Day 26: Adding Decimals

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

Objective: Add decimal numbers and subtract decimal numbers to find a sum or difference

Agenda:

1. What Doesn't Belong?
2. Collect WQs 
3. My Favorite No - subtracting decimals (8 - .6)
4. Decimal Notes or Yummy Math Best NBA Player
5. Exit Tickets 
6. Decimal Addition and Subtraction practice from the textbook 

Assessment: The exit ticket was based on this photo.  On an index card, students needed to tell me what was wrong and how it could be fixed.

Glass Half-Full: It was good to differentiate. The students that did the Yummy Math activity really struggled with the directions because it is a good deal of reading comprehension on top of the math involved. I was able to get to them between the moments that students were thinking on the notes. I think it indirectly served as a good way to keep my pace at an appropriate level for processing time.

Regrets: Textbooks are horrible. Especially last thing on a Friday. There has to be a Yummy Math version of beginner decimals.