Day 141: Line Plots Continued

6th Grade Math Standards: 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: “Don’t be put off if you have a difficult start with someone. Awkward beginnings can launch wonderful relationships. Work at it. Find a personal connection that will draw you closer.” - Andrew Sobel

Question from Yesterday (as always from a student): “Would it be more cost effective if the school went to tablets instead of using paper for everything?”

"Can you have a data set with only one number?"

The Learning Objective: Describe measures of variation and central tendency in a line plot.

Assessment: Students collaborated on this problem in their groups of four.

Agenda:

1. QSSQ
2. Homework Review
3. Dot plot notes (Mrs. Mullen's class)
4. Pepper
5. Sunshine Problem attached above
6. Start the homework

Glass Half-Full: Tons of differentiation on the homework today for students that had mastered how to find the measures of variation and central tendency, and all it took was a couple of climbs up Bloom's Taxonomy. Among the questions that were popping were when will the IQR and the range be equivalent and when will the mode be the same as the outlier?

Regrets: I would like to have done a little bit of a jumpstart that had nothing to do with this lesson for when students walked in because I didn't really have a great opportunity to check the homework since students were not engaged. It could have been as simple as write ten ways to study for math.