Wednesday, May 27th- 7th Grade- Typing Speed Test and Begin Group Project

	Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 5-27-2015

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Typing Speed Test and Group Review Project
Standards:	PB-1 Characteristics of Content- Appropriate and Inappropriate PB-2 Procedure for developing a presentation

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can learn from my mistakes	Students create flash cards.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Is the word “Jessica” a label or a value? What word is in cell reference A11? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiffEngineX
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
On page 99, type lines 54 and 55. Today’s typing is a general review using all of the alphabetic keystrokes we have learned this semester
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson: @ Miss W will explain project information (Typing, PowerPoint or Spreadsheets) Independent Exercise @ You will be surprised at how much you have improved the speed of your typing      by practicing every day. @ Pull out your typing package (where you colored the keyboard) @ Students will take a typing test at http://www.typingtest.com to get their  words per minute. @  Compare your time to your beginning of the year time! :) @ Students will create group project based on their test analysis. If absent on Tuesday:
@ Students will complete formula sheet individually @ Students will complete any missing work:    *** The 3 Purpose PowerPoint    *** The Review Test    *** The Review Test Correction Sentences    *** The Review Test Analysis (which type of question did you miss the most?)          Questions 1 through 8 are Typing Questions          Questions 9 through 15 are PowerPoint Questions          Questions 16 through 25 are Spreadsheet Questions.
Higher Order Thinking Questions
What are the hardest concepts for you to understand?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use online flashcard software to make study flashcards.
Closure Strategy
Choose the activity where you made the most errors on the test. Typing Review: _____Win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/145732.html Play the following PowerPoint review games: _______Win a million dollars http://www.quia.com/rr/958075.html?AP_rand=96023525 _______Play until you get all 10 steps correct. http://www.quia.com/rd/198881.html?AP_rand=183590182 Spreadsheet Review: ___WIN a million dollars http://www.quia.com/rr/363962.html