Use a Manipulative to Teach the Measuring Segments

My advice would be to use blocks or cut outs like these to teach this lesson. I think establishing the connection between these real-world things and the algebra behind the geometry make these postulates much easier to learn. If you just go in with and number line and some numbers on the chalk board it probably won’t stick. I even think the measuring segments worksheets you use need to have more realistic pictures and problems in them.

Give them the squares that they can touch and manipulate. They do not have to be anything fancy. You can actually just give them square pieces of precut paper to play around with. Give them a ruler or yard stick, things they can touch and see themselves actually doing in the real world.

The Pythagorean Theorem and the Segment Addition Postulate

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These Postulates Come Up Over and Over Again

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The more students hear how to develop strategies, the better they become at doing so.

Seeing these concepts used helps students make connections about the way all math concepts are related.

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