SOLs Covered: 6.NS.1 Fractions, Decimals, & Percents
Math Unit: 08 Fractions, Decimals, & Percents
Daily Agenda: January 21-24, 2025
Upcoming Assessments: SUM Quiz 8 Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Thurs. 1/30)
Good afternoon! This update will be on the shorter side, only in part because it again ended up being a shorter week between the holiday on Monday and the snow day on Wednesday. We've continued our work learning percentages and the kids are doing fairly well thus far. They have a solid understanding of the practical real world uses and thus can easily come up with an estimate for models and scenarios (ex. an image of a Chromebook battery or a fuel gauge) along with more traditional math representations (100 grids, fraction bars, and number lines). We've started with comparing just percentages with their equivalent decimals, though we were somewhat hindered this afternoon in 3rd and 4th block as the projector bulb blew out and we have to wait for the county to fix that. We made some adjustments to make it through the afternoon, but we'll have to complete some parts on Monday that couldn't be completed without the properly working technology. We're hoping to be back up and running before the kids get to class Monday, but we've got back up plans in place if that's not the case.
We'll continue this unit next week and put a little more emphasis on fraction equivalence as well, which will likely add a level of difficulty for the kids as fractions are generally much harder for students, especially if they struggled with it at all in elementary. I have some modeling methods to help with this along with the more traditional calculations, which will be particularly useful to those students who had teachers in elementary use the same modeling methods (a survey of the kids shows that the majority did). It would also be helpful if families could point out any fractions, decimals, and percentages that pop up in your day-to-day lives as it will help students make a better connection with the topic and give concrete examples to pull from when working on problems that are a little more abstract as well as those ever dreaded word problems.
That should cover all the key points this week, but as always, please feel free to email if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great weekend!