoys reading, running, watching cooking & design competitions, and attempting to cook and design for her own household.