Lesson Plan #5 Title: Calendaring
Performance Objective: Using a calendar and the list of expenses and income, adult learners will apply to the calendar at least five income/expenses for each of the twelve months.
Resources or Materials Needed:
Time: 60 Minutes
Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities:
Instructor will lead discussion in regard to irregular planned expenses and unplanned expenses. The adult learners will add to the discussion other financial situations that tend to pop up in an adult’s life.
Step 2: Content Presentation:
Instructor will demonstrate how to use Google Calendar for creating regular notifications to help with creating reminders for bill paying by having the adult learners view and follow along with the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/1EjJ55BODn0. The instructor will be actively assisting the adult learners in this activity.
Step 3: Learner Participation:
The adult learners will create their Google Calendar by inputting events for when they need to pay their bills according to each billing statement due date and setting reminders accordingly.
Step 4: Assessment:
The adult learners will print out at least three months from the Google Calendar which have at least five income/expenses to submit to the instructor.
Step 5: Follow-Through Activities:
In their notebooks, the adult learners will reflect on how using the notifications on Google Calendar will help them stay on track with their budgeting.
Lesson Plan Summary: The instructional strategy used was the Teaching for Understanding strategy. The lesson began by discussion of financial situations that tend to pop up in an adult’s life The adult learners then learned how to use Google Calendar and set up events and notifications to help with maintaining the household budget. The instructional strategy supports the Cognitivism learning theory because the adult learners will be organizing their expenses and income using Google Calendar.
Performance Objective: Using a calendar and the list of expenses and income, adult learners will apply to the calendar at least five income/expenses for each of the twelve months.
Resources or Materials Needed:
- Previously highlighted bank statements
- Notebook
- Pen/pencil
- Calculator
- Billing Statements
- Rubric for Reflection Writing (Appendix G)
- SMART goal printout and worksheet (Appendix A)
- Kiplinger’s Household Budget Worksheet that was created in Task 3
- Google Calendar
- YouTube Video on Setting Up Google Calendar: CLICK HERE
Time: 60 Minutes
Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities:
Instructor will lead discussion in regard to irregular planned expenses and unplanned expenses. The adult learners will add to the discussion other financial situations that tend to pop up in an adult’s life.
Step 2: Content Presentation:
Instructor will demonstrate how to use Google Calendar for creating regular notifications to help with creating reminders for bill paying by having the adult learners view and follow along with the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/1EjJ55BODn0. The instructor will be actively assisting the adult learners in this activity.
Step 3: Learner Participation:
The adult learners will create their Google Calendar by inputting events for when they need to pay their bills according to each billing statement due date and setting reminders accordingly.
Step 4: Assessment:
The adult learners will print out at least three months from the Google Calendar which have at least five income/expenses to submit to the instructor.
Step 5: Follow-Through Activities:
In their notebooks, the adult learners will reflect on how using the notifications on Google Calendar will help them stay on track with their budgeting.
Lesson Plan Summary: The instructional strategy used was the Teaching for Understanding strategy. The lesson began by discussion of financial situations that tend to pop up in an adult’s life The adult learners then learned how to use Google Calendar and set up events and notifications to help with maintaining the household budget. The instructional strategy supports the Cognitivism learning theory because the adult learners will be organizing their expenses and income using Google Calendar.