7th Grade
Today the students began creating a Newsletter in MS Word. They will be writing their own articles to make these as original as possible. They have to format wordart, make columns, use the tab toolbox, and the borders options.
May 2008
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8th Travel
Travel Project
The 8th grade students are creating a Vacation Package from the point of the Travel Agent. They are able to work in groups if they choose to do so. Maximum of three students to a group. They will have to research a place to gather information and prices about hotels, airlines, restaurants, and activities. The final project is: Cover Page, Business Letter (on their company’s letterhead that they create), Itinerary, Budget, and a PowerPoint (printed in handout format)
Due Friday May 16, 2008.
NO LATE PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
Stocks
The students have been learning how to use the MS Excel program. An activity that I use to do this and also teach a business concept is buying stocks. The students get $1000 to buy their choice of stocks. They will be keeping up with these stocks until the end of the nine weeks when we sell. The students will be able to calculate whether they made or lost money. We use yahoo to check prices and the students must use the previous close price.
Use this link to quickly access yahoo for checking your stocks.
6th Grade
The 6th grade students will be researching a career this week and creating a power point presentation. They will take a personality assessment to direct them to a career that will fit them best. They will be using the website career cruising to gather their information. This project will last about 1 week.
6th Grade
We are starting to use MS Excel this week. We will be making an address book. This is very basic, but it gets the students to spell check, widen columns, repeat content, and change font & color to name a few.
8th Grade
We are starting MS Excel this week. We are starting with a Scavenger Hunt using vocabulary terms about spreadsheets. For the worksheet, use the link below.
Business Documents-8th Grade
The students have been learning how to format business documents. They have learned how and why we use memos and this week we are learning how to write a Personal Business Letter and a Business Letter on letterhead. During this unit the students will also create their own letterhead and write a letter to a teacher who they feel have made an impact on their lives.
Unit test is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, 2008. There is a study guide that all students can use to prepare for the test on the Business Zone
Stock Market (7th Grade)
The students have been learning how to use the MS Excel program. An activity that I use to do this and also teach a business concept is buying stocks. The students get $1000 to buy their choice of stocks. They will be keeping up with these stocks until the end of the nine weeks when we sell. The students will be able to calculate whether they made or lost money. We use yahoo to check prices and the students must use the previous close price.
Use this link to quickly access yahoo for checking your stocks.
Week 3/31-4/4
It’s Olympic week here at Durham
7th Grade
We are starting MS Excel this week. We are starting with a Scavenger Hunt using vocabulary terms about spreadsheets. For the worksheet, use the link below.
