• Ten Chapters
–Each chapter follows this format:
• Chapter Problem
• Get Ready
• Three-Part Lesson
• Chapter Review
• Practice Test
• Cumulative reviews after 3 chapters
–At end of chapters 3,6, and 9
• Glossary
–Definitions of mathematical terms used in the book

Outcomes for the chapter are at the beginning of each chapter.

Each chapter begins with a chapter problem that connects math to the students’ world.

Ideas from the chapter problem recur in the Check Your
Understanding sections throughout the chapter and concludes at the end of the
Practice Test.

“Get Ready” is a brief review of the skills that are important for the students to understand before beginning the new chapter.

– Discover the Math
– Examples and Solutions
– Communicate the Key Ideas
– Check Your Understanding
Investigate
Guide Instruct
Reflect
Practice

• These activities are designed to help students build their own understanding of the math.
• They may be done
– individually
– in small groups
– together as a class
– as teacher-led instruction

• Worked solutions to examples show students step-by-step methods to solve the problems.

• This is the chance for students to write and talk about the concepts from the first part of the lesson (DTM).
• Here students and teachers can assess the students’ understanding of the concepts.

In the “Check Your Understanding” section, there are a variety of questions that require different levels of understanding.
• Straightforward Questions
• Application Questions
• Assessment Questions
• Extend Questions

Assessment
Straightforward question
Application
Extension

Chapter 1 – Number Sense
Chapter 2 – Fractions and Decimals
Chapter 3 – Percent
Chapter 4 – Probability
Chapter 5 – Integers
Chapter 6 – Data Management
Chapter 7 – Geometry of Polygons and Polyhedra
Chapter 8 – Patterns
Chapter 9 – Equations and Relations
Chapter 10 – Geometric Thinking

Chapter 1 – Squares, Square Roots, and Polygons
Chapter 2 – Fractions Operations
Chapter 3 – Geometry I
Chapter 4 – Ratio and Proportion
Chapter 5 – Data Management and Probability
Chapter 6 – Rational Numbers
Chapter 7 – Algebraic Expressions and Solving Equations
Chapter 8 – Patterns and Relations
Chapter 9 – Geometry II
Chapter 10 – Measurement

Chapter 1 – Number Sense
Chapter 2 – Patterns and Relations
Chapter 3 – Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 4 – Probability
Chapter 5 – Measurement
Chapter 6 – Geometry (new material in development)
Chapter 7 – Polynomials
Chapter 8 – Data Management

Many Nova Scotian teachers were involved in the creation of the 7–9 textbooks.

• Relevant Nova Scotia information and pictures were included in the development of concepts and problems throughout the textbooks.
• Some of the Nova Scotian pictures included in the textbooks are on the next two slides.

The Cape Breton Highlands is a spectacular region of eastern Canada.
Gilbert’s Cove Lighthouse
The Pumpkin Regatta, Windsor, NS

The pink-edged sulphur butterfly can be found in Nova
Scotia in bogs and wooded areas where blueberries grow.
The average wingspan of the butterfly is 3.3 cm.
Halifax Citadel, shown below.
Did You Know?
Marissa Walter hails from Halifax. She is an accomplished athlete who has won gold medals in the provincial sprint meets in the
100-m and 200-m events. In addition to being a great athlete, she is talented academically, musically, and socially.
Margaret MacLean helped to preserve Scottish culture in Nova Scotia by contributing over 45 songs to the
Cape Breton Gaelic Folklore Centre.