How much Geometry is there in CMP? How well does CMP prepare my child for High School Geometry?
^ Back to Top ^ Two Units per grade level (6 out of a total of 24 units in 3 grade levels) are primarily Geometry/ Measurement. Geometric ideas are connected and reviewed in all other units. See Content by Strand on this website for a list of topics and goals. The CMP authors were influenced by research from Mathematics Education indicating a shift from a focus on shape and form to the related ideas of congruence, similarity, and symmetry transformations. A traditional high school Geometry class will spend a semester on shape and measurement, two topics thoroughly explored in CMP, and a semester on Proof. All CMP units require students to reason and communicate their reasoning. In CMP Geometry units students are asked to reason about ideas which are part of the high school curriculum, such as similarity and congruence. At first the reasoning will be informal, but as students mature both their ability to reason and their ability to communicate their reasoning develops.
