Monday, November 30, 2015

Tuesday, December 1st Short Cut Links

If you are a 7th Grade Student, click here:  http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/11/tuesday-december-1st-7th-grade-word.html

If you are a 8th Grade Student, click here: http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/11/tuesday-december-1st-8th-grade-review.html

Tuesday, December 1st- 8th Grade- Review for Thursday's Test

 
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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 12-01-2015


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
The Entrepreneurial Process-
Understanding the 5 phases

Standards:
NCCTE.BU20.03.02 Understand entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process



“I Can…” Statement

I can explain the different activities in all of the
5 phases of the Entrepreneurial process.



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
In the Harvesting phase of the Entrepreneurial process 
you would have a IPO (Initial Public Offering).

http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/10770/11280520_1.jpg?v=8CE50BFD00CE420
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
      
1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com 

2. Open up 3.02 Entrepreneurship

           
Lesson-Instructional Strategies and Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson: 
 Next test will be Thursday, December 3rd see slides 110-135

Independent Exercise: 
@ Students will correct the 5 phases of Entrepreneurs worksheets.
     These worksheets can be used as a study guide for Thursday's test.

@ This study activity can also be completed at home to prepare for the test
      http://www.quia.com/rr/827311.html
 
 
@ Watch Shark Tank video and explain how the entrepreneur could have improved their actions with each of the 5 entrepreneurial phases.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcRoQrA1ZdI 
Vestpakz a combination backpack and vest for schoolchildren
Start at 22:30 end at 30:25  8 minutes
 


Exit Activity 1 - Steps
http://www.quia.com/rd/279734.html
 
Exit Activity 2 -  Review of characteristics and 5 stageshttp://www.quia.com/rr/1045338.html


Exit Activity 3- All 5 phases http://www.quia.com/rr/827311.html

Tuesday, December 1st- 7th Grade- Word Processing Operational Keys

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 12-01-2015




Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Understanding Word formatting skills- operational keys and function keys

Standards:
Understanding Word formatting skills




“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can format a Word document



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)


Control (CTRL) key used with other keys to carry out commands. 
Ctrl + Page Up moves you to the previous page.




 

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com

2. Go to Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Word folder-
     open the 1 Formatting Paragraphs file


3. Go to Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Word folder-
     open the 2 Formatting and Editing Skills
file. 
 

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

Guided Lesson:
@ Test next Tuesday
@ Students will get their invitations for Bulldog Camp to take home.
@ Quick review of Monday's lesson
@ Students will learn:
     operational keys and function keys

 
Independent Exercise
  @ Students will complete a scavenger hunt worksheet on Word formatting terms.

 





Higher Order Thinking Questions

How are documents formatted?

Student Technology/Differentiation

Students will format a Word document

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity 1
Easy matching http://www.quia.com/mc/1815326.html

Exit Activity Paragraph formatting
http://www.quia.com/rr/1048604.html

Exit Activity 3

Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1026034.html
Formatting- The way text appears, for example: bold, underline, all caps, with color
Editing- The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors,
and make it visually appealing


Exit Activity 4
Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1001187.html
**When you get to this question choose shift key even though cap locks is a better answer
Mark needs to key a list of state abbreviations in all caps.  What is the EASIEST way for him to do this?
**QWERTY is? the most common arrangements of keyboards
**ASDF is the left hand for the keyboard
**What are the measurements of a standard sheet of paper? 8.5 x 11

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Monday, November 30th- Short Cut Links

If you are a 7th Grade Student, click here:  http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/11/monday-november-30th-7th-grade-word.html

If you are a 8th Grade Student, click here:  http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/11/monday-november-30th-8th-grade.html

Monday, November 30th- 8th Grade- Harvesting Phase of Entrepreneurial Process

 
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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 11-30-2015


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
The Entrepreneurial Process-
Harvesting Phase

Standards:
NCCTE.BU20.03.02 Understand entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process



“I Can…” Statement

I can explain the different activities in the Harvesting phase of the Entrepreneurial process.



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
In the Harvesting phase of the Entrepreneurial process 
you would have a IPO (Initial Public Offering).
http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/10770/11280520_1.jpg?v=8CE50BFD00CE420
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
      
1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com 

2. Open up 3.02 Entrepreneurship

           
Lesson-Instructional Strategies and Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson: 
 Next test will be Thursday, December 3rd see slides 110-135

Independent Exercise: 
@ Students will look up the stock images for their Entrepreneurs unless they own non-corporations, then they will pick a different corporation.

@ Students will complete the 5 phases of Entrepreneurs worksheets.


If you were absent Monday or Tuesday:
http://fitsmallbusiness.com/grand-opening-ideas/

http://carrollbusinesspath.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Grand-Opening-Plan-Guide.pdf

@ Students will create a PROFESSIONAL Grand Opening Flyer and Business Card
     for your Food Truck Business.
 

 


Exit Activity 1 - Steps
http://www.quia.com/rd/279734.html
 
Exit Activity 2 -  Review of characteristics and 5 stageshttp://www.quia.com/rr/1045338.html

 
Exit Activity 3- Review of Principles of Business 
Students need to get 17 out of 18 correct-  
     http://www.quia.com/hm/855659.html?AP_rand=182354181 

Monday, November 30th- 7th Grade- Word Formatting- Finish Invitation

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 11-30-2015




Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Understanding Word formatting skills- header, footer, paragraph formats

Standards:
Understanding Word formatting skills




“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can format an invitation



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)


Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com

2. Go to Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Word folder-
     open the 1 Formatting Paragraphs file


3. Go to Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Word folder-
     open the 2 Formatting and Editing Skills
file. 
 

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

Guided Lesson:
@ Quick review of Friday's lesson
@ Students will learn:
     * the difference between portrait and landscape

                   *portrait- the page orientation in which height of page is greater than width
                   *landscape- page orientation in which width of page is greater than height 
     * the difference between cut/copy/paste
                   *cut-  removes text or graphics from the current location
                   *copy- copied to another location
                   *paste- places text/graphics that have been cut/copied to new location
     * clipboard- the temporary storage location for text/graphics that have been cut/copied     
     * double space- the when 1 line is left between lines of text, hit enter key twice
     * font - a specific design for a collection of letters, numbers, and symbols
 
Independent Exercise
  @ Students will create an invitation using the Word skills learned today.

Friday's Lesson:
@ Go to Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Word folder-
     open the 1 Formatting Paragraphs file.
@ Miss W will explain several Word Vocabulary terms:
     @ Horizontal and vertical spacing
     @ Header
     @ Footer
     @ Block Paragraph
     @ Indented Paragraph
     @ Hanging Indent Paragraph 
 





Higher Order Thinking Questions

How are documents formatted?

Student Technology/Differentiation

Students will format a Word document

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity 1
Easy matching http://www.quia.com/mc/1815326.html

Exit Activity Paragraph formatting
http://www.quia.com/rr/1048604.html

Exit Activity 3
Paragraph formatting- http://www.quia.com/hm/728026.html
Words we have not covered yet:
Endnotes- (bibliography) source references placed at the end of a document
Leaders- series of periods between two set of tabs
Tabs- used to align data into groups leaders can be used to guide the reader
Footnotes-  source documents placed at the bottom of the same page
Tables- text in columns and rows
Paragraph Headings- keyed at the beginning of a paragraph to give the reader
an quick idea about the content of the paragraph


Exit Activity 4
Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1026034.html
Formatting- The way text appears, for example: bold, underline, all caps, with color
Editing- The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors,
and make it visually appealing


Exit Activity 5
Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1001187.html
**When you get to this question choose shift key even though cap locks is a better answer
Mark needs to key a list of state abbreviations in all caps.  What is the EASIEST way for him to do this?
**QWERTY is? the most common arrangements of keyboards
**ASDF is the left hand for the keyboard
**What are the measurements of a standard sheet of paper? 8.5 x 11