Saturday, August 16, 2014

Mon, Aug 25th Short Cut Links

If you are a 7th Grade Student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/08/mon-aug-25th-7th-grade-welcome-to-miss.html

If you are a 8th Grade Student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/08/mon-aug-25th-8th-grade-welcome-to-miss.html

Mon, Aug 25th- 8th Grade- Welcome to Miss Witkowski's Computer Skills and Applications Class

Welcome to Miss Witkowski's Computer Skills and Applications class

Bellringer:

1. Fold the index card (hamburger style)
2. Write your first name ONLY in large letters using a crayon on the index card.
3. Sign on to the computer.
4. Open a Word document and type:
     your name
     your favorite tv show
     your favorite song
     your favorite sport
     your favorite hobby
     your favorite book
     add any type of clip art
     save it and name the file "first day"

What are we learning today? I can remember Miss Witkowski’s Expectations and Rules.

Guided Lesson
Today we are going to review classroom expectations and rules.
Click on My Computer or Computer then Student Docs then Witkowski folder then...
Open the Welcome to Computer Skills Class PowerPoint

Supply List
:
3 ring binder (may be paper binder with prongs), paper, pencil or pen,
optional one package of 3x5 index cards,
optional but strongly recommended is a flash drive to save projects.

We will be covering the following topics in class:

Keyboarding

Databases

Publisher

Expectations:
*Students will treat teacher and each other with respect and dignity.
*Students will listen when the teacher or another student is talking.
*Students will be responsible for their own learning.
*Students will bring their notebooks, pencil or pen and other needed items
to class.
* Students will complete all assignments and be on time to class.
* Students will follow bathroom sign out procedures.
* Students will treat computers with respect.
* Students will not go to web sites not assigned by teacher.
* Students will not change screen savers and/or background designs.
* Students will keep equipment in good working order and not write on desk or computer.

Independent Activity:
Students will form five teams to play the Rules and Expectations Jeopardy Game.

Exit Activity:
Students will look at other student's introduction Word assignment.

I look forward to teaching you this year. Have a nice day! Miss W. :)

Homework: Remember to get your parents to sign the
Blue Classroom Expectations sheet for a 100 on your first grade. 


Dear Parent,
Your child may be bringing you Randolph County’s Acceptable Use Policy to sign sometime this week. It explains Randolph County’s Internet policies and is a general permission form. We will be working on several computer projects during this class. Miss Witkowski strives to create real world applications for the computer skills taught to your child.  Please remember, you will need to complete the RCS AUP (acceptable use policy). 
If you have any questions please email ewitkowski@randolph.k12.nc.us

Mon, Aug 25th- 7th Grade- Welcome to Miss Witkowski's Computers Skills and Applications Class

Welcome to Miss Witkowski's Computer Skills and Applications class

Bellringer:

1. Fold the index card (hamburger style)
2. Write your first name ONLY in large letters using a crayon on the index card.
3. Sign on to the computer.
4. Open a Word document and type:
     your name
     your favorite tv show
     your favorite song
     your favorite sport
     your favorite hobby
     your favorite book
     add any type of clip art
     save it and name the file "first day"

What are we learning today? I can remember Miss Witkowski’s Expectations and Rules.

Guided Lesson
Today we are going to review classroom expectations and rules.
Click on My Computer or Computer then Student Docs then Witkowski folder then...
Open the Welcome to Computer Skills Class PowerPoint

Supply List
:
3 ring binder (may be paper binder with prongs), paper, pencil or pen,
optional one package of 3x5 index cards,
optional but strongly recommended is a flash drive to save projects.

We will be covering the following topics in class:

Keyboarding

Spreadsheets

PowerPoint

Expectations:
*Students will treat teacher and each other with respect and dignity.
*Students will listen when the teacher or another student is talking.
*Students will be responsible for their own learning.
*Students will bring their notebooks, pencil or pen and other needed items
to class.
* Students will complete all assignments and be on time to class.
* Students will follow bathroom sign out procedures.
* Students will treat computers with respect.
* Students will not go to web sites not assigned by teacher.
* Students will not change screen savers and/or background designs.
* Students will keep equipment in good working order and not write on desk or computer.

Independent Activity:
Students will form five teams to play the Rules and Expectations Jeopardy Game.

Exit Activity:
Students will look at other student's introduction Word assignment.

I look forward to teaching you this year. Have a nice day! Miss W. :)

Homework: Remember to get your parents to sign the
Blue Classroom Expectations sheet for a 100 on your first grade. 


Dear Parent,
Your child may be bringing you Randolph County’s Acceptable Use Policy to sign sometime this week. It explains Randolph County’s Internet policies and is a general permission form. We will be working on several computer projects during this class. Miss Witkowski strives to create real world applications for the computer skills taught to your child.  Please remember, you will need to complete the RCS AUP (acceptable use policy). 
If you have any questions please email ewitkowski@randolph.k12.nc.us

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Thursday, May 5th- Students will Clean out their Study Folders

Students will clean out their study folders.
They will take home whatever projects they wish to keep
and recycle the projects they do not wish to keep.

Students will learn their final grades and their MSL grades.

Students will be rewarded for good behavior during
MSL testing.

Students will learn the schedule for Thursday
and Friday events.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Wednesday, June 4th- MSL Testing

North Carolina schools is administering a new set of common exams called the Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams (MSL/CE). These common exams will measure student growth in core subjects and grades. The main purpose of these tests is to measure a teacher’s contribution to the academic growth of their students. The MSLs will count as test grades for the students.

Monday, May 26, 2014

Tuesday, June 3rd- Short Cut Links

If you are an 8th grade student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/05/monday-may-27th-8th-grade-review-day-1.html

If you are a 7th grade student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/05/monday-may-27th-7th-grade-review-day-1.html

Spreadsheet Review


Spreadsheet Review: Review the following @@ PowerPoints @@ in the Spreadsheet folder and fill in the blanks or answer the questions.
Look at the Review for Test Spreadsheet Vocabulary PowerPoint to fill in the blanks.

Descending order- is ____________ to __________ sort order or 100 to 1 order.

Relative cell referencing- _____________ formulas and automatically ____________ to correct cell range.  

In contrast, an __________________ cell reference does not change when its formula is copied and pasted to other cells.

Which symbol is used for absolute cell references? ______________


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___Go to Types of Charts PowerPoint and look on slide 3 to fill in the blanks.

_____________________Chart- comparisons

Stacked Bar Chart - charts each group’s ________________________________to the whole.

Line Charts show ________________________ or changes in data over time.

XY Scatter Charts are used to indicate the __________________________ of  two or more sets of data.

Pie Charts answers the question “What is the ________________________of each part to the whole?”

Exploded Pie Chart is an ___________________________ pie chart.

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___Look at the 4.01 Advanced Functions document to answer the questions and fill in blanks.

Which function allows the computer to insert dates according to your instructions? ___________

 

Text Box: ___________
VLOOKUP- Looks for a value in the ___________________________ column of a table, and then gives you a value in the ________________________row from the column specified.

 

Which function counts the number of cells within a range when given specific conditions?


To create a list: Type and highlight the __________________ you want to use. Next you will ________________________ the list in the name box (beside the ____________________Bar) then ___________________________ the cell that you want the drop-down list to appear in. Then do to _____________, Validation, Allow: List, and then source: ____(the name of your list)

 

Which function helps you control the kind of info that is entered into a worksheet? A drop-down list would be an example because you could only choose information that was entered into the list.   ___________________________________

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___Look at the Excel if statements explained PowerPoint

Write the IF statement for IF A2 is equal to “Feline”, write “Cat” in B2, otherwise, write “Amphibian”
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