CMP Textbook
"Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way."
- John Wooden, Coaching Legend
For my standard 8th grade mathematics classes, I use the Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) 3 curriculum written by Lappan, Phillips,
Fey, and Friel. The CMP curriculum was developed at Michigan State University and "is a problem-centered curriculum promoting an
inquiry-based teaching-learning classroom environment. Mathematical ideas are identified and embedded in a sequenced set of tasks and
explored in depth to allow students to develop rich mathematical understandings and meaningful skills. The Common Core State Standards
for Mathematics (CCSSM) and the Standards for Mathematical Practice are embedded within each problem" (https://connectedmath.msu.edu/).
The CMP curriculum is sub-divided into several units. Students will have access to a student workbook in class. However, due to the limited
number of workbooks that UMS has, students are not permitted to take the workbooks home. I have provided .pdf files of pages from the
student workbook in the middle column of this webpage. I have also provided .pdf files of any corresponding labsheets or worksheets students
may receive from me in class in the right column of this webpage. As a general rule of thumb, the numbers of problems and labsheets usually correspond, unless otherwise noted.
Connected Mathematics 3
Looking for Pythagoras:
The Pythagorean Theorem
Student Workbook Pages
Chapter 1, Coordinate Grids
Problem 1.1, Driving Around Euclid (Locating Points and Finding Distances)
Problem 1.2, Planning Parks (Shapes on a Coordinate Grid)
Chapter 2, Squaring Off
Problem 2.1, Looking for Squares
Problem 2.3, Using Squares to Find Lengths
Chapter 3, The Pythagorean Theorem
Problem 3.1, Discovering the Pythagorean Theorem
Problem 3.3, Finding Distances
Problem 3.4, Measuring the Egyptian Way (Lengths that Form a Right Triangle)
Connected Mathematics 3
Looking for Pythagoras:
The Pythagorean Theorem
Labsheets and Worksheets
Chapter 1, Coordinate Grids
Labsheet 1.3, Irregular Figures
Investigation 1, Application Questions #1-25
Chapter 2, Squaring Off
Labsheet 2.3A, Enclosed 5x5 Dot Grids
Labsheet 2.3B, Figures on a Dot Grid
Chapter 3, The Pythagorean Theorem
Labsheet 3.1, Discovering the Pythagorean Theorem
Labsheet 3.3, Points on a Grid
Labsheet 3.4A, Pythagorean Triples