Week
16: Using
Spreadsheets and Primary Source Materials
Homework
for the Teacher
Students
will begin an online simulated shopping spree activity that
will lead them to use a spreadsheet to perform calculations
and observe results. The spreadsheet will help them stay within
a budgeted amount while making their imaginary purchases.
- Print and
make copies of this sample "shopping
order form" for students to jot down the
items and their prices while browsing through online stores.
- Monitor
students closely and caution them not to
submit an ID or password for the purchase of an item on any
commercial Web site. The only thing
students should be doing in this activity is browsing
through pictures of items and recording the name, cost, and
quantity of their selections on the shopping order form in
columns A, B, and C.
- The
information gathered by students this week on the printed
order form (or on notebook paper) will be entered on a prepared
spreadsheet in Week 17.
Reading
Strategy Spotlight
Question! Have
students ask questions of themselves, questions of the authors,
and questions regarding the validity of text. Questioning is
fundamental to being alive. Questions help children formulate
beliefs. What questions do they have before they start to read?
What questions rise to the surface while they are reading? What
questions would they like to ask the author? What questions will
go unanswered?
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
does slight dehydration affect the way students learn? 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.
Fifth
Grade Computer Skills Test Item Bank
Please retain the security of this test to maintain its
validity. Contact your local Media and/or Technology Director
for the user name and password to access the item bank. |
