1. ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS COMPUTATION IN-SERVICE HOLLY HARRIS – NATE DANIELS TO PREPARE STUDENT FOR THEIR ROLES AS DISCERNING CONSUMERS, INVESTORS, AND CITIZENS

2. ICE BREAKERS:  American Currency Exhibit  http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html  iPad Activities  Whiteboard  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-lite- collaborative/id301962306?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-lite- collaborative/id301962306?mt=8  Popplet  http://popplet.com/app/#/489 http://popplet.com/app/#/489  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/popplet/id374151636?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/popplet/id374151636?mt=8  It All Adds Up: http://www.italladdsup.org/  What Kind of Spender Are You: http://www.themint.org/kids/try-it.html

3. ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION OF THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE, PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SUCH AS THE BALANCE SHEET, INCOME STATEMENT, AND STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS.

4. STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO: ACCOUNTING  Accounting:  Read, interpret, and analyze financial information  Apply generally accepted accounting principles  Understand how the accounting system provides business information  Recognize the various users of accounting information  Understand the dynamic nature of the business environment in which accounting information is used

5. TEACHING STRATEGIES: ACCOUNTING  Incorporating the User Approach Versus the Preparer Approach  Teaching the Accounting Cycle  Using Technology in Teaching and Learning Accounting  Writing to Learn Accounting  Speaking about Accounting  Collaboration/Working in Groups  Participating in Professional Student Organizations  Service Learning

6. RESOURCES: RECORD KEEPING Designed to give students entry level skill in routine recording activities  Records for budgets  Credit  Cash receipts  Banking  Petty cash  Retail sales  Accounts payable and receivable  Payroll  Resources:  Monopolize Accounting:  http://www.oscpa.com/docs/educator-hs/MonopolizeAccounting.pdf http://www.oscpa.com/docs/educator-hs/MonopolizeAccounting.pdf  Balancing Your Checking Account:  http://www.themint.org/teens/balance-your-checking-account.html http://www.themint.org/teens/balance-your-checking-account.html

7. RESOURCES: BOOKKEEPING Covers the recording, classifying, and summarizing of accounting tasks  Emphasizes the “how” of recording data  Resources:  Check Deposit:  http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/deposit http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/deposit

8. RESOURCES: ACCOUNTING Beyond addressing the recording, classifying, and summarizing of financial-related information to incorporate accounting information analysis and interpretation  Principles of Financial Accounting  Analysis of reports  Financial statements  Accounts covering the accounting cycle for a sole proprietorship  Accounting for corporations  Individual financial statements (issues surrounding those particular line items)  Introduction to computerized accounting (optional)  Resources:  Moneytopia:  http://apps.finra.org/moneytopia/moneytopia.html http://apps.finra.org/moneytopia/moneytopia.html  M&Ms Game:  http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/acctgmm.html http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/acctgmm.html

9. BUSINESS COMPUTATION BUSINESS MATHEMATICS OR MATHEMATICS FOR BUSINESS

10. STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO: BUS. COMP.  Business Computations:  Make good decisions  Solve mathematics-based problems  Perform data analysis and interpretation

11. TEACHING STRATEGIES: BUSINESS COMP.  Recognizing Mathematics Anxiety/Avoidance Behaviors  Overcoming Computation Illiteracy  Integrating Business Computation into Other Courses  Estimating Answers and Cultivating Number sense  Developing Logical Reasoning through Solving Puzzles  Incorporating International Aspects of Business Computation  Using Metric Conversion Calculators  Using Foreign Currency Conversion Calculators  Teaching Discounts and Percentage Rate  Writing to Learn Business Computation

12. RESOURCES: BUSINESS COMPUTATION  Mathematical foundations:  Solving problems by applying foundational mathematic operations  Number relationship and operations:  Solving problems that involved decimals, whole numbers, fractions, percentages, averages, ratios and proportions  Patterns, function and algebra:  Solving problems via algebraic operations  Measurements:  Solving problems using currency conversions  Statistics and probability:  Using common statistical tools for mathematical procedures in the analysis and solution of business problems  Problem-solving applications:  Employing mathematical procedures in the analysis and solution of business problems  Resources:  Money Instructor  http://moneyinstructor.com/business.asp http://moneyinstructor.com/business.asp  Money Skills:  http://moneyskill.org/ http://moneyskill.org/