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About Patty Paper Geometry
Product Description Written by Michael Serra, the best selling author of Discovering Geometry, Patty Paper Geometry contains 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. Use Patty Paper Geometry as a supplement to your geometry program or even as a major course of study. Author: Michael Serra, Pages: 262, paperback, Publisher: Playing It Smart, ISBN: 978-1559530723 From the Author Using Patty Paper Geometry the students in my class were successful from the start. Discovering the four different points of concurrency in triangles was the first set of investigations my students performed with patty papers, and the list of discoveries quickly grew. Soon they were doing more than paper folding. They were using second sheets of patty papers to check congruence of segments, angles, and polygons. They were able to transfer distances just as if they were using a compass, and they used the right angled corners to quickly check for right angles or locate perpendicular distances. Everything I needed for a full year of geometric discoveries was right there in a box of patty papers! Cooperative learning is the most effective mode of classroom instruction for doing investigations in Patty Paper Geometry . The best group structure for Patty Paper Geometry is pair-share . In pair-share, students who ordinarily work in groups of four break into two pairs. One student in each pair reads the instructions to their partner while the partner does the folding. The pair compares its results with the results of the other pair in the group. The group then makes its conjecture. For the next investigation, both the pairs and the roles switch. This cooperative group structure will help you get all your students involved in sharing the excitement of discovery learning. A separate student workbook is available that contains the open investigations and most of the exercise sets. Caution: Patty Paper Geometry is addictive! From the Back Cover What Do Hamburgers Have to Do with Geometry? Nothing, but the translucent squares of paper used by restaurants to separate hamburger patties have a LOT to do with it! Best -selling author Michael Serra , brings discovery through paper-folding activities to the classroom with his exciting book Patty Paper Geometry. Patty paper is perfect for geometric investigations. You can write on the paper, trace, and see creases when you fold it. It's a great way to explore geometry from a hands-on, tactile approach. Patty Paper Geometry includes dozens of activities that foster cooperative learning, increase students' geometric vocabulary, and motivate kids to read, write, and talk about geometry. This blackline master book, contains 12 chapters of open and guided investigations. Open investigations encourage students to explore their own methods of discovery, and guided investigations provide more direction to students or can be used as a teacher's guide. Each chapter includes exercise sets, providing constant review. A separate 82 page student workbook is available, containing most of the open investigations as well as some exercise sets. About the Author Michael Serra has taught mathematics in San Francisco public schools for over forty years. Michael continues to serve as a master teacher and mentor to other teachers. He officially retired from teaching high school in 2001 and now does professional development workshops with school districts and math conferences throughout the world. He currently volunteers at an elementary school. Michael often says working with the fifth grade class is the "highlight of his week." During his teaching career Michael wrote his own curriculum to teach geometry using familiar objects like patty paper, tennis ball cans, and string. This classroom material eventually became the innovative textbook "Discovering Geometry"
