Calculating Gross Pay

EQ - What considerations factor into the calculation of a paycheck?

1. Activator - KWL Paycheck Withholdings
2. Paycheck Terminology
1. Hourly vs. Salary
2. Defining Pay Periods
3. Social Security
4. Medicare
5. FICA
3. Getting Paid Math *TPS
4. KWL Update
5. Revisiting the Survey
6. TOD - Half sheet summary
1. Formulate an answer to the EQ

Gross vs. Net Pay

EQ - What is the difference between gross and net pay?

1. Activator - Money, Money, Money, Money
2. Access your laptop.
3. Log in and visit the class website
4. Actively Read - "Open Ended Response"
5. Open Ended Response
1. Preview the question
2. Read the article
6. Class discussion
7. Identifying Key Vocabulary
1. Gross Pay, Net Pay, Wages, Taxes, Deductions
8. Previewing a Paystub - Click Here
9. How are these taxes used?
10. TOD - Knowing the effect of deductions from your paycheck, how might this impact you when you begin financial planning using SMART Goals?

Introduction to SMART Goals

EQ - How are SMART goals applied to financial decisions?

1. Activator: "Goal Out" - My Future Letter
2. Introduction to Goal Setting (with PPT)  (The PDF Version)
• Financial v. Educational Goals
• Short-term and Long-term goals
• SMART Goals
3. Identify the missing elements
4. Knowledge Check
5. Team Practice

FCCLA Decision Making Model

EQ - How can we develop a logical argument to explain a decision?

1. Activator - Forced Decision
1. Directions
2. Statements
3. Reflection
2. Decide by Chance
3. Introduction to FCCLA's Method - LINK HERE
   
4. As a class - Solving a problem
5. Collaborative Group Activity
1. Choose a problem
2. Identify the 6 steps of DECIDE
3. 4 share
6. TPS - Making Decisions
7. TOD - Answer the EQ

 LIFE MAP DUE FRIDAY

Intro to Financial Aid

EQ - How can financial aid impact my future personal finances?

1. List - 10 Things You Need to Know About Paying for College
2. Inquire - What questions do you have about financial aid?
3. Note - Distribution of Article
1. Frame It (Title, Section heading)
2. Anticipate the purpose
3. Actively Read
1. Highlight unknown words
2. Write questions/thoughts in the margin
3. Briefly summarize each section after reading
4. Know - CERA
5. Career Cruising Financial Aid Section
1. Access your portfolio
2. Click Find A School
3. Click Financial Aid (Link @ bottom of page)
6. Find and apply for a scholarship
7. TOD - Muddy Points

HOMEWORK - Find a link to an online scholarship and post it as a comment to this post.