Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Wednesday, March 1st Short Cut Links

Click here if you are a 8th Grade Student    http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2017/02/wednesday-march-1st-8th-grade-nonprofit.html

 Click here if you are a 7th Grade Student    http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2017/02/wednesday-march-1st-7th-grade-business.html

Wednesday, March 1st- 7th Grade- Business Letters

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 03-01-2017

Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Understanding Word formatting skills- Business Letters

Standards:
Understanding Word formatting skills-
Business Letters



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can format a business letter


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Personal—Business Letter  A personal-business letter is a letter that is sent from an individual using their home address to a person or business/organization. If you have a complaint against a company, you would send them a personal business letter about why you are upset.   :(

http://www.sampleletterpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/letter-of-complaint.jpg

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com
 
2. On page 25, type line 14, Practice typing the G key, using your left index finger
 
3. Go to Student Docs then Witkowski folder then Word Processing folder
then open 5 Letters PowerPoint 

Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Lesson:
@ Go to Student Docs then Witkowski folder then Word folder then open
5 Letters PowerPoint 

@ Miss W will explain the different parts of a business letter
Independent Exercise
@ Creating a personalized letterhead
@ Exit Activities





Higher Order Thinking Questions

How are business letters formatted?

Student Technology/Differentiation

Students will review how to format a business letter. 

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity   Parts of a Letter (6 items) https://www.quia.com/rd/236522.html?AP_rand=473995650

Exit Activity 2   Parts of a Letter (9 items) https://www.quia.com/rd/281779.html?AP_rand=1210802607

Exit Activity Matching  https://www.quia.com/mc/2140159.html
Exit Activity  Rags to Riches easy https://www.quia.com/rr/1008037.html?AP_rand=16414573

Exit Activity Rags to Riches (hard) https://www.quia.com/rr/638700.html?AP_rand=805747047

 

    
 
 

 

Wednesday, March 1st- 8th Grade- Nonprofit Businesses

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan

Date: 03-01-2017


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Classify Businesses-
Nonprofit versus Profit

Standards:
NCCTE.BU20.01.03 Understand the different business classifications




“I Can…” Statement

I can understand the difference between nonprofit and profit businesses.
.



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
A nonprofit business Focuses on providing a service instead of making a profit
Tendenci Open Source NonProfit
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
      
     1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com
     2.  Get out notes and Open 1.03 Classify Businesses
           
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
@ What do you need to do to start a nonprofit organization in NC?
https://www.ncnonprofits.org/sites/default/files/public_resources/HowToStartA501%28c%29%283%29Nonprofit_1.pdf

Nonprofits in Randolph County, NC

Namesort iconField CategoryCounty
Caraway Conference Center and CampProtestantRandolph
Hospice of Randolph CountyHospiceRandolph
N.C. Zoological SocietySingle Organization SupportRandolph
Randolph Community College Foundation, Inc.Single Organization SupportRandolph
Randolph County Partnership for ChildrenAlliance OrganizationsRandolph
Randolph County Senior Adults Association, Inc.          Senior Centers, ServicesRandolph
Randolph Hospital, Inc.Hospital, GeneralRandolph
United Way of Randolph County, Inc.Fund-Raising Organizations That Cross Categories          Randolph
Independent Exercise:
@ Students will finish on 1.03 notes 
@ Students will complete exit activities

@ Depending on time, we may present the franchise commercials
Exit Activity  -
A. After nonprofit notes http://www.quia.com/mc/2607482.html?AP_rand=1132589294

B. Profit versus Nonprofit includes Service Businesses
C.  End of 1.03 review

Monday, February 27, 2017

Tuesday, February 28th Short Cut Links

Click here if you are a 8th Grade Student    http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2017/02/tuesday-february-28th-8th-grade.html?_sm_au_=iVVWZRqQS5TN7RRq

 Click here if you are a 7th Grade Student    http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2017/02/tuesday-february-28th-7th-grade-wp.html?_sm_au_=iVVWZRqQS5TN7RRq

Tuesday, February 28th- 7th Grade- WP Vocabulary Test and Emoticons

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 02-28-2017


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Understanding Word formatting skills- operational keys and function keys

Standards:
Understanding Word formatting skills


“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can format a Word document
TEST TODAY


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)


Control (CTRL) key used with other keys to carry out commands. Ctrl + Page Up moves you to the previous page.






Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com
2. Get a pencil  
3. Typing will be after the test.

Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Lesson:
@ Test instructions

Independent Exercise
@ Students will review exit activities 4 or 5
@ Student will take test

If time: Students will do emoticon exercise.

An emoticon is a sequence of ordinary characters you can find on your computer keyboard.
Emoticons are a form of communication on the Internet used in email, chats, etc.
 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons





Higher Order Thinking Questions

How are documents formatted?

Student Technology/Differentiation

Students will format a Word document

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity 1
Easy matching http://www.quia.com/mc/1815326.html
Exit Activity 2  Paragraph formatting
http://www.quia.com/rr/1048604.html

Exit Activity 3


Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1026034.html
Formatting- The way text appears, for example: bold, underline, all caps, with color
Editing- The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors,
and make it visually appealing

Exit Activity 4
Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1001187.html
**When you get to this question choose shift key even though cap locks is a better answer
Mark needs to key a list of state abbreviations in all caps.  What is the EASIEST way for him to do this? 
**QWERTY is? the most common arrangements of keyboards
**ASDF is the left hand for the keyboard
**What are the measurements of a standard sheet of paper? 8.5 x 11

Exit Activity 5
Matching the definitions   https://www.quia.com/mc/2672091.html


Exit Activity 6

Hangman   https://www.quia.com/hm/863275.html

Tuesday, February 28th- 8th Grade- Difference between Nonprofit and Profit Businesses

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan

Date: 02-27-2017


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Classify Businesses-
Nonprofit versus Profit

Standards:
NCCTE.BU20.01.03 Understand the different business classifications


“I Can…” Statement

I can understand the difference between nonprofit and profit businesses.
.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
A nonprofit business Focuses on providing a service instead of making a profit
Tendenci Open Source NonProfit
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
      
     1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com
     2.  Open your franchise project
           
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:

@ Complete Notes 
@ Go to  Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Exploring Business Folder-
          Business Folder- then open 1.03 Classify Businesses
@ Miss W will explain the difference between a nonprofit and profit business.
Last Year's Disasters: The American Red Cross Response  American Red Cross

24 Hours with the American Red Cross


Independent Exercise:
@ Students will complete Franchise project
@ Students will start on 1.03 notes 
Exit Activity  -
A. After nonprofit notes http://www.quia.com/mc/2607482.html?AP_rand=1132589294

B. Profit versus Nonprofit includes Service Businesses
C.  End of 1.03 review