Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Thursday, June 7th Communication and Team Work Activity

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 06-07-2018


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Team Work

Standards:
    Empowers students to collaborate
3d Teacher incorporates 21st century life skills...leadership, adaptability, people skills, self-direction...etc
4f Organizes student learning teams ...developing cooperation and leadership.


“I Can…” Statement


I can successfully participate in a team.



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Discuss words on wall: cooperation, collaboration,
teamwork, feedback, communication, leadership and adaptability.
connect connection cooperation
http://pixabay.com/en/connect-connection-cooperation-20333
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
You need to get in groups of 3 or 4
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
  • Miss W will review team work powerpoint.

Independent Activity:
  • Students will revise their answers on what makes a good team if necessary.
  • Students will work in their puzzle teams to complete the team work worksheet.
  • Students will create a mini yearbook for students, who did not get yearbooks to sign.

Friday, June 1, 2018

Tues 6/5 7th Grade Emoticons

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 06-05-2018



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
PowerPoint Presentation-  Different Skills

Standards:
PB-2 Procedure for developing a presentation



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can use different features of PowerPoint.
I can decide which type of presentation to use: educational/informative, persuasive, or narrative

Students use different features of PowerPoint.
Students understand the difference between educational/informative, persuasive, or narrative presentations.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Tab, Group, Ribbon, Multimedia, Informative, Persuasive, Narrative
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
  1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com

      2.  You need a pen or pencil


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


Independent:

@ Students will complete emoticons assignment

MS Word game  https://www.purposegames.com/game/microsoft-word-ribbons-game


MS PowerPoint game
https://www.purposegames.com/game/microsoft-powerpoint-ribbons-game-quiz





Higher Order Thinking Questions
Where do you go to do different type of action on a PowerPoint?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use PowerPoint to learn new features.
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity #1:   A continuous loop is like our tv messages. It is a broadcast.

Exit Activity #2:   10 steps of a presentation
then play activity here http://www.quia.com/mc/2539313.html

Exit Activity #3:  Ribbon Vocabulary words
review words and definitions here http://quizlet.com/3089570/flashcards
then play activity here http://quizlet.com/3089570/scatter

Tues 6/5 8th Grade Importance of Business Communications

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan

Date:          06-05-2018


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Understand requirements for seeking, gaining, and maintaining employment

Standards:
6.03 Understand behaviors required to maintain employment



“I Can…” Statement

I can determine which business communication to use.



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
    
1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com 

2.  Get a pen or pencil

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

Communication Activity-
Communication is important in business so you don't lose money and in your personal life so you don't lose friends. 

How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) - Katherine Hampsten


Other communication activities



Miss W will review business communications
Miss W will review Communication section
Be a More Confident Public Speaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShavGuo0_E

How to... Animate the Voice - Redvoice Communication & Presentation Skills Top 5 tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZd4cLdy7Dg


Independent Exercise:
Students will complete the business communication notes and questions


Exit Activity 7- Etiquette and Communications