Friday, April 28, 2017

Monday, May 1st- Short Cut Links

Click here if you are a 8th Grade Student       http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2017/04/monday-may-1st-8th-grade-job-interview.html?_sm_au_=iVVD8jj08RtRFkM6  


Monday, May 1st- 7th Grade- What If Activity and Charts

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 05-01-2017


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Spreadsheets- Gathering Data

Standards:
SSB-1 Know the components of Spreadsheets


“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can create and change a chart.
Students use different features of Excel.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Tab, Pie graph, Worksheets
of Canada Pie Chart.png
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
1. Go to wclassroom
2. Open your 1 Spreadsheet Vocabulary PowerPoint
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:

@ Navigating Excel 2010 http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010

“Spreadsheet Vocabulary PowerPoint Presentation”

describing uses of worksheets and tabs (slide 10)
Students will complete WHAT IF activity (slides 11-12)
Students will learn about bar, line and pie graphs (slides 13-17)
 Open the 1 Spreadsheet Vocabulary file
Go through Slide 20   Parts of a Spreadsheet  In the Witkowski folder then the Spreadsheet folder
@ Go to the SS flash card folder and open up 23 change color of tabs
This is an example of a workbook with 12 worksheets.
@  Open up 22 Pie Chart.
     This is an example of the Insert tab and then the Design tab (chart layouts)
@ 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 the "car lot" file found in the Witkowski folder.

Independent Activity:
Car lot exercise-  

1*Open the "car lot" file found in the student docs, Witkowski folder, Spreadsheet folder and save to your lunch number
2*Students will gather data to create a spreadsheet of dream cars that they would have in their own car lot business.
3*Students will go to http://www.carmax.com and find cars and write the information (year, make(brand), model(name), miles, and price) on their worksheet.
4* Students will write information on their car lot worksheet.
If time:
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

Higher Order Thinking Questions
Which tab will be used for the different formatting activity and why?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use http://www.carmax.com to research different car statistics.
Closure Strategy
 Must complete in 45 seconds or less


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

Monday, May 1st- 8th Grade- Job Interview Tips

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 05-01-2017


Teacher:
Witkowski

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

Standards:
6.01 Understand skills required for seeking employment


“I Can…” Statement

I can create a cover letter.
I can complete a job application.
TEST Tuesday or Wednesday


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Job Application

https://cdn.job-applications.com/images/application-mcdonalds.gif



Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
      
1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com 

2. Exit Activity 1
Lesson-Instructional Strategies and Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson
Miss W will review interview information

*** Go to Computer- Student Docs- Witkowski folder- Exploring Business folder
then Employment folder- then open 6.02 Job Interview file SAVE to your lunch number

Independent Exercise:
***  Complete job interview visual powerpoint

Add 2 APPROPRIATE clip art pictures that MAKE SENSE for the definitions
for each slide in the 6.02 Job Interview PowerPoint.


Personal Data
Harry Potter             Capitalize first letter of first and last name
1265 Owl Street       Capitalize first letter of street name and word street
London, NY 23487   Capitalize first letter of city and all of state abbreviation


Exit Activity 1- Parts of a Resume https://www.quia.com/rd/277327.html?AP_rand=5466997


 
Exit Activity 2- Resume- hangmanhttps://www.quia.com/hm/453291.html

 Exit Activity 3 https://www.quia.com/rr/1099635.html 



          refer to your character resume if needed



Thursday, April 27, 2017

Friday, April 28th Short Cut Links

Click here if you are a 8th Grade Student       http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2017/04/friday-april-28th-8th-grade-update-blue.html  


Friday, April 28th- 7th Grade- Update Blue Data Sheets and Spreadsheet Careers

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 04-28-2017


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Spreadsheet- What are Spreadsheets? Careers?

Standards:
SSB-1 Know the components of Spreadsheets




“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can explain what a Spreadsheet is.
I can list examples of Spreadsheets.
Students understand what a Spreadsheet is and can list different examples.



Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Engineers use spreadsheet to build items."Isolated foundation are mostly used for columns and frame structure to transfer point load on a larger area depending on the soil bearing capacity. It also includes the ground water level effect on the foundation load and soil pressure."




Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
1. Open Spreadsheet PowerPoint
2. Get out Blue Data Sheets
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
Miss W will explain Spreadsheet Career Charade Rules.

Independent Exercise:

Students will up their Blue Data Sheets.

Charades- each group of three will have 3 minutes to come up with a
way to act out one of the people below using spreadsheets.
They can say anything but the name of the person.
For example: They can not say "Look at me, I'm an accountant."
Accountants, Teachers,
Engineers, Sales people,
Scientists, Supermarkets,
Market Researchers.
@ Navigating Excel 2010 http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010

“Spreadsheet Vocabulary PowerPoint Presentation”
describing uses of worksheets and tabs (slide 10)

Complete Exit Activity 1
Higher Order Thinking Questions
What type of activities benefit from using a spreadsheet?  
Closure Strategy

Exit Activity 1: Uses of Spreadsheets http://www.quia.com/mc/2494317.html


We have not covered some questions 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


Friday, April 28th- 8th Grade- Update Blue Data Sheets and Begin Job Applications

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 04-28-2017


Teacher:
Witkowski

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

Standards:
6.01 Understand skills required for seeking employment


“I Can…” Statement

I can create a cover letter.
I can complete a job application.
TEST NEXT Tuesday or Wednesday


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Job Application
 

https://cdn.job-applications.com/images/application-mcdonalds.gif



Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
      
1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com 

2. Go to Computer- Student Docs- Witkowski folder- Exploring Business folder-
    Employment folder- open 6.02 Job Application Process
3. Get out Blue Data sheets
Lesson-Instructional Strategies and Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
 
Guided Lesson
Miss W will review job application information
Miss W will review interview information

Independent Exercise:
*** Update Blue Data Sheets
*** Complete job application

If time:
*** Go to Computer- Student Docs- Witkowski folder- Exploring Business folder
then Employment folder- then open 6.02 Job Interview file

Add 2 APPROPRIATE clip art pictures that MAKE SENSE for the definitions
for each slide in the 6.02 Job Interview PowerPoint.


Personal Data
Harry Potter             Capitalize first letter of first and last name
1265 Owl Street       Capitalize first letter of street name and word street
London, NY 23487   Capitalize first letter of city and all of state abbreviation


Exit Activity 1- Parts of a Resume https://www.quia.com/rd/277327.html?AP_rand=5466997


 
Exit Activity 2- Resume- hangmanhttps://www.quia.com/hm/453291.html

 Exit Activity 3 https://www.quia.com/rr/1099635.html 


          refer to your character resume if needed