Week 17: Using or Creating a Spreadsheet/
Using Primary Source Materials

Homework for the Teacher
Students began an online simulated shopping spree activity last week in preparation for using a spreadsheet to perform calculations and observe results. The spreadsheet they will download or create today will help them stay within a budgeted amount while making their imaginary purchases.

Since students have practiced using spreadsheets for several weeks now, it would benefit them more to create the "shopping order form" toy spreadsheet from scratch. You could allow students to open and study the formulas in one of the spreadsheet templates provided in Step 2 before they attempt to create their own spreadsheet. Objective 2.8 in the North Carolina Computer/Technology Skills 5^th Grade Strand states the students should, "Create/modify and use spreadsheets to perform calculations."

Remember to monitor students closely and caution them not to submit an ID or password for the purchase of an item on any commercial Web site.

Work with students to focus on studying details to form a hypothesis while they are engaged with Mission 4 on the TechKnow Time Warp page.

Student Activity Sheet
Printable pages designed to complement the current week's Reading Strategy Spotlight and to help students organize their thoughts, reflect upon reading material, and look for organizational patterns in online text.

BBs: Weekly Nuggets of "Best Practices" and "Brain Research"
How do certain foods affect your memory? Link to Teachley's!

TechKnow Disaster Preparedness Page
Printable Computer Skills Mini-Posters & activity sheets for those times when the network crashes or equipment is unavailable. You can print a different page each week.

Check your progress with computer and information skills.

Go back to the ATM.