Ms. Norlien's Blog

January 30-February 3

2012-01-31T16:27:00.000-08:00

1st Hour Business Math
Monday--Lesson 1.3 Commissions
Tuesday--Worksheets, Lessons 1.2 & 1.3
Wednesday--Review Packet
Thursday--Lesson 1.4 Other Wage Plans
Friday--Quiz. Lesson 1.5 Average Pay

3rd Hour Business Management
Monday through Wednesday--Presentations/Business Research
Thursday--Lessons 1.1 & 1.2 The Nature of Business, Changes Affecting Business
Friday--Lesson 1.3 The Contributions of Business

4th Hour 5th Grade Keyboarding
Monday through Friday--Keyboarding first 20 minutes. Then working on Excel projects (Wed. & Thursday) and starting a PowerPoint project on Friday.

5th Hour Accounting
Monday--Ch. 9-3. Petty Cash Report.
Tuesday--Ch. 9-4. General Journal transactions.
Wednesday--Application Problems 1-5, text pg. 260-262.
Thursday--Mastery Problem
Friday--Chapter 9 Test.

6th Hour Careers (9B)
Monday--Mn Careers pg. 4-5. Interest Inventory.
Tuesday--personalitytest.com (Meyers-Briggs).
Wednesday--Learning Styles Inventory.
Thursday--Summary Statement (EXPLORE test results, Interest Inventory, Meyers-Briggs, Learning Styles Inventory)
Friday--MnCareers pg. 8-15

7th Hour Intro to Computers (8B)
Monday--First 20 mintues--KeyboardingOnline.com. Then Alphabetical List of Pets.
Tuesday through Friday--First 20 minutes--KeyboardingOnline.com. Then working on PowerPoint project.

January 24-27

2012-01-23T09:30:00.001-08:00

1st Hour Business Math
Tuesday--Syllabus. Pretest.
Wednesday--Lesson 1-1 Gross Wages
Thursday--Lesson 1-2 Net Pay
Friday--Quiz. Prepare a Payroll Spreadsheet on Excel.

3rd Hour Business Management
Tuesday--Syllabus. Intro.
Wednesday through Friday--Business Research/PowerPoint

4th Hour 5th Grade Keyboarding
Tuesday--Intro to Keyboarding. Will be using keyboardingonline.com, which has at-home access. Video. Handouts.
Wednesday--Day 1. Keyboarding practice. Then will begin a spreadsheet project.
Thursday--Keyboarding practice. Continue work on spreadsheet.
Friday--Keyboarding practice. Finish spreadsheet and create a chart from the data.

5th Hour Accounting
Tuesday--Finish the last part of Reinforcement 1 Part B.
Wednesday--Set up individual accounts for Quickbooks Online. Look over assignment packet.
Thursday--Quickbooks assignments.
Friday--Quickbooks.

6th Hour Careers (9B)
Tuesday--Go over the EXPLORE test results. Will share with parents at conferences.
Wednesday through Friday--MnCareers pg. 2-18. What Do I Want to Do with My Life?
iSeek.org Self Assessment, Worksheets, and On-Line "Reality Check."

7th Hour Intro to Computers (8B)
Tuesday--Intro to Keyboarding. Will be using keyboardingonline.com, which has at-home access. Video. Handouts.
Wednesday--Day 1. Keyboarding practice. Then will begin a spreadsheet project.
Thursday--Keyboarding practice. Continue work on spreadsheet.
Friday--Keyboarding practice. Finish spreadsheet and create a chart from the data.

January 16-20

2012-01-16T04:03:00.000-08:00

Personal Finance
Monday--Ch. 10 Career Choices video and workbook pages 141-150
Tuesday--Ch. 10 Taxes video and workbook pages 151-154
Wednesday--Prepare a current personal resume
Thursday--Ch. 11 Insurance video and workbook pages 157-165
Friday--Final Test

Computer Applications
Monday and Tuesday--Access Ch. 1, pg. 66-71. Any two of the three lab assignments.
Wednesday through Friday--Final Test on Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access

Sixth Grade Keyboarding
Monday through Friday--keyboardingonline.com Keyboarding for Kids first part of the class period. Then packet of assignments including a report, spreadsheet, chart, and table.

Accounting
Monday and Tuesday--Ch. 8 Test.
Wednesday--Reinforcement Problem 1 Part B
Thursday--Final Test, Chapters 1-8
Friday--Accounting Career Opportunities, Requirements to become a CPA, Ethics Discussion, Short Video

Careers
Monday--Martin Luther King, Jr., program in the auditorium
Tuesday--Speaker on decision making, career choices, etc.
Wednesday--Makeup work. Finalize career portfolio.
Thursday--Succeeding at Work, MnCareers book pages 125-131
Friday--Final Test using Career Portfolio

Learning Strategies
Monday through Friday--keyboardingonline.com Keyboard Short Course first part of the class period. Then packet of assignments including reports, tables, spreadsheet, and chart.

January 9-13

2012-01-09T14:08:00.000-08:00

Personal Finance
Monday--Finish Ch. 9 Review.
Tuesday--Ch. 9 Test. Collect Back Then Interview assignment.
Wednesday--Finish Chapter 8 Parts 3 & 4.
Thursday--Ch. 8 Review
Friday--Ch. 8 Test

Computer Applications
Monday through Friday--Access Ch. 1, pg. 1-63 and end-of-chapter assignments

Sixth Grade Keyboarding
Monday through Friday--keyboardingonline.com Keyboarding for Kids first part of the class period. Then packet of assignments including a report, spreadsheet, chart, and table.

Accounting
Monday and Tuesday--Ch. 8 Application Problems.
Wednesday--Ch. 8 Mastery Problem
Thursday--Ch. 8 Problem Test
Friday--Ch. 8 Objective Test

Careers
Monday--College Options assignment.
Tuesday--High School Plan assignment
Wednesday--Signed EXPLORE test results due. Finish High School Plan.
Thursday--Organize Portfolio. Type Table of Contents.
Friday--MnCareers 97-104; Green Careers

Learning Strategies
Monday through Friday--keyboardingonline.com Keyboard Short Course first part of the class period. Then packet of assignments including reports, tables, spreadsheet, and chart.