MERRILLVILLE | The 6th Grade Blue Team Math students were
starting a chapter on decimals. Miss Hill explained that at the
beginning of the week, each student was given their own check
registry sheet that they were to carry from room to room each
day. Based on behavior, coming to class prepared, following
directions and procedures, the students were “given” money that
was credited to their accounts by their teachers. The students
could also be fined for misbehavior, not coming to class
prepared, being tardy, etc. Throughout the week they practiced
balancing their checkbooks to see how much money they had earned
(adding and subtracting decimals). On Thursday the students were
given a wish list to decide on some of the items they would like
to purchase the following day. They were to calculate how much
money they wanted to spend and compare it to how much money they
had earned (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and comparing
decimals). On Friday the students were allowed to purchase their
items at our Blue Team