Grades: January 25, 2010

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Week of January 25-29

Hi everyone,

Having been gone two days this past week, I am a bit behind on grading. I will be grading over the weekend and posting current grades here on Monday afternoon. Here is the planned schedule for this week.

8th grade computers
Continuing typing lessons from the book.

Business concepts
Continuing with consumer protection chapter. Study guides will be due on Friday. I am planning on a test on Wednesday, February 3.

Web page 2
Introducing web page templates and cascading style sheets.

I think that is all for this week. Have a great rest of the weekend!

MD

Week of January 19-22

Hi everyone. First, I'm going to post the grades for all classes. Grades are organized by student number. Business concepts grades include the test taken on Friday.

1st hour

2nd hour

5th hour

6th hour

7th hour

9th hour

I'm still experimenting with ways to display the grades, but this should work for now. We have a short week, due to MLK day. I will not be at school Tuesday due to a conference and again on Thursday when I chaperone a field trip. After that, I hopefully won't have to be out again for awhile.

8th grade computers

Continuing typing lessons out of the book. Taking timings to see if speed has improved.

Business concepts

Beginning a chapter on consumer rights and responsibilities. While I am out Tuesday and Thursday, students will create a Powerpoint about identify theft using information they find on their Internet. They may work alone or with a partner. On Wednesday and Friday, we will begin notes for the chapter.

Web page 2

Students will design their own form using the techniques we have learned in this chapter. Next, we will start a chapter about templates.

I think that's all for the upcoming week. Let me know if you have any questions.

MD

Schedule edit for business concepts

I usually try to avoid making changes to the planned schedule during the week, so that students/parents only need to check in once per week. But, I have decided to have a test over chapter 1 in business concepts this Friday, January 15. I forgot we will be out of school Monday for MLK day and don't want to test over the material after a 3-day weekend. Just wanted to make everyone aware of the change.

MD

Week of January 11-15

Hi everyone! I'm starting up the blog again for this semester's classes. Because of snow days, I have only seen students two days this semester. I'm planning to post grades on the blog this semester, but so far, I don't have any to post. Here's a quick run-down of the schedule for this week.

8th grade computers
Typing lessons out of the book. Reviewing all keys on the keyboard and focusing on accuracy.

Business concepts
Covering a chapter on consumers and their role in the economy. We will discuss smart buying decisions, different types of economies, and supply vs. demand. All notes taken in class will be graded when we have a test. No tests scheduled for this week.

Web page 2
We will begin in Dreamweaver, learning how to create forms for user feedback on web pages.

I think that's all for this week. If you ever have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me mdunn@fayette.k12.il.us

MD

Week of December 13-18

This is the last full week before final exams. My junior high students will be taking an end of quarter test on Monday, December 21, over memos, letters, and proofreading skills. The high school classes will have exams on the 21 and 22. For high school exams, I pass back all tests taken during the semester. We will correct the tests as a class. All questions on the exam are taken from chapter tests. All of the questions are either matching, true/false, or multiple choice. Students MUST return all tests to me before taking the final exam. If a student fails to turn in all chapter test he/she will receive a zero on the final exam.

Here is the schedule for this week:

1st and 2nd hours
We will be finishing up personal business letters and reviewing content from the entire quarter.

5th and 7th hours
On Monday and Tuesday, we will cover savings accounts. On Wednesday, we will have a small quiz over the material and I will pass back all chapter tests and we will correct them together. Thursday, I will be at a tech plan writing conference and students will be given an extra credit assignment. On Friday, we will review for the final exam.

6th hour
On Monday, students will take the chapter 8 test. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will hold "mini-debates." On Thursday, students will correct old tests, and on Friday we will have a class party.

9th hour
On Monday, we will review for our final chapter test to be taken on Tuesday. On Wednesday, students will receive all old tests and we will correct them together. On Thursday, an extra credit assignment will be provided and on Friday we will review for the final.

I think that is it for the week. This semester has flown by so quickly. This will be my last blog post until January. Next semester, I will be trying something new: posting students grades on the blog every week. Grades will be identifiable by student number to keep them anonymous. Happy holidays everyone!

MD

Week of December 7-11

The end of the semester is fast approaching. We have two more full weeks before exams on Monday and Tuesday, December 21 & 22. Here is the plan for the upcoming week:

1st and 2nd hours

We will begin personal-business letter formatting this week.

5th and 7th hours

We are now discussing credit. We will finish notes for this chapter on Wednesday, review on Thursday, and take a test over the chapter on Friday.

6th hour

We will review for a test over contract law on Monday and take a test Tuesday. We will begin a very short chapter concluding contract law and students will begin thinking about debate topics for our classroom debates next week.

9th hour

We are continuing Excel projects. No test this week. Last Friday, students made holiday cards for wounded soldiers at a military hospital in Germany using the Office program of their choice. On Monday, I will print them in color and mail them out.

Next week I will have the final update for the semester as well as discuss semester exams. Have a great week!

MD