Grade 7 - 3rd Nine Weeks

Note: The resources in this document are listed in order of importance from top to bottom. TEXTEAMS activities provide students with an experience that interweaves and encompasses a large number of TEKS. Should you choose another suggested activity in place of TEXTEAMS, be aware that these other activities may expose students to only one of the TEKS indicated, therefore eliminating the multi-faceted, interconnectedness of TEXTEAMS. Many of the additional listed activities provide reinforcement and extension of the concepts.

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Problem Solving
TEKS 7.13B use a problem-solving model that incorporates understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness Draw a picture Guess and check 7.13C select or develop an appropriate problem-solving strategy from a variety of different types, including drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, systematic guessing and checking, acting it out, making a table, working a simpler problem		*Lane County 7,* p. 25 - 30, 5 - 10 *Glencoe 7,* p. 330 - 331, 496 - 497, 408 - 409
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Classify Angles and Shapes
TEKS 7.6A use angle measurements to classify pairs of angles as complementary or supplementary		*Glencoe 7,* p. 362 - 365 *Kamico TAAS Connection Developmental Series,* p. 104 - 115
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Classify Triangles and Quadrilaterals
TEKS 7.6B use properties to classify triangles and quadrilaterals 7.15A make conjectures from patterns or sets of examples and non-examples 7.15B validate conclusions using mathematical properties and relationships		*SBISD Math Frameworks 7/8,* p. G-12 through G-14 Mathematics Standards in the Classroom, p. 120 - 122 *Glencoe 7,* p. 382 - 385
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Graphing on a Coordinate Plane - All Four Quadrants
TEKS 7.7A locate and name points on a coordinate plane using ordered pairs of integers 7.14A communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models		Mathematics Standards in the Classroom, p. 127 - 131 *Kamico TAKS Connection Developmental Series* Book 2, “Battleship”, p. 63 – 66 *Glencoe 7,* p. 191 - 194 Name That Point! Coordinate Plane Detective (includes class notes and homework)
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Graphing Translations
TEKS 7.7A locate and name points on a coordinate plane using ordered pairs of integers 7.7B graph reflections across the horizontal or vertical axis and graph translations on a coordinate plane 7.13D select tools such as real objects, manipulatives, paper/pencil, and technology or techniques such as mental math, estimation, and number sense to solve problems 7.14A communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models 7.15A make conjectures from patterns or sets of examples and non-examples		*TEXTEAMS Geometry:* Translations, p. 160 - 171 Original TEXTEAMS Version Modified version of Activity 5.1 Modified version of Activity 2.1 *Kamico TAKS Connection Developmental Series* Book 2, “Translation Station”, p. 80 – 91 *Glencoe 7,* p. 215 - 217
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Model Squares and Square Roots
TEKS 7.1C represent squares and square roots using geometric models		*Glencoe 7,* p. 410 - 414
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Perimeter and Area of 2-Dimensional Figures Perimeter of all figures Area of triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids
TEKS 7.4A generate formulas involving conversions, perimeter, area, circumference, volume, and scaling 7.4B graph data to demonstrate relationships in familiar concepts such as conversions, perimeter, area, circumference, volume, and scaling 7.4C use words and symbols to describe the relationship between the terms in an arithmetic sequence (with a constant rate of change) and their positions in the sequence 7.7A locate and name points on a coordinate plane using ordered pairs of integers 7.13A identify and apply mathematics to everyday experiences, to activities in and outside of school, with other disciplines, and with other mathematical topics 7.14A communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models 7.15A make conjectures from patterns or sets of examples and non-examples		**TEXTEAMS Algebraic Reasoning:* Stretching Sequences, Activities 1, 2, 3, 4 *TEXTEAMS Geometry:* Investigating Perimeter and Area, Activities 1- 2, p. 336 - 347 Relationships to Count On and Graph II Mathematics Standards in the Classroom, p. 79 - 84 *Lane County 7,* p.199 - 200 *Glencoe 7,* p.28 - 33, 292 - 295, 427 - 431
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Circle Relationships
TEKS 7.3B estimate and find solutions to application problems involving proportional relationships such as similarity, scaling, unit costs, and related measurement units 7.4A generate formulas involving conversions, perimeter, area, circumference, volume, and scaling 7.4B graph data to demonstrate relationships in familiar concepts such as conversions, perimeter, area, circumference, volume, and scaling 7.2D use division to find unit rates and ratios in proportional relationships such as speed, density, price, recipes, and student-teacher ratio 7.7A locate and name points on a coordinate plane using ordered pairs of integers 7.14A communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models 7.14B evaluate the effectiveness of different representations to communicate ideas 7.15A make conjectures from patterns or sets of examples and non-examples 7.15B student is expected to validate his/her conclusions using mathematical properties and relationships		**TEXTEAMS Proportionality:* Pi Anyone? (opportunity to have students measure with rulers) Activities 1 and 2 Use modified Table 3 for Activity 2 *Glencoe 7,* p. 297 - 300, 432 - 435
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Similarity and Similar Figures
TEKS 7.3B estimate and find solutions to application problems involving proportional relationships such as similarity, scaling, unit costs, and related measurement units 7.2F select and use appropriate operations to solve problems and justify the selections 7.4A generate formulas involving conversions, perimeter, area, circumference, volume, and scaling 7.4B graph data to demonstrate relationships in familiar concepts such as conversions, perimeter, area, circumference, volume, and scaling 7.5A use concrete and pictorial models to solve equations and use symbols to record the actions 7.6D use critical attributes to define similarity 7.7A locate and name points on a coordinate plane using ordered pairs of integers 7.9A estimate measurements and solve application problems involving length (including perimeter and circumference) and area of polygons and other shapes 7.13A identify and apply mathematics to everyday experiences, to activities in and outside of school, with other disciplines, and with other mathematical topics 7.13D select tools such as real objects, manipulatives, paper/pencil, and technology or techniques such as mental math, estimation, and number sense to solve problems 7.14A communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models 7.14B evaluate the effectiveness of different representations to communicate ideas 7.15A make conjectures from patterns or sets of examples and non-examples 7.15B validate conclusions using mathematical properties and relationships		*TEXTEAMS Geometry:* Are These Shapes Similar? p. 280 - 285 *Middle Grades Mathematics Project, Similarity and Equivalent Fractions:* Activity 3 **TEXTEAMS Proportionality:* Perplexing Puzzle *Glencoe 7,* p. 376 - 379
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Classify Three Dimensional Figures Review vocabulary for three dimensional figures
TEKS 7.6C use properties to classify three dimensional figures, including pyramids, cones, prisms, and cylinders		*SBISD Math Frameworks 7/8,* p. G-27 through G-28
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Sketching Three Dimensional Figures
TEKS 7.8A sketch three dimensional figures when given the top, side and front views Surface area is explored by drawing nets of a 3-dimensional figure and vice versa (See below) 7.8C use geometric concepts and properties to solve problems in fields such as art and architecture		*Middle Grades Mathematics Project, Spatial Visualization:* Activities 1 - 3 *SBISD Math Frameworks 7/8, Block City,* p. G - 32 *Mathematics Standards in the Classroom,* p. 132 - 134 *Kamico TAKS Connection Developmental Series* Book 2, “Outline Your Views”, p. 95 – 100 *Glencoe 7,* p. 490 - 495
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Nets to Model Surface Area
TEKS 7.8B make a net (two-dimensional model) of the surface area of a three dimensional figure Students are required to recognize the shape of the surface area, but not to compute the surface area		*Mathematics Standards in the Classroom,* p. 135 - 136 *Glencoe 7,* p. 508 - 509 *Kamico TAKS Connection Developmental Series* Book 2, “Solid Selections”, p. 101 – 103 Problem Solving Connection: *How Do You Print A Ribbon On A Box?* .
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Volume of Three Dimensional Figures
TEKS 7.9B connect models for volume of prisms (triangular and rectangular) and cylinders to formulas of prisms (triangular and rectangular) and cylinders 7.9C estimate measurements and solve application problems involving volume of prisms (rectangular and triangular) and cylinders 7.8C use geometric concepts and properties to solve problems in fields such as art and architecture		*Middle Grades Mathematics Project, Mouse and Elephant:* Activity 4 *Lane County 7,* p. 191 - 196 (Volume only) *Glencoe 7,* p. 498 - 506
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