Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
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Date: 10-10-2017
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Teacher:
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Witkowski
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Lesson/Unit Topic:
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Spreadsheets-
Functions- built in calculation short cuts | |
Standards:
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SSB-1 Know the components of spreadsheets
SSB-3 Know spreadsheet operations
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“I Can…” Statement
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Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
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I can use a function.
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Students use functions to get answers.
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Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
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What if we had 30 years of data and we wanted to find the
highest or MAXIMUM number in the data? We could look at
thousands of numbers or we could use the MAX function.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum
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Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
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Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com
Open up 1Spreadsheet vocabulary
Complete Exit Activity# 10 on your own
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Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
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Guided Lesson:
We typed out a formula =F2+F3+F4+F5 and then we type out function to see how functions are shortcuts. =Sum(F2:F5)
It is important to understand the parts of a function (equals sign, function name, parentheses, beginning of the range, colon, ending of the range and parentheses).
Open the Understanding Functions Word document (if needed)
@ Spreadsheet flashcard 32 calculates averages
Open the Spreadsheet Vocabulary file
Slides 35 through 41 (functions)
Open up the 3 Hurricanes file. Class practice using functions
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
Independent Activity:
@Open up the 4.0 Payroll file.
Class practice using functions
@ Additional function practice as needed.
@ Complete Car Lot Exercise (research and type)
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Higher Order Thinking Questions
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When and how should you use a function?
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Student Technology/Differentiation
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Students will use Excel to understand functions.
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Closure Strategy
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Exit Activity #10:
Work with partners.
You may use the Spreadsheet Vocabulary PowerPoint.
Play until you have won a million dollars
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