Day 32: Decimals Quiz

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

The Learning Objective: Use decimal operations in real-world and mathematical problems; give an example of a rate

Question from Yesterday (as always from a student): Is dividing by 0.5 and multiplying two the same thing?

Assessment: The decimal quiz (including the post assessment of the pre-assessment we did before starting the unit).

Agenda:

1. QSSQ
2. Decimals quiz
3. Take the post-assessment 
4. Work on WQ #6

Glass-Half Full: There were improvements made in the pre and post test of the decimals assessment.

Regrets: There were low grades on the decimal quiz and the average was the lowest of any assessment we have had this year. That being said, I think that the study guide indicated the previous day that students were making small errors and comprehending their errors after the fact. I think to some extent, we just need to push forward because this will be a skill we continue to build on in ratios and measurement as well as in our daily warm ups and weekly quizzes.

Link of the Day: I just found this one on Twitter courtesy of @DebbieHurtado who found it from NPR Sunday Puzzle by Will Shortz on October 23rd. Use the digits 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 in that exact order and the four operations as well as parenthesis to find as many numbers from 1 to 40 as you can.