Day 30: Decimal Quiz

6th Grade Math Standards: 6.NS.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation

The Learning Objective: Use decimal operations in real-world and mathematical problems; give an example of a rate

Question from Yesterday (as always from a student): Is dividing by 0.5 and multiplying two the same thing?

Assessment: The decimal quiz (including the post assessment of the pre-assessment we did back on October 12th.

Agenda:

1. Take the post-assessment 
2. Decimals quiz
3. Work on WQ #4
4. Read if done numbers 1-3
5. In class #2 we worked on the paperclips activity from Dan Meyer

Glass-Half Full: The ratios unit was a weakness for our math team according to summative assessment data from last year. We have altered the way we will approach students recognizing what the labels in problems are. Today we got a head start on that by telling students to write "3 paper clips per 10 seconds" instead of simply writing 3.

Regrets: More than one colleague thinks that we may have rushed the decimal quiz. One colleague suggested that we could have broken up the addition and subtraction sections of decimals instead of teaching both in the same day. I had not given this consideration because lining up the decimal is the essential part of either operation. Upon further review though, there were students that were able to annex zeros in addition and not subtraction.

I also think that the concept of repeating decimals needs its own days after the results we got on the 8th problem from the quiz today. As I had mentioned in yesterday's regrets, there are definitely ways to differentiate this part of the curriculum for students that are thriving with the basics.

Link of the Day: I just found out about Pear Deck. The link here is to the pricing. It would require every student in the class to have a device and Google drive to participate.