Day 123 Inequalities Quiz

6th Grade Math Standards: 6.EE.5 Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true.

6.EE.7 Write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize that inequalities of the form x > c or x < c have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams.
The Learning Objective: Write an inequality, graph inequalities, decipher what value make a given equality true

Quote of the Day: “Perfection is what you are striving for, but perfection is an impossibility. However, striving for perfection is not an impossibility.” - John Wooden

Agenda:

1. MCAS Math March Madness Day 6
2. Inequality Powerpoint noting when to use a number and when not to use a number
3. Inequality book work problems #1-12 (skip 11) 
4. Inequality Quiz
5. Weekly Quiz 

The Assessment: The quiz results were good, but the quiz itself perhaps could have been harder. Students were not asked to multiply in order to see if given inequalities worked. We also did not include any fractions or division problems to see if inequalities worked. I think there could have been more real-life examples and we could have provoked students to give reasoning rather than just memorize the direction a graph goes.

Homework: Weekly Quiz #22

Glass Half-Full Take: The results from the prime factorization question were solid. We even had a group get a 100% on writing an algebraic expression from the MCAS Math March Madness.

One Thing I Wish I Had Done Differently: Made the students analyze and think deeper on the quiz (and the study guide for that matter).