One really great thing that my school does is that the middle school teachers participate in a block swap program. We love that exchanging one block per year with another teacher allows for us to capitalize on our individual strengths and it gives our students an opportunity to work with a teacher with a different style and focus.
Right now the sixth grade teacher and I are engaged in a block swap that has me teaching Business Math in the Sixth Grade.
I’m having a great time working with an older class and plunging forward with challenging academic content. It’s fun to see how much these talented sixth graders are!
My primary resource for this block is a book called Mathematics Lessons for the Sixth Grade by Ernst Schuberth. Good luck finding the book, though. I must’ve loaned out my own copy and when I went to buy one for the school, I was fortunate to find a used seller on Amazon with a copy for sale.
We’re using the class’ bake sale business as a foundation for a lot of the academic content of the block and it’s great to have a real-world practical example to guide our studies.
Working on this block also reminds me that I should put out my grade six materials. I’ve been holding that idea in the back of my mind as I prepare and I believe I could have some materials for this block available pretty soon.
Until then, make sure you check out my other business math post on this site. Apparently I posted a fair amount. Here’s another post and another.
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