Day 143 Constructing a Box Plot

6th Grade Math Standards: 6.SP.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots. MA.4.a. Read and interpret circle graphs.

Quote of the Day: "The greatest compliment to any player is that he or she is a great teammate. We can’t all be great players, but we can all be great teammates.” - Jay Bilas

Question from Yesterday (as always from a student): "Will the number line ever be shorter than the whiskers in a box and whisker plot?" - Melisa Omerovic

The Learning Objective: Construct a box plot

Assessment: Eric's Cell phone problem was done as an exit ticket. I put the notes on two separate sheets instead of front to back as it is in the attachment so that students could still have a copy of the notes after the exit ticket was passed in.

Agenda:

1. Jumpstart/check homework
2. Passback exit tickets 
3. Review the homework and jumpstart
4. QSSQ
5. Pepper
6. Creating box plots car problem & Eric's cell phone
7. Box plot homework

Glass Half-Full: I had students doing the Eric's cell phone problem as an exit ticket. From this I was able to help students that needed clarity on where to end the whiskers or even just how to get started. It was a very challenging question in terms of finding the quartiles and median because there were twelve numbers in the data set. At the same time, when it was all said and done, it made a little sense that there were three numbers in each whisker and each box.

Regrets: The answers to question four were all given on the homework. That can change for next year because questions one through three are all pretty similar.