Saturday, March 7, 2015

Monday, March 9th- 7th Grade- Spreadsheet Formatting Skills

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 03-09-2015



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Spreadsheets- Cell References and Sorting

Standards:
SSB-1 Know the components of Spreadsheets



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can find and use different features of Excel.
TEST ON WEDNESDAY
Students use different features of Excel.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Range, Cell Reference, Sorting, Ascending- to go up, Descending
File:Divers ascending at
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
On page 25, type lines 13 and 14.
Remember to use your thumb for the space bar.
We are using our left INDEX finger for the G key.
Make sure you use the shift keys to capitalize the words!
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
1. Open the Spreadsheet Vocabulary file
Slides 19 through 24   (Range, Cell Reference, Sorting)  
In the Witkowski folder then the Spreadsheet folder

@Practice ascending and descending order

2. Open the SS Flash Card folder
What if you make a mistake choosing the chart?
Open up 9 Chart Types and Styles
    --click on the chart
    --On the Design tab, click on the Change Chart button --Select a column chart
   --On the Design tab, click on the Chart Styles arrow and find the orange/black choice.

@ Open 19 Hide Worksheet
    - right click on tab and choose hide
    - right click on tabs before and after the hidden tab and choose unhide.

@ Open 16 Hide and Show Rows
    -right click on row number and choose unhide.
- highlight row before and row after the hidden row
    and then right click and choose unhide.

SS Flash cards file
Open 7 Format Table    (format as table button)
SS Flash cards file  (conditional formatting button)
Open 13 Data Bars

SS Flash cards file   (border button and percent button)
Open 31 Formatting Cells



3*Open your "car lot" file and finish the last 5  cars.
   You need to have the car lot sheet completed and all of your cars typed in.
   We will be formatting the spreadsheet on Tuesday.     


4. Cell Reference and Range Activity
Follow instructions to make a picture.

Make cell C5 to C8 yellow

Make D5 to D8 yellow

Make cell F5 to F8 yellow

Make cell G5 to G8 yellow

Now click on C6 make it black

Then click on F6 and make it black

Cell E11 green

Cell B12 to B13 red

Cell I11 to  I12 red

Cell C14 red

Cell D15 red

Cell E16 red

Cell F15 red

Cell G14 red

Cell H13 red

Homework:
Students need to decide for which ACADEMIC topic
(Typing Posture/Technique, Language Arts, Science,
Social Studies, or Math) they will create a
PowerPoint presentation soon. We will be using the
PowerPoint you create to learn different old and new
features of PowerPoint 2010.

Higher Order Thinking Questions
How do cell references help navigate a spreadsheet?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use Excel to understand cell references.
Closure Strategy

Exit Activity #7:

Exit Activity #8:
Choose home row and easy. Turn off sound.

Exit Activity #9:  Ribbon Vocabulary words
review words and definitions here http://quizlet.com/3089570/flashcards
then play activity here http://quizlet.com/3089570/scatter

We have not covered one question yet.
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
 



Thursday, March 5, 2015

Friday, March 6th Short Cut Links

If you are a 7th Grade Student, click here: http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/03/friday-march-6th-7th-grade-creating.html?_sm_au_=iVVVVF8t7HWVJ0QF


If you are a 8th Grade Student, click here:  http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/03/friday-march-6th-8th-grade-databases.html?_sm_au_=iVVVVF8t7HWVJ0QF

Friday, March 6th 8th Grade- Databases Design View

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 03-06-2015



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Databases- Creating a Database

Standards:
DB-2 Know the data types associated with a database



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can create a database.
TEST ON TUESDAY
Students create a database.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Which Field types should you use for each of the FIELD NAMES below?
Fields are categories of information.
Text, Date/Time, Yes/No, Text, CurrencyFile:Database-excel.png

The RECORDS would be each Farmer Code. Records are a complete set of field entries.
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
On page 24, type lines 5 and 6.
Remember to use your thumb for the space bar.
We are using our left RING finger for the W key.
Make sure you use the shift keys to capitalize the words!
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Practice:
@ Why do businesses use databases? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVHLTkIXB8
  to minute 3:45
@ Miss W will walk through how to create a vacation database
    by right clicking on the database name to the left and using the Design view.
   Students will check to make sure they have the correct field types.
   Students will add a new field from Design view.
@ Miss W will review sorting definitions- ascending and descending
@ Students will participate in the connector AND and OR activity
@ Students will practice sorting with their flight database


Independent Exercise:
@ Students will enter their vacation information into their vacation database.
@ If it does not let you type in the data, it means you have the field type wrong.
@ If time: Sorting activity
    Sorting- arranging items in a different order.
    Ascending- A to Z order (alphabetical order), 1 to 100 order
    Descending- Z to A order, large numbers to small numbers order
@ Review PowerPoint for test questions
@ Practice test questions with exit activity 11.


Homework- Extra Credit for 3rd test:
Ask your parents if they have a business card or
have one in their wallets from a business or
have a friend with a business card or the next
time you go into a business or they go into a
business see if they have a business card or
at home go to Google and then images and type
"business card" then print a business card.
If you give Miss W a business card sometime
this week you will get 5 points extra credit on
the second test. MUST be appropriate for school-
no alcohol, guns or bad words on cards.
MUST BE IN BY MONDAY

Higher Order Thinking Questions
How do you create a database?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use Access to create a database.
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity #9:


Exit Activity #10:
Choose home row and easy. Turn off sound.

Exit Activity #11: Database Test Questions
The first database test will be on these questions.
There are some questions we have not covered yet.
To put data in a particular order is to sort.
Ascending is small to large, A-Z order.
Descending is large to small, Z-A order.
Two examples of connector words are OR and AND.
A feature that displays records that meet one or more specific
criteria is a filter/query.


Exit Activity #12: Database terms

Exit Activity #13: Database terms

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