Day 58: Decimal, Fraction, Percent Quiz

6th Grade Math Standards: 6.NS.6 Understand a rational number as a point on the number line. Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates.

The Learning Objective: Convert between fractions, decimals and percents.

Quote of the Day: “People had been trying to achieve the four minute mile since the ancient Greeks. They decided it was impossible. Bone structure was all wrong. Inadequate lung power. There was a million reasons. Then one man, one single human being, proved that the doctors, the trainers, the athletes, and the millions who had tried and failed were all wrong. And miracle after miracles, the year after Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, thirty-seven other runners broke the four-minute mile, and the year after that three hundred runners broke the four minute mile. A few years ago, I stood at the finish line of the Fifth Avenue Mile and watched thirteen out of thirteen runners break the four-minute mile in a single race. In other word, the runner who had finished dead last would have been regarded as having accomplished the impossible a few decades ago. What happened? There were no great breakthroughs in training. Human bone structure didn’t suddenly improve. But human attitudes did.” – Harvey MacKay

Question from Yesterday (as always from a student): "What will 1.29 be as a percent?"

Assessment: The quiz

Agenda:

1. Four squares comparison
2. Review the homework and pepper
3. A couple review problems until the bell rang
4. Take the quiz
5. Work on the weekly quiz
6. What two factors will equal 1,000,000 without using any zeroes 

Glass-Half Full: The four squares jumpstart promotes vocabulary, teamwork, and engagement. I want more of this and it needs to happen weekly.

Regrets: Could there have been a study guide? It certainly would have helped with 3/8 into a percentage.