Week of January 30 - February 3

Hi everyone,

This week, students only have four days of school because parent-teacher conferences will be held all day on Friday. I hope to see some of you there. Also, I will be out of the classroom until noon on Tuesday and all day Wednesday to attend PBIS trainings. So, this will be an interesting week. Here is the planned schedule:

Business Concepts 1
On Monday, we will begin chapter 9 with notes and an introduction to a career research activity. On Tuesday and Wednesday students will work on the activity and on Thursday we will resume notes. There should not be any outside homework this week.

Business Concepts 2
We will continue chapter 3 this week with notes on Monday. Study guides for sections 3.1 and 3.2 will be due on Tuesday. Tuesday and Wednesday, students will work on group projects about the International Monetary Fund. On Friday, we will finish up chapter 3 notes.

Business Math
On Monday, students will work on the reading guide for section 6.5-6.8. These will be due on Tuesday. That day we will cover section 6.5 in the textbook. On Wednesday, students will complete a worksheet over section 6.5. On Thursday, we will move on to section 6.6.

Web Page 2
Students will be working on their store template projects all week.

I think that's it for this week. Have a good one!

MD

Week of January 23 - 27

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for this week:

Business Concepts 1
We will continue chapter 15 this week. Study guides for sections 1 & 2 will be due on Wednesday. We will be doing activities in class throughout the week. If all goes smoothly, we will take a test over the chapter on Friday and I will also collect notes that day.

Business Concepts 2
We will begin chapter 3 over globalization on Monday. The 3.1 study guides will be due on Thursday. All other work should be completed in class. There will be no test this week.

Business Math
We will continue chapter 6 this week with daily homework. A test is planned for Friday over sections 1-4 of the chapter.

Web Page 2
We will continue working on templates this week.

I think that's it for now. Have a great week.

MD

Week of January 16 - 20

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for the upcoming week:

Business Concepts 1
The chapter 1 tests went really well. This week, we will begin chapter 15 over consumer protection. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will take notes over section 15.1 and complete some in class activities using Consumer Reports magazine. On Thursday and Friday, students will create Powerpoints teaching about identity theft. There should not be any outside homework this week.

Business Concepts 2
On Tuesday, we will continue the federal budget activity we started last week. We will also look at some unemployment data. On Wednesday, we will review for a test over chapter 2. The test will be taken on Thursday and notes will be collected. On Friday, we will begin chapter 3. There should not be any outside homework this week.

Business Math
The chapter 5 tests went really well. I was thrilled. We will start chapter 6, sections 1-4 on Tuesday with the normal reading guide. Students have all hour to work in class and the first four sections will be due on Wednesday at the beginning of class. On Wednesday, we will start working through 6.1 and hopefully we will complete sections 6.2 and 6.3 on Thursday and Friday, with daily homework each day.

Web Page 2
Students will be making a form for a community center using the techniques they have learned from the textbook. Later in the week, we will begin talking about templates.

I think that's it for this week. Have a good one.

MD

Week of January 9 - 13

Hi everyone,

Here is the schedule for this week as well as a brief description of the classes that are just beginning.

Business Concepts 1
This class is considered a consumer education credit. Students will learn about real-life scenarios, such as finding a job, making smart buying decisions, filing taxes, using a checkbook, using credit cards, etc. The class is one semester in length and is a graduation requirement.

This week, we will continue taking notes on chapter 1. Study guides 1 and 2 will be due on Tuesday at the beginning of class. Study guides 3 and 4 will be due on Thursday at the beginning of class. On Friday, we will take a test over chapter 1 and I will collect chapter notes. All other work will be completed in the classroom.

Business Concepts 2
This class is an elective worth 1/2 credit. It covers economic and small business issues. This week, we will continue covering chapter 2, over economic performance and tracking such data as unemployment, inflation, GDP, etc. We will be doing activities in class and study guides will be due on Friday.

Business Math
Last week, we started chapter 5 and we should be able to wrap it up with a test on Friday. There will be daily homework as well.

Web Page 2
All work for this class will be completed in the classroom. We will start out learning a few more Dreamweaver concepts before moving in to Fireworks and Flash. This week, students will be working on creating forms within Dreamweaver.

I think that's it for this week. Have a good one.

MD

New Year, New Semester

Welcome to 2012! I will be posting this weekend with next week's schedule.

With a week of class over, students are getting into their routines and starting to begin work for new classes.

I hope you find this blog helpful for keeping up with classroom activities.

MD