Middletown Public Schools
Geometry Scope and Sequence
Unit 1 – Transformations and the Coordinate Plan
4 Weeks
September
16 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Standards
Congruence
 Experiment with transformations in the plane.
Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations
 Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically
Unit 2 – Congruence, Proof and Constructions
5 Weeks
October/November
20 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Congruence
 Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions.
 Prove geometric theorems.
Unit 3 – Polygons
4 Weeks
November/December
16 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Congruence
 Prove geometric theorems.
 Make geometric constructions.
Unit 4 – Similarity, Proof and Trigonometry
January/February
20 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry
 Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations.
 Prove theorems involving similarity.
 Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles.
 Apply trigonometry to general triangles.
5 Weeks
Modeling with Geometry
 Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.
Unit 5 – Circles and other Conic Sections
4 Weeks
February/March
16 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Circles
 Understand and apply theorems about circles.
 Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.
Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations
 Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section.
 Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically.
Unit 6 – Extend to Three Dimensions
April/May
16 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Geometric Measurement and Dimension
 Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems.
 Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.
4 Weeks
Modeling with Geometry
 Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations
Unit 7 – Applications of Probability
May/June
3 Weeks
12 instructional days (+3 instructional days, 1 testing)
Statistics and Probability
 Develop understanding of statistical variability.
 Summarize and describe distributions.