jeans pocket with paycheck  Pay Day!  rolled $100 dollar bills
 

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Web Sites

Tools

Rubric

Additional Credits & Sites

WEB SITES      

                Cashier job description

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition, Cashiers, on the Internet at    http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos116.htm  (visited February 17, 2008).

Fast food worker job description

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition, Food and Beverage Serving and  Related Workers, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos162.htm  (visited February 17, 2008).

Sales person job description

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition, Retail Salespersons, on the   Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos121.htm  (visited February 17, 2008)

                  The Actual W4 form

"Form W4." About.com . 2008. Internal Revenue Service. 17 Feb 2008 <http://taxes.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?                     zi=1/XJ&sdn=taxes&cdn=money&tm=866&gps=336_280_1261_605&f=11&su=p504.1.336.ip_&tt=7&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf>.

                 Explanation of deductions & parts of a paycheck

"Your Paycheck." Personal Finance Center. 2002. JA/Goldman Sachs Foundation. 18 Feb 2008 <http://www.japersonalfinance.com/gsjapf/activities/page3.jsp?key=Activity1Page1>.

 

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TOOLS

        Employee Paychecks - Paychecks earned at the conclusion of the web quest.

        Glossary - Definitions of vocabulary used throughout the web quest.

       Online Calculator - Link to an online calculator

        Pay Check Stubs - Worksheets for calculating total deductions and net pay.*

       Payroll Ledger - Worksheet for calculating payroll ledger at employee meeting.

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RUBRIC

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Student Rubric for Pay Day

 

Beginning

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Developing

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Accomplished

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Score

 

Choose a Job Title

 

Chose a Job Title without linking to DOL web site for research.

Chose a Job Title, linked onto the DOL web site for research.

Chose a Job Title, linked onto the DOL web site and recorded minimum wage & benefits.

 

Complete Form W4

Visited web site.

Visited web site, completed “How to” lesson.

 

Visited web site, completed “How to” lesson, printed & completed form W4.

 

 

Identify Parts of a Paycheck, Paystub & Deductions

Visited web site.

Visited web site, identified parts of a paycheck, paystub & deductions.

Visited web site, identified parts of a paycheck, paystub & deductions, completed and printed the quiz.

 

 

Calculate Gross Pay, Deductions & Net Pay

Visited web site.

Visited web site, printed a copy of the worksheets.

Visited web site, printed a copy of the worksheets, completed calculations with 100% accuracy.

 

 

Calculate Wages & complete the Payroll Ledger

Calculates his/her own wages.

Calculates own wages and but does not work with other employees to balance ledger.

 

Calculates own wages, works with other employees to balance ledger.

 

 

Print out Paychecks

Print out paycheck with out balancing the ledger.

Print out paycheck with other employees

All printed paychecks balance the ledger.

 

Total Points

       

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ADDITIONAL CREDITS & SITES

"Discovering Math: Arithmetic (Grades 6-8)."Discovery Channel School. 2006. unitedstreaming. 8 February 2008 <http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/> A United Streaming video on calculating hourly pay. Subscription to United Streaming required.

"Money Instructor." Money Instructor.Com. 2007. 18 Feb 2008 <http://moneyinstructor.com>. Offers teachers lesson plans, worksheets, games and practical applications for real life money skills for elementary and high school.  Annual membership fee required.

"Moneyopolis." Moneyopolis.com. 2007. 18 Feb 2008 <http://moneyoplis.com/new/home.asp>. An interactive site teaching about money management in a game format for elementary and middle school.

"Practical Money Skills." PracticalMoneySkills.com. 2000-2008. Visa. 18 Feb 2008 <http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/at_school/>. Developed by Visa, a site containing lesson plans from budgeting and banking to savings and investing for grades 3-6 and grades 7-12.

*Woody, Connie C.. "pay Check Stubs." The Cost Of Living And Working: The Anatomy Of A Paycheck. 2002. Wake County Public Schools, Raleigh, North Carolina. 17 Feb 2008 <http://www.ncsu.edu/kenanfellows/2002/cwoody/paycheck.pdf>. This series of math lessons is designed to cover percents, decimals and rounding through life skills. Appropriate for middle school and remedial high school. 

 

 

Clip Art Images: All clip art pictures were taken from the Microsoft Office Clip Art Files on the Microsoft Office Program http://www.clipart.com/

Photo Images: Additional Photos were taken from Google Images, http://images.google.com/

 

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Created by;    Lindsey Wolak    lwolak@wayneschools.com        Monday, March 03, 2008