2014-2015 MATH Instructional Curriculum Plan
Grade: 6-8
Jan. 5 – Jan. 15
Unit 5: Polygons
Geometry Standards
Weeks of:
April 27 – May 15
Geometry Access Points
MAFS.6.G.1.1 Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into
rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world
and mathematical problems. (45)
MAFS.5.G.1.AP.1a Locate the x- and y-axis on a coordinate plane.
MAFS.5.G.1.AP.1b Locate points on a coordinate plane.
MAFS.6.G.1.3 Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the
length of a side joining points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in
the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.(45)
MAFS.6.SP.1.AP.3a Solve for mean of a given data set using whole numbers.
MAFS.6.SP.1.AP.3b Explain or identify what the mean represents in a set of data.
MAFS.7.G.1.1 Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and
areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.(49)
MAFS.7.G.1.AP.1a Draw pairs of proportional polygons on graph paper.
MAFS.7.G.1.AP.1b Draw a scale drawing of a real-world two-dimensional polygon on graph paper.
MAFS.7.G.1.2 Draw (freehand, with ruler and protractor and with technology) geometric shapes with given conditions.
Focus on constructing triangles from three measures of angles or sides, noticing when the conditions determine a
unique triangle, more than one triangle or no triangle.
MAFS.7.G.2.5 Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in a multi-step problem to
write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure. (50)
MAFS.8.G.1.1 Verify experimentally the properties of rotations, reflections and translations:
a. Lines are taken to lines, and line segments to line segments of the same length.
b. Angles are taken to angles of the same measure.
c. Parallel lines are taken to parallel lines.
MAFS.8.G.1.2 Understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the
first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that
exhibits the congruence between them.(55)
MAFS.8.G.1.3 Describe the effect of dilations, translations, rotations and reflections on two-dimensional figures using
coordinates.
MAFS.8.G.1.5 Use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, about the
angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal and the angle-angle criterion for similarity of triangles.
MAFS.7.G.1AP.2.a – construct or draw figures using properties.
MAFS.7.G.2.AP.5a Given equal fractional parts of a circle (up to 8), find the measure of a central
angle.
MAFS.7.G.2.AP.5b Find the measure of a missing angle inside a triangle.
MAFS.7.G.2.AP.5c Find the measure of a missing angle in a linear pair.
MAFS.7.G.2.AP.5d Identify vertical angles using visual models and find their measures.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.1a Perform rotations, reflections, and translations using pattern blocks.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.1b Draw rotations, reflections, and translations of polygons
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.2a Demonstrate that two-dimensional polygons that are rotated, reflected, or
translated are still congruent using area, perimeter, and length of sides on a coordinate plane.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.3a Dilate common polygons using graph paper and identifying the coordinates of
the vertices.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.3b Given two figures on a coordinate plane, identify if the image is dilated,
translated, rotated, or reflected.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.5a Use angle relationships to find the value of a missing angle.
2014-2015 MATH Instructional Curriculum Plan
Grade: 6-8
Unit 5: Polygons
Weeks of:
Jan. 5 – Jan. 15
April 27 – May 15
MAFS.8.G.2.6 Explain a proof of the Pythagorean theorem and its converse.
MAFS.8.G.2.AP.6a Measure the lengths of the sides of multiple right triangles to determine a
relationship.
MAFS.8.G.2.7 Apply the Pythagorean theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and
mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.
MAFS.8.G.2.AP.7a Find the hypotenuse of a two-dimensional right triangle using the Pythagorean
theorem.
MAFS.8.G.2.8 Apply the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system.
MAFS.8.G.2.AP.8a Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine lengths/distances between two
points in a coordinate system by forming right triangles.
MAFS.8.G.1.4 Understand that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the second can be obtained from the
first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations; given two similar two dimensional figures,
describe a sequence that exhibits the similarity between them.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.4a Recognize congruent and similar figures.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.4b Identify two-dimensional figures as similar or congruent given coordinate plane
representations.
MAFS.8.G.1.AP.4c Compare area and volume of similar figures.