Product Description
by Immanda Bellm (Author)
Coordinate Graph Art: Student Edition is a companion book to Coordinate Graph Art for Grades 6-8. The time is long past due to put some metaphorical training wheels on the Cartesian Coordinate Plane. The vast majority of related publications jump from 1-quadrant to 4-quadrant graphing before many students are ready for it. This book will help your students master graphing skills at their own pace, adding the negative quadrants gradually, before working up to and beyond 4-quadrant mastery. In addition to 25 unique graph art puzzles, each section of this book contains instructional modules, vocabulary, and practice pages with keys. Bonus sections are also included on transformations in the coordinate plane. This book is written by a practicing teacher, in teen-friendly language, while building the foundation of a sound mathematical vocabulary. Students will be inspired to create, explore, and challenge themselves in a way they have never done before. Individual learners will be able to work at their own pace and will have immediate feedback on their performance based on the quality of the picture produced.
Author Biography
Immanda Bellm has previously authored Coordinate Graph Art and Advanced Coordinate Graph Art for Grades 6-8 and runs the "Zombie Math Teacher" eduBlog on blogger.com. She currently works as a technology integration coordinator in Waconia, MN; a small suburban school district west of the Twin Cities. She completed her Masters degree in Elementary Education, with a Mathematics specialty in grades 5-8, through the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus. She also holds a certificate of Learning Technologies from Pacific Lutheran University. She has previously taught at the middle school level in the areas of Spanish, Math Essentials and Algebra 1. Current interests include Differentiated Instruction, Content-Based Bilingual Education, technology applications in the classroom, and discovering appropriate challenges for Gifted & Talented students. Immanda lives in rural Minnesota with her husband and two young boys, where she enjoys reading, running, watching cooking & design competitions, and attempting to cook and design for her own household.
