Friday, October 13th- 7th Grade- Spreadsheet Vocabulary Test and Formatting Car Lot Project

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 10-13-2017

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Spreadsheets- Formatting a Table
Standards:	SSB-1 Know the components of Spreadsheets

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can format spreadsheet data. TEST TODAY	Students use different features of Excel.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Descending Order- the people on the right are going down. They are descending. Ascending Order- the people on the left are going up. They are ascending. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ascending_-_descending,_Foyleside_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1187513.jpg

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1.  Complete Exit Activity 10 on your own  2. You need a PENCIL TEST TODAY

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

Guided Lesson: @ Miss W will give students testing directions @ Miss W will give students spreadsheet cell candy challenge directions. Independent Exercise: @ Students will take test. On your car lot spreadsheet complete the following formatting: Open car lot file and add the following items to your file: 1. choose a "format as table" style, Skill 7- format table any color, (Home tab- format as table arrow) 2. change the color of the 3 tabs, Skill 23- change color of tabs,        (Right click on tab, click on change color, choose color) 3. create a "thick box" border (any color) around your favorite car, Skill 31 formatting cells- (highlight car, choose border button) 4. fill in that cell with any color (choose paint bucket) 5. and change the data format in the price column to currency. Skill 31 formatting cells- change price column to currency                     (highlight prices, then click on number format arrow) 6. create data bars of any color in your price field Skill 13- data bars on price column any color,         (Home tab- Conditional Formatting button) 7. hide the row of the car you like the least Right click on number of car you do not like and choose hide. Sorting Make sure you have chosen a "Format as Table" style. Click on the sort arrow by the price. We are going to sort the most expensive car. We are going to sort for the least expensive car. Click on the sort arrow by the miles. We are going to sort the car with the most miles. We are going to sort the car with the least miles. Chart creation and formatting hide the "miles" column highlight your car lot data- model and price Insert a column chart click on the chart and the Chart Tools Tab will appear We are going to look at the Design Tab. Choose a chart style color. We are going to  look at the Layout tab. insert the chart title "My Car Lot". It will explain the chart's purpose. insert horizontal axis title "model" insert vertical axis title "price" click on data labels and click on show click on data table and click on show change chart wall, go to more options and pick a fill color change chart floor, go to more options and pick a different color make sure you have gridlines they will make the plot area easier to read. Open the Spreadsheet Vocabulary file Slides 31 through 34 (formatting and formulas)

Higher Order Thinking Questions

How do I format a spreadsheet?

Student Technology/Differentiation

Students will use Excel to format a spreadsheet.

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity #10: http://www.quia.com/rr/363962.html Built in calculations are called functions. Horizontal is like laying down flat on the ground. Vertical is up and down You may use the Spreadsheet Vocabulary PowerPoint. Play until you have won a million dollars