Archive for February, 2009

Warm-up Wednesday 2/25/09

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a chart in Open Office Calc.  

Warm-up: What did you learn from the chart activity yesterday? Does it change your answer from yesterday’s warm-up? If you were not here yesterday, then scroll down to yesterday’s warm-up and answer it.  

DC crime data

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Mr. Paoletta will tell you when to use this link. It is not part of the warm-up. It will be an important part of an activity later in class. 

DC Crime Data

Warm-up is below.

Warm-up Tuesday 2/24/09

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a chart in Open Office Calc.   Warm-up: Do you think the amount of crime in DC is going up or down? Or is it staying the same? What evidence do you have for your answer. In other words, why do you know it is going up or down or staying the same? 

Warm-up Monday 2/23/09

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Objective: Scholars will be able to use functions in Open Office Calc.

 Warm-up: We will soon be doing more work for the business that you created. Right now, tell me how many people work for your business? What is your leadership style like? Are you a flexible boss/manager/CEO? How would you handle an employee that is constantly missing work?  

Warm-up Wednesday 2/18/09

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Objective: Scholars will be able to insert images into Open Office Writer.

Warm-up: What are some things you can create in Open Office Writer? Why is this program useful? You can think about projects we have done in the past two weeks.

Warm-up Tuesday 2/17/09

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Objective: Scholars will be able to insert pictures into Open Office Writer. 

Warm-up: Where do you want to go to college? If you don’t know the exact college, tell me what kind of college you want to go to. Do you want to go to a big school or a small school? What do you want to study there? When looking for a college, what is important to you? Answer in as much detail as possible.   

Warm-up Thursday 2/12/09

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

6th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to use the draw toolbar in Open Office.

Warm-up: Review question: What are the four functions of a computer.

7th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table in Open Office.

Warm-up: What is your business that you created? How would you advertise and spread the word about your business?

8th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to insert images into an Open Office document.

Warm-up: Review question: What are the four functions of a computer?

Warm-up Wednesday 2/11/09

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

6th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to use the draw toolbar in Open Office.

Warm-up: If you could design your own money, what would it look like?

7th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table in Open Office.

Warm-up:How do you create a table in Open Office. You can open up Open Office to find the answer to the question.

8th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to insert images into an Open Office document.

Warm-up: What do you need to work on to prepared for the DC-CAS test?

Warm-up Tuesday 2/10/09

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

6th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table in Open Office

Warm-up: How do you insert a table in Open Office? You can open up Open Office in order to get the answer.

7th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to change the font and style of an Open Office document.

Warm-up: What are the four functions of a computer?

8th Grade:

Objective: Scholars will be able to insert images into an Open Office document.

Warm-up: What happens to the value of a currency if a country starts to print a lot of it out?

8th grade: making money

Monday, February 9th, 2009

 Visit the link below when Mr. P says to do so. He will give you further instructions when you get to the site.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/market/currencyconverter.aspx