Day 51: Prepping for Percentages Quiz

6th Grade Math Standards: 6.RP.3c Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

6.NS.6c Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line 
diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane.
The Learning Objective: Find the whole given a part. Find the percent of a number given a whole number percent from 1 to 100.Compare percentages, decimals, and fractions. Order percentages, decimals and fractions.Convert numbers between fractions and percentages. Convert between decimals and percentages.Convert numbers fluently from fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.

Quote of the Day: “A lot of people hear the words ‘hard work’ and say ‘oh no - I don’t want to do that.’ I want to coach kids who hear that they are going to have to work hard and then get excited about how much they will improve as a result.” - Coach K

Agenda:

1. Jumpstart 99 Restaurant tip
2. Pass out and read Weekly Quiz #8
3. Study Guide done individually
4. Review study guide with the class
5. Stations: Memory, Grid comparing fractions, decimals, and percentages, Weekly Quiz #8

The Assessment: Circumventing the room during the study guide, sitting at the weekly quiz station as students worked in the second part of class

Homework: Study for the percentage quiz and WQ # 8 is due tomorrow for a homework check

My Glass Half-Full Take: I have never tried to do the study guide as an individual assignment. It has always been done in groups and in partners. I tried it individually today and although the results of the quiz will tell more of the story, I was happy with the focus of the students. The reason I told the class was because I think they are leaving the room overconfident after they do the study guide in groups or with a partner. Answers seem to come much more quickly and easier with two brains (or four) thinking rather than one. I told all students that needed assistance from me to write "wolf" or a "?" to signify it was something that they messed up on the original study guide. My hope was that students would have more urgency to study since many students are admitting that they do not study for math.

One Thing to Do Differently: I did not need to read WQ #8. We did it in the second part of class, and my reading it ahead of time did not seem to service anyone.

Link of the Day: This of course from our decimal standards. Giancarlo Stanton just received a 13-year $365 million contract from the Miami Marlins. How many million dollars is that per season?