Patty Paper Geometry [Paperback]

Michael Serra (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994

Patty Paper Geometry Teacher s Guide is a blackline-master book, containing 12 chapters of guided and open investigations. Open investigations encourage students to explore their own methods of discovery, and guided investigations provide more direction to students. A separate student workbook is also available, containing all of the open investigations as well as some exercise sets. Use Patty Paper Geometry as a supplement to your geometry program or even as a major course of study.Author: Michael SerraPages: 262, paperbackPublisher: Key Curriculum PressISBN: 1559530723

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: Key Curriculum Press; 1 edition (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559530723
• ISBN-13: 978-1559530729
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #506,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Explorations, April 26, 2003

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John Kyle Freeman (McAllen, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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This book is excellent if you are looking into teaching or learning geometry from a discovery based approach. I am a first year geometry teacher and picked this book up at the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. It includes an incredible unit on fractals; I'm going to go buy some tracing paper right now to try it out.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Math Teachers gives this "Two Thumbs Up!", August 10, 2007

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K. Franett "Real Math Teacher" (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews
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This is an exceptional book that really gets kids interested in the geometric relationships and properties AND ALLOWS STUDENTS TO DISCOVER... After working with this book for a few lessons on Angle Properties, students begged to "do patty paper!" for every geometry lesson.

Very do-able for teachers who have never used patty paper.

Comes with great worksheets that corresponded well with my curriculum.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Geometry class support materials, September 12, 2009

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A. K. Gomez (California) - See all my reviews
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I really like the text "Discovering Geometry" by the same author, but the district didn't re-adopt his book. This paperback book has a lot of great activities for the geometry classroom that are easy for a new teacher to use no matter what text the district adopts. Also, there are puzzle-type figures in each section that are terrific for review.