Math Mammoth Geometry 1

by Miller, Taina Maria Author

Math Mammoth Geometry 1 gives the student a thorough view of basic plane geometry. The topics suit best 4th-5th grade mathematics. The emphasis is on learning through drawing. The problems in this book involve lots of drawing. Geometry is a “hands-on” subject, and many children like that. Moreover, drawing is an excellent means of achieving the conceptual understanding that geometry requires. Exercises marked with a notebook symbol are meant to be done in the student's notebook or on blank paper. The study of geometry is also full of strange-sounding words to learn. I encourage you to get the student (s) started with a geometry notebook, where they will write every new concept or term, and draw a picture or pictures and text to explain the term. This notebook will then be their own creation, and while working with it, the terms also will stick better in their memory. The students could also do the drawing exercises in this book, or just keep it as a terminology notebook, either way.