Mathematics · 2026

Geometry

The Geometry wording of each standard, as OSPI lists it for this course. 1 standard is worded for this course, narrower than the full high school list.

47
standards
2
lettered parts
14
priority
4
new

Use these in PRISM

A PRISM PLC team can start from OSPI's 14 Priority standards for Geometry: one step adds them as its Priority standards, ready for scales, assessments and plans.

What changed

43 Common Core standards map onto this course's 2026 standards.

New in 2026, with no Common Core match

Common Core to 2026, standard by standard43
Common Core2026
HSG.CO.A.1Know precise definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, and line segment, based on the undefined notions of point, line, distance along a line, and distance around a circular arc.M.HS.SR.GCO.1
HSG.CO.A.2Represent transformations in the plane using, e.g., transparencies and geometry software; describe transformations as functions that take points in the plane as inputs and give other points as outputs. Compare transformations that preserve distance and angle to those that do not (e.g., translation versus horizontal stretch).M.HS.SR.GCO.2
HSG.CO.A.3Given a rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, or regular polygon, describe the rotations and reflections that carry it onto itself.M.HS.SR.GCO.3
HSG.CO.A.4Develop definitions of rotations, reflections, and translations in terms of angles, circles, perpendicular lines, parallel lines, and line segments.M.HS.SR.GCO.4
HSG.CO.A.5Given a geometric figure and a rotation, reflection, or translation, draw the transformed figure using, e.g., graph paper, tracing paper, or geometry software. Specify a sequence of transformations that will carry a given figure onto another.M.HS.SR.GCO.5
HSG.CO.B.6Use geometric descriptions of rigid motions to transform figures and to predict the effect of a given rigid motion on a given figure; given two figures, use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to decide if they are congruent.M.HS.SR.GCO.6
HSG.CO.B.7Use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to show that two triangles are congruent if and only if corresponding pairs of sides and corresponding pairs of angles are congruent.M.HS.SR.GCO.7
HSG.CO.B.8Explain how the criteria for triangle congruence (ASA, SAS, and SSS) follow from the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions.M.HS.SR.GCO.8
HSG.CO.C.10Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: measures of interior angles of a triangle sum to 180°; base angles of isosceles triangles are congruent; the segment joining midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and half the length; the medians of a triangle meet at a point.M.HS.R.GCO.10
HSG.CO.C.11Prove theorems about parallelograms. Theorems include: opposite sides are congruent, opposite angles are congruent, the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other, and conversely, rectangles are parallelograms with congruent diagonals.M.HS.R.GCO.11
HSG.CO.C.9Prove theorems about lines and angles. Theorems include: vertical angles are congruent; when a transversal crosses parallel lines, alternate interior angles are congruent and corresponding angles are congruent; points on a perpendicular bisector of a line segment are exactly those equidistant from the segment's endpoints.M.HS.R.GCO.9
HSG.CO.D.12Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods (compass and straightedge, string, reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic geometric software, etc.). Copying a segment; copying an angle; bisecting a segment; bisecting an angle; constructing perpendicular lines, including the perpendicular bisector of a line segment; and constructing a line parallel to a given line through a point not on the line.M.HS.SR.GCO.12
HSG.CO.D.13Construct an equilateral triangle, a square, and a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.M.HS.SR.GCO.13
HSG.SRT.A.1Verify experimentally the properties of dilations given by a center and a scale factor: a. A dilation takes a line not passing through the center of the dilation to a parallel line, and leaves a line passing through the center unchanged. b. The dilation of a line segment is longer or shorter in the ratio given by the scale factor.M.HS.SR.GSRT.1
HSG.SRT.A.2Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.M.HS.SR.GSRT.2
HSG.SRT.A.3Use the properties of similarity transformations to establish the AA criterion for two triangles to be similar.M.HS.Q.GSRT.3
HSG.SRT.B.4Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity.M.HS.R.GSRT.4
HSG.SRT.B.5Use congruence and similarity criteria for triangles to solve problems and to prove relationships in geometric figures.M.HS.R.GSRT.5
HSG.SRT.C.6Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.M.HS.Q.GSRT.6
HSG.SRT.C.7Explain and use the relationship between the sine and cosine of complementary angles.M.HS.Q.GSRT.7
HSG.SRT.C.8Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.*M.HS.Q.GSRT.8
HSG.C.A.1Prove that all circles are similar.M.HS.R.GC.1
HSG.C.A.2Identify and describe relationships among inscribed angles, radii, and chords. Include the relationship between central, inscribed, and circumscribed angles; inscribed angles on a diameter are right angles; the radius of a circle is perpendicular to the tangent where the radius intersects the circle.M.HS.R.GC.2
HSG.C.A.3Construct the inscribed and circumscribed circles of a triangle, and prove properties of angles for a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle.M.HS.SR.GC.3
HSG.C.B.5Derive using similarity the fact that the length of the arc intercepted by an angle is proportional to the radius, and define the radian measure of the angle as the constant of proportionality; derive the formula for the area of a sector.M.HS.R.GC.5
HSG.GPE.A.1Derive the equation of a circle of given center and radius using the Pythagorean Theorem; complete the square to find the center and radius of a circle given by an equation.M.HS.SR.GGPE.1
HSG.GPE.B.4Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically. For example, prove or disprove that a figure defined by four given points in the coordinate plane is a rectangle; prove or disprove that the point (1, √3) lies on the circle centered at the origin and containing the point (0, 2).M.HS.SR.GGPE.4
HSG.GPE.B.5Prove the slope criteria for parallel and perpendicular lines and use them to solve geometric problems (e.g., find the equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to a given line that passes through a given point).M.HS.SR.GGPE.5
HSG.GPE.B.6Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points that partitions the segment in a given ratio.M.HS.SR.GGPE.6
HSG.GPE.B.7Use coordinates to compute perimeters of polygons and areas of triangles and rectangles, e.g., using the distance formula.*M.HS.SR.GGPE.7
HSG.GMD.A.1Give an informal argument for the formulas for the circumference of a circle, area of a circle, volume of a cylinder, pyramid, and cone. Use dissection arguments, Cavalieri's principle, and informal limit arguments.M.HS.SR.GGMD.1
HSG.GMD.A.3Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres to solve problems.*M.HS.SR.GGMD.3
HSG.GMD.B.4Identify the shapes of two-dimensional cross-sections of three-dimensional objects, and identify three-dimensional objects generated by rotations of two-dimensional objects.M.HS.SR.GGMD.4
HSG.MG.A.1Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects (e.g., modeling a tree trunk or a human torso as a cylinder).*M.HS.SR.GMG.1
HSG.MG.A.2Apply concepts of density based on area and volume in modeling situations (e.g., persons per square mile, BTUs per cubic foot).*M.HS.SR.GMG.2
HSG.MG.A.3Apply geometric methods to solve design problems (e.g., designing an object or structure to satisfy physical constraints or minimize cost; working with typographic grid systems based on ratios).*M.HS.SR.GMG.3
HSS.CP.A.1Describe events as subsets of a sample space (the set of outcomes) using characteristics (or categories) of the outcomes, or as unions, intersections, or complements of other events ("or," "and," "not").M.HS.DA.SCP.1
HSS.CP.A.2Understand that two events A and B are independent if the probability of A and B occurring together is the product of their probabilities, and use this characterization to determine if they are independent.M.HS.DA.SCP.2
HSS.CP.A.3Understand the conditional probability of A given B as P(A and B)/P(B), and interpret independence of A and B as saying that the conditional probability of A given B is the same as the probability of A, and the conditional probability of B given A is the same as the probability of B.M.HS.DA.SCP.3
HSS.CP.A.4Construct and interpret two-way frequency tables of data when two categories are associated with each object being classified. Use the two-way table as a sample space to decide if events are independent and to approximate conditional probabilities. For example, collect data from a random sample of students in your school on their favorite subject among math, science, and English. Estimate the probability that a randomly selected student from your school will favor science given that the student is in tenth grade. Do the same for other subjects and compare the results.M.HS.DA.SCP.4
HSS.CP.A.5Recognize and explain the concepts of conditional probability and independence in everyday language and everyday situations. For example, compare the chance of having lung cancer if you are a smoker with the chance of being a smoker if you have lung cancer.M.HS.DA.SCP.5
HSS.CP.B.6Find the conditional probability of A given B as the fraction of B's outcomes that also belong to A, and interpret the answer in terms of the model.M.HS.DA.SCP.6
HSS.CP.B.7Apply the Addition Rule, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B), and interpret the answer in terms of the model.M.HS.DA.SCP.7

The standards

Data Analysis DA

Data Science DS

M.HS.DA.DS.1

New in 2026

Formulate multivariable statistical investigative questions and determine how data can be collected and provide an answer, consider causality and prediction when posing the question.

No Common Core standard maps here

In Algebra 1 (priority), Geometry, Algebra 2, Integrated Math 1 (priority), Integrated Math 2, Integrated Math 3

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.DA.DS.2

PriorityNew in 2026

Understand the issues of bias and confounding variables when collecting data and their impact on interpretation. Understand practices for collecting and handling data, including sensitive information and concerns for privacy and how that may affect data collection.

No Common Core standard maps here

In Algebra 1, Geometry (priority), Algebra 2 (priority), Integrated Math 1, Integrated Math 2 (priority), Integrated Math 3 (priority)

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Distinguishing correct from flawed logic by generalizing logical relationships across cases through declarative statements to present generalizable procesess

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.DA.DS.3

New in 2026

Create and analyze data sets using technology to clean, sort, or filter data. Summarize, and describe relationships between quantitative variables using data displays including but not limited to scatter plots, regressions, histograms, and boxplots.

No Common Core standard maps here

In Algebra 1 (priority), Geometry, Algebra 2, Integrated Math 1 (priority), Integrated Math 2, Integrated Math 3

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.DA.DS.4

PriorityNew in 2026

Acknowledge the presence of missing data values and understand how missing values may add bias to analysis and interpretation. Examine and discuss competing explanations for data trends observed such as confounding variables. Respond to competing arguments or interpretations of the data of different community groups, paying careful attention to what conclusions the data supports, taking into account correlation versus causation.

No Common Core standard maps here

In Algebra 1, Geometry (priority), Algebra 2 (priority), Integrated Math 1, Integrated Math 2 (priority), Integrated Math 3 (priority)

ResourcesWIDAOSPI

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Justify (and refute) conclusions with evidence and mathematical principles
  • Evaluate and extend others' arguments

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Conditional Probability and the Rules of Probability SCP

M.HS.DA.SCP.1

Priority

Describe events as subsets of a sample space (the set of outcomes) using characteristics (or categories) of the outcomes, or as unions, intersections, or complements of other events ("or," "and," "not").

Common Core: HSS.CP.A.1

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources3 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks3

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.DA.SCP.2

Understand that two events, A and B, are independent if the probability of A and B occurring together is the product of their probabilities and use this characterization to determine if they are independent.

Common Core: HSS.CP.A.2

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Analyzing data and owning problem-solving approaches

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.DA.SCP.3

Understand the conditional probability of A given B as P(A and B)/P(B) and interpret independence of A and B as saying that the conditional probability of A given B is the same as the probability of A, and the conditional probability of B given A is the same as the probability of B.

Common Core: HSS.CP.A.3

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources5 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks5

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Analyzing data and owning problem-solving approaches

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.DA.SCP.4

Construct and interpret two-way frequency tables of data when two categories are associated with each object being classified. Use the two-way table as a sample space to decide if events are independent and to approximate conditional probabilities.

Common Core: HSS.CP.A.4

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources6 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks6

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Share solutions with others
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Statistics and Probability · Focused interim block, items 8*, 11*

M.HS.DA.SCP.5

Priority

Recognize and explain the concepts of conditional probability and independence in everyday language and everyday situations.

Common Core: HSS.CP.A.5

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources5 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks5

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Share solutions with others
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.DA.SCP.6

Find the conditional probability of A given B as the fraction of B's outcomes that also belong to A and interpret the answer in terms of the model.

Common Core: HSS.CP.B.6

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Analyzing data and owning problem-solving approaches

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Statistics and Probability · Focused interim block, item 1*

M.HS.DA.SCP.7

Apply the Addition Rule, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B), and interpret the answer in terms of the model.

Common Core: HSS.CP.B.7

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources3 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks3

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Share solutions with others

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Quantity Q

Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry GSRT

M.HS.Q.GSRT.3

Use the properties of similarity transformations to establish the AA criterion for two triangles to be similar.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.A.3

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.Q.GSRT.6

Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.C.6

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity
  • Analyzing data and owning problem-solving approaches

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Geometry and Right Triangle Trigonometry · Focused interim block, items 2, 4, 12, 15*

M.HS.Q.GSRT.7

Explain and use the relationship between the sine and cosine of complementary angles.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.C.7

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Geometry and Right Triangle Trigonometry · Focused interim block, item 8

M.HS.Q.GSRT.8

Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.C.8

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources2 thinking tasks7 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Thinking tasks2

Illustrative Mathematics tasks7

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Geometry and Right Triangle Trigonometry · Focused interim block, items 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14

Relationships R

Congruence GCO

M.HS.R.GCO.9

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately prove theorems about lines and angles: vertical angles, transversals, alternate interior and exterior angles, perpendicular bisectors, etc

Common Core: HSG.CO.C.9

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources3 thinking tasks3 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Thinking tasks3

Illustrative Mathematics tasks3

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.R.GCO.10

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately prove theorems about triangles: interior angles, base angles, segments joining midpoint of two sides, and medians of a triangle.

Common Core: HSG.CO.C.10

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources6 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks6

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Geometry and Right Triangle Trigonometry · Focused interim block, item 3*

M.HS.R.GCO.11

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately prove theorems about parallelograms: congruence of opposite sides and opposite angles, properties of diagonals.

Common Core: HSG.CO.C.11

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources1 thinking task4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Thinking tasks1

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry GSRT

M.HS.R.GSRT.4

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately prove theorems about triangles including proportionality, triangle similarity, and the Pythagorean Theorem.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.B.4

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.R.GSRT.5

Priority

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately use congruence and similarity criteria for triangles to solve problems and to prove relationships in geometric figures.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.B.5

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources11 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks11

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Geometry and Right Triangle Trigonometry · Focused interim block, item 5*

Circles GC

M.HS.R.GC.1

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately prove that all circles are similar.

Common Core: HSG.C.A.1

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Share solutions with others
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.R.GC.2

Identify and describe relationships among inscribed angles, radii, and chords, including how angles formed inside the circle, the circle's radius, and line segments within the circle are related. Understand special cases including angles formed by diameters and how the circle's edge interacts with its radius.

Common Core: HSG.C.A.2

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Share solutions with others
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.R.GC.5

Derive using similarity the fact that the length of the arc intercepted by an angle is proportional to the radius and define the radian measure of the angle as the constant of proportionality; derive the formula for the area of a sector.

Common Core: HSG.C.B.5

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Share solutions with others
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Spatial Reasoning SR

Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations GGPE

M.HS.SR.GGPE.4

Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically.

Common Core: HSG.GPE.B.4

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1, Integrated Math 2

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GGPE.5

Prove the slope criteria for parallel and perpendicular lines, and use them to solve geometric problems (e.g., find the equation of a line parallel or perpendicular to a given line that passes through a given point).

Common Core: HSG.GPE.B.5

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources5 thinking tasks8 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

M.HS.SR.GGPE.6

Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points that partitions the segment in a given ratio.

Common Core: HSG.GPE.B.6

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources1 thinking task2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Thinking tasks1

From the BTC Curricular Math Task Sheet, shared by Building Thinking Classrooms teachers

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GGPE.7

Use coordinates to compute perimeters of polygons and areas of triangles and rectangles, e.g., using the distance formula.

Common Core: HSG.GPE.B.7

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources1 thinking task2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Thinking tasks1

From the BTC Curricular Math Task Sheet, shared by Building Thinking Classrooms teachers

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

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M.HS.SR.GGPE.1

Worded for this course

Determine the equation of a circle of given center and radius using the Pythagorean Theorem.

Common Core: HSG.GPE.A.1

In Geometry, Algebra 2, Integrated Math 2, Integrated Math 3

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

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Congruence GCO

M.HS.SR.GCO.1

Priority

Know precise definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, and line segment, based on the undefined notions of point, line, distance along a line, and distance around a circular arc.

Common Core: HSG.CO.A.1

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 1 (priority)

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.2

Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately represent transformations in the plane, e.g., transparencies and geometry software; describe transformations as functions that take points in the plane as inputs and give other points as outputs. Compare transformations that preserve distance and angle to those that do not (e.g., translation versus horizontal stretch).

Common Core: HSG.CO.A.2

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources3 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks3

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Smarter Balanced interim assessment

  • High School: Geometry and Right Triangle Trigonometry · Focused interim block, item 1*

M.HS.SR.GCO.3

Given a rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, or regular polygon, describe the rotations and reflections that carry it onto itself.

Common Core: HSG.CO.A.3

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources5 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks5

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.4

Priority

Develop definitions of rotations, reflections, and translations in terms of angles, circles, perpendicular lines, parallel lines, and line segments.

Common Core: HSG.CO.A.4

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 1 (priority)

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.5

Given a geometric figure and a rotation, reflection, or translation, draw the transformed figure using, e.g., graph paper, tracing paper, or geometry software. Efficiently, flexibly, and accurately specify a sequence of transformations that will carry a given figure onto another.

Common Core: HSG.CO.A.5

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.6

Priority

Use geometric descriptions of rigid motions to transform figures and to predict the effect of a given rigid motion on a given figure; given two figures, use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to decide if they are congruent.

Common Core: HSG.CO.B.6

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 1 (priority)

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.7

Use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to show that two triangles are congruent if and only if corresponding pairs of sides and corresponding pairs of angles are congruent.

Common Core: HSG.CO.B.7

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.8

Explain how the criteria for triangle congruence (ASA, SAS, and SSS) follow from the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions.

Common Core: HSG.CO.B.8

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources5 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks5

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.12

Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods (compass and straightedge, string, reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic geometric software, etc.). Copying a segment; copying an angle; bisecting a segment; bisecting an angle; constructing perpendicular lines, including the perpendicular bisector of a line segment; and constructing a line parallel to a given line through a point not on the line.

Common Core: HSG.CO.D.12

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources1 thinking task8 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Thinking tasks1

From the BTC Curricular Math Task Sheet, shared by Building Thinking Classrooms teachers

Illustrative Mathematics tasks8

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GCO.13

Construct an equilateral triangle, a square, and a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

Common Core: HSG.CO.D.13

In Geometry, Integrated Math 1

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Circles GC

M.HS.SR.GC.3

Construct the inscribed and circumscribed circles of a triangle and efficiently, flexibly, and accurately prove properties of angles for a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle.

Common Core: HSG.C.A.3

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources8 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks8

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Share solutions with others
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry GSRT

M.HS.SR.GSRT.1

Priority

Verify experimentally how lines are affected by the center of dilation and how the scale factor changes line segments.

  1. a.A dilation takes a line not passing through the center of the dilation to a parallel line, and leaves a line passing through the center unchanged.
  2. b.The dilation of a line segment is longer or shorter in the ratio given by the scale factor.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.A.1

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources1 IM taskWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks1

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GSRT.2

Priority

Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.

Common Core: HSG.SRT.A.2

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

Geometric Measurement and Dimension GGMD

M.HS.SR.GGMD.1

Give an informal argument for the formulas for the circumference of a circle, area of a circle, volume of a cylinder, pyramid, and cone.

Common Core: HSG.GMD.A.1

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Argue · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Argue.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GGMD.3

Priority

Use volume formulas for cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres to solve problems.

Common Core: HSG.GMD.A.3

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources4 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks4

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GGMD.4

Identify the shapes of two-dimensional cross-sections of three-dimensional objects, and identify three-dimensional objects generated by rotations of two-dimensional objects.

Common Core: HSG.GMD.B.4

In Geometry, Integrated Math 2, Integrated Math 3

Resources3 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks3

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Interpretivelistening, reading and viewing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Interpretive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Identifying concept or entity
  • Analyzing data and owning problem-solving approaches

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From OSPI

Modeling with Geometry GMG

M.HS.SR.GMG.1

Priority

Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects (e.g., modeling a tree trunk or a human torso as a cylinder).

Common Core: HSG.MG.A.1

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources15 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

M.HS.SR.GMG.2

Priority

Apply concepts of density based on area and volume in modeling situations (e.g., persons per square mile, BTUs per cubic foot).

Common Core: HSG.MG.A.2

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources8 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks8

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

From OSPI

M.HS.SR.GMG.3

Priority

Apply geometric methods to solve design problems (e.g., designing an object or structure to satisfy physical constraints or minimize cost; working with typographic grid systems based on ratios).

Common Core: HSG.MG.A.3

In Geometry (priority), Integrated Math 2 (priority)

Resources2 IM tasksWIDAOSPI

Illustrative Mathematics tasks2

WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.9-12.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 9-12

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions

OSPI's example connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. How to read these

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Language demands

What these standards ask students to do with language, from OSPI's connections to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. Each standard's own connections are under its Resources. How the connections work.

Explain

33 standards

Accounting for how or why: how something works, why it happens, how a problem was solved.

Interpretive · listening, reading and viewing

5

Interpret mathematical explanations by…

  • Analyzing data and owning problem-solving approaches×5
  • Identifying concept or entity×2
Show the 5 standards

Expressive · speaking, writing and representing

28

Construct mathematical explanations that…

  • Introduce mathematical concept or entity×26
  • Describe data and/or approach used to solve a problem×23
  • State reasoning used to generate own or alternate solutions×17
  • Share solutions with others×7
Show the 28 standards

Argue

14 standards

Taking a position, backing it with evidence and reasoning, and weighing other positions.

Interpretive · listening, reading and viewing

1

Interpret mathematics arguments by…

  • Distinguishing correct from flawed logic by generalizing logical relationships across cases through declarative statements to present generalizable procesess
Show the 1 standard

Expressive · speaking, writing and representing

13

Construct mathematics arguments that…

  • Create precise conjecture, using definitions, previously established results, and stated assumptions×12
  • Justify (and refute) conclusions with evidence and mathematical principles
  • Evaluate and extend others' arguments
Show the 13 standards

Thinking tasks

43 Building Thinking Classrooms curricular tasks shared by teachers, filed the way the community's sheet files them. A task matched to one standard also appears under Resources on that standard.

Tools of Geometry6
Logic and Reasoning (and Proof)3
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines4
Congruent Triangles2
Polygons and Quadrilaterals1
Coordinate Geometry1
Transformations & Congruence1
Right Triangles and Trigonometry7
Area, Surface Area, Volume9
Circle Measurement and Theorems5
Whole-year resources4

From the BTC Curricular Math Task Sheet K-12, curated by the Building Thinking Classrooms community. Each link goes to the teacher's own file; all of them opened on Oct 14, 2026. Share a task

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