Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Thursday, April 2nd- 7th Grade- Spreadsheets- Functions and Vocabulary

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 04-02-2015



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Spreadsheets- Functions and Vocabulary

Standards:
SSB-1 Know the components of Spreadsheets



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can use a function.
Students use functions to get answers.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
What if we wanted to find the AVERAGE of a group of numbers?
What would the function look like?
GUIMark: 4.45 fps average
https://www.flickr.com/photos/schoschie/2959139599/
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
On page 72, type lines 10 and 11.
We are using our left INDEX finger for the $  key. DOLLAR SIGN
We are using our right PINKY finger for the  SHIFT  key
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
@ Function as a shortcut example
@ What are functions? http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010/10.2  until 2:54
@ Autosum button http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010/10.4 examples of functions
@ Spreadsheet flashcard 32 calculates averages

Independent Exercise:
Open up the Hurricane file.
Class practice of Hurricane sheet using  functions
We are going to practice inserting the following FUNCTIONS or shortcuts:
Sum- adds all of the numbers in a range
Max- finds the largest number in a range
Min- finds the lowest number in a range
Average- calculates the average of a range of numbers
Count- counts the numbers of entries in a range


@Several functions examples will be completed.
 ***Students will open the payroll file and by using functions
        find the following information:
        the maximum hourly rate
        the minimum hourly rate
        the sum of the hourly rates
        the average of the hourly rates

@ Open up your car lot file.
Look at the board and add the words (labels) sum, max, min and average.
Insert the functions sum, max, min and average.
Remember you will need to use the correct range.

@ Students will critique Educational PowerPoint presentations.

@ Students will work in pairs to complete exit activity



Higher Order Thinking Questions
When and how should you use a function?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use Excel to understand functions.
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity #8:

Exit Activity #9:
Choose home row and easy. Turn off sound.

Exit Activity#10:
Working in pairs and using the PINK Study Guide answer the questions.
These will be the next test questions.  
 

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