TEACHER NOTES:
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OBJECTIVES:
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Students
will apply real-life skills, such as keeping a budget, while engaged in the
School Clothes Budget Online Activity.
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Students
will create tables and graphs in Excel to display data.
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Students
will analyze, make conclusions and
make recommendations that are based statistics.
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Students
will participate in class discussions.
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DURATION: 2 Class
Sessions
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TECHNOLOGY: Computers,
Internet Access
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SOFTWARE/PROGRAM:
MS Excel
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TEACHER’S ROLE:
The teacher is both an instructor, when teaching a specific program (Excel), and
a facilitator, who provides guidance to groups and individual students, who are
completing the School Clothes Budget Online Activity.
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DIRECT INSTRUCTION: Mini-lesson
on Excel.
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CLASS ACTIVITY:
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Discuss
the importance of keeping a budget and the importance of keeping within a set
limit.
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Have
the students complete School
Clothes Budget Online Activity, which lasts about 2 periods (45 – 60
minutes), at http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/shoppinglist.html.
The Teacher Page provides clear instructions and information. Additionally, the
activity “gives students an
opportunity to use math in a practical life application” (http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/shoppinglist.html).
After
all students have finished the activity, a class discussion will ensue.
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HOMEWORK:
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Have
students track their individual expenses for a week. In Excel, students will
create a table with the headings for day, date, amount of expenditure, and item
or service purchased. On the eighth day or the next school day, hold a class
discussion on their findings and analysis.
DAY
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DATE |
AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURE |
ITEM OR SERVICE PURCHASED |
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In
Excel, students will create circle/pie graphs and analyze how they spent their
money.
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What percentage did each spend on snacks,
clothing, beauty or school supplies, transportation, gifts, or entertainment
(movies, CDs, …)?
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Were all the purchases necessary?
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Were any purchases frivolous
(unnecessary)?
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Were any purchases discounted or on sale?
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Are they satisfied with their purchases?
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Were there any unusual expenses/events
that week?
q
gifts
q
concert
q
clothing and accessories for a special
event or celebration
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ENRICHMENT: This
site, http://mpt.org/senseanddollars,
will provide
more practice on budgets and money management. Additionally, there are projects
at http://highwired.com, which deal
with money management.