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Connected Mathematics Series** 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
 * Covering and Surrounding
 * Data Around Us
 * Variables and Patterns
 * Stretching and Shrinking
 * Comparing and Scaling
 * Accentuate the Negative
 * Moving Straight Ahead
 * What Do You Expect?
 * Clever Counting

Glencoe Mathematics Applications and Concepts, Course 2
//Teaching Mathematics with Manipulatives// (I have noted resources I like for chapter 2)

Other Resource Books
___. //The Daily Spark Critical Thinking.// Spark Publishing, New York, 2004. ISBN: 1-4114-0220-0

Akers, Joan et al. //Name That Portion//. Dale Seymour Publications, White Plains, NY, 1998. ISBN 1-57232-798-7

Aten, Jerry. //Math for the Real World//, Instructional Fair, Grand Rapids, MI, 1997. ISBN: 1-56822-432-X

Burns, Marilyn and Cathy Humphreys. //A Collection of Math Lessons From Grades 6 through 8.// Math Solutions Publications, Sausalito, CA, 2001. ISBN 0-941355-03-9


 * 1) A Logical Reasoning Activity
 * 2) Introducing Algebra
 * 3) Patterns and Functions
 * 4) Probability Investigations
 * 5) Activities with Ratio, Proportion, and Fractions
 * 6) Measuring Angles
 * 7) Finding the Area of a Circle
 * 8) Lessons on Percents

Johnson, Drew and Cynthia Johnson. //Teamwork Test Prep.// Carson-Dellosa Publishing, Greensboro, NC, 2004. ISBN: 0-88724-273-1

Parke, Carol, et al. //Using Assessment to Improve Middle-Grades Mathematics Teaching and Learning.// NCTM, Reston, VA, 2003. ISBN: 0-87353-522-7

Stulgis-Blalock, Joyce A. //Math Projects For Students in Grades 5 through 8,// Mark Twain Media, 2003. ISBN: 1-58037-243-0

Books I want to purchase
//Technology-Supported Mathematics Learning Environment: Sixty-Seventh Yearbook and CD// William J. Masalski and Portia C. Elliot, eds. 2005. $63.95. NCTM

//Teaching Fractions and Ratios for Understanding// Good ratios and proportions information ISBN: 0-8058-2940-7