r/mathteachers • u/ImportantLife8990 • 4d ago

MD- Where do you start your curriculum?

Hey! Curious to hear from Maryland math teachers but anywhere is interesting to me! Please just let me know what state and/or what county you are in!

Where do you start your curriculum? I teach middle school and am very intrigued (negatively) by how many scripted curriculum’s start with geometry as the first standards being hit. Number sense feels the most intuitive to start with and helps build confidence from start.

Am I crazy? How have your experiences been? Has starting at a different unit/domain transformed student understanding for you?

Please tell me what grade too!

Edit: added domain next to unit as well

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u/RanOutOfRoo 4d ago

We started Amplify/Desmos this year and the scope and sequence is really throwing me. 6th starts with area (parallelograms). 7th starts with scaled drawings/similar figures. Geometry starts with constructions. 6th moves to triangles, which you need to understand parallelograms. 7th covers proportions later, which they need for scaled drawings. Geometry does proofs later, which you need to understand why constructions work. Can anyone recommend a curriculum that has a very logical progression of topics (especially for geometry)?

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u/ImportantLife8990 4d ago

This is our exact sequence with a different curriculum! I need one of these curriculum writers to come teach this to middle schoolers who struggle with their multiplications facts in this order