Personal Finance tag:danlemay.net,2010-01-18:/personal_finance//16 2010-05-26T14:25:39Z Helping you take control of your future. Movable Type Pro 4.25 Final Exam Project tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.95 2010-05-20T10:32:23Z 2010-05-26T14:25:39Z Due Friday 5/28: What your talk is going to be about. Give me a title and a brief description on how it relates to Personal Finance. You'll have class time 6/1, 6/2, 6/7 and 6/8 to complete and tweak your... Dan Lemay Due Friday 5/28: What your talk is going to be about. Give me a title and a brief description on how it relates to Personal Finance.

You'll have class time 6/1, 6/2, 6/7 and 6/8 to complete and tweak your presentation. You'll do your presentation either on 6/9 or 6/10.

Here is a blank Open Office presentation containing 20 slides that auto advance every 15 seconds.

Ignite Slides.odp


Here is where you can submit a copy of your presentation. This is due by 2:30 pm June 8th. I need your name to award credit.

]]> Student Created Jeopardy Games tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.91 2010-05-03T22:34:44Z 2010-05-21T14:20:30Z http://jeopardylabs.com/play/snaptastic-jeopardyhttp://jeopardylabs.com/play/jeopardy-assignmenthttp://jeopardylabs.com/play/phils-huge-buckhttp://jeopardylabs.com/play/lauras-jeopardyhttp://jeopardylabs.com/play/myrrhandas-jeopardyhttp://jeopardylabs.com/play/brown-chicken-brown-cowhttp://jeopardylabs.com/play/lindseys-jepardy-lab... Dan Lemay http://jeopardylabs.com/play/snaptastic-jeopardy

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/jeopardy-assignment

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/phils-huge-buck

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/lauras-jeopardy

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/myrrhandas-jeopardy

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/brown-chicken-brown-cow

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/lindseys-jepardy-lab



]]> Jeopardy Labs Assignment tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.82 2010-04-11T22:09:02Z 2010-04-11T22:11:59Z Jeopardy Assignment (100 point quiz grade and 1/3 of your Final Exam Grade) You'll have two days of class time to create your Jeopardy Game out at http://jeopardylabs.com Use oxbow the password (lower case letters) Email me the link... Dan Lemay

Jeopardy Assignment (100 point quiz grade and 1/3 of your Final Exam Grade)


You'll have two days of class time to create your Jeopardy Game out at


http://jeopardylabs.com


Use


oxbow


the password (lower case letters)


Email me the link to your game and to the edit page. dlemay@oxbowhs.org or use this link


Requirements:


4 categories - 5 questions per category


Each category must be from a different strand of ideas we've studied this semester.


Some ideas:

Earning money (pay check/ gross pay/net pay etc)

Taxes- Pay check with holding and Federal/State tax forms/return

Savings-Type of accounts Interest earned Simple and Compound

Loans and borrowing money

Credit cards

Automobile insurance


One-half (½) of your questions/answers must involve a calculation.


Here are a couple of examples:



This assignment is due by Friday 4/19 at the end of the day. You'll only have class time Wednesday and Thursday to work on it. Any other time needed is on your own. Quiz on Friday in class 4/19

]]> Jeopardy Labs Assignment tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.81 2010-04-11T22:09:02Z 2010-04-27T11:21:34Z Jeopardy Assignment (100 point quiz grade and 1/3 of your Final Exam Grade) You'll have two days of class time to create your Jeopardy Game out at http://jeopardylabs.com Use oxbow the password (lower case letters) Email me the link... Dan Lemay

Jeopardy Assignment (100 point quiz grade and 1/3 of your Final Exam Grade)



You'll have two days of class time to create your Jeopardy Game out at


http://jeopardylabs.com


Use


oxbow


the password (lower case letters)


Email me the link to your game and to the edit page. dlemay@oxbowhs.org or use this link


Requirements:


 Here is how you will be graded on this assignment. link


4 categories - 5 questions per category


Each category must be from a different strand of ideas we've studied this semester.


Some ideas:

Earning money (pay check/ gross pay/net pay etc)

Taxes- Pay check with holding and Federal/State tax forms/return

Savings-Type of accounts Interest earned Simple and Compound

Loans and borrowing money

Credit cards

Automobile insurance


One-half (½) of your questions/answers must involve a calculation.


Here are a couple of examples:



This assignment is due by Friday 4/30 at the end of the day. You'll only have class time Tuesday and Wednesday to work on it. Any other time needed is on your own.  No class time to work on this Thursday/Friday.

]]> Jeopardy Game Links tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.75 2010-04-07T11:11:12Z 2010-04-07T11:24:43Z Dan Lemay
I suggest that you word process your questions and answers and save the file. Then you can copy and paste your work into the game.

Make sure to use tthe password 

oxbow

when you create the game so we (I) can edit it if needed.

Here is a link to the example I showed in class:

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/pf-sample

and here is the link to edit it.

http://jeopardylabs.com/edit/pf-sample

Please email me both links:

either at dlemay-at-oxbowhs.org (replace the -at- with a @)

or use this link

]]> Credit Card Bills tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.73 2010-03-26T09:47:33Z 2010-03-26T09:48:22Z Discover Card User agreement... Dan Lemay Discover Card User agreement ]]> This Week's Work tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.53 2010-03-03T11:32:02Z 2010-03-04T09:08:15Z Last Week's Work... Dan Lemay Last Week's Work

]]> Personal Finance

Weekly Assignments:

February 8th to February 12th


Mr. Lemay


Monday


In Class:

  • Skills Packet work time
  • Risk vs Return WKST PDF
  • Savings accounts/Money Market Accounts and CD's
  • What is the FDIC?
  • Calculating Simple Interest Notes and Exercises

HW:

  • Skills Packet 2 Due 2/12
  • Today's work if not completed.

Tuesday


Classwork:

  • Working on Skills Packet 2
  • Finishing Calculating Simple Interest
  • Compound Interest: How is is just a Simple Interest Calculation

HW:

  • Skills Packet 2 Due 2/12
  • Today's Work if not completed

Wednesday

Classwork:

  • Working on Skills Packet 2
  • More practice with compound interest calculations
  • APY vs APR

HW:

  • Skills Packet 2 Due 2/12


Thursday

Classwork:

  • Working on Skills Packet 2
  • Interest Calculations Practice


HW:

  • Skills Packet 2 Due 2/12

Friday

Due Skills Packet 2

Classwork

  • Quiz on Interest Calculations
  • Finishing Skills Packet 2

No HW



I'm available for help after school from 2:30 to 3:15 any day Tuesday, Wedne Friday.  I can help at lunch this week via appointment.

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Personal Finance

Weekly Assignments:

February 1st to February 5th


Mr. Lemay


Monday

In Class:

  • Working on Skills Packet 2
  • Budgeting and setting up an expense sheet

HW:

  • Skills Packet 2 Due 2/15
  • Case Study 1 Due Friday 2/5
  • Kiplinger Article on Emergency Funds Due Wednesday 2/3

Tuesday


Classwork:

  • Working on Skills Packet 2
  • Balancing a Check book and writing checks

HW:


  • Skills Packet 2 Due 2/15
  • Case Study 1 Due Friday 2/5
  • Kiplinger Article on Emergency Funds Due Wednesday 2/3
  • Case Study 1 Due Friday 2/5

Wednesday

Classwork:

  • Working on Skills Packet 2
  • Balancing a Check book and writing checks(day 2)

HW:

  • Case Study 1 Due Friday 2/5

Thursday

Classwork:

Overdraft Fees video.

Savings accounts (Simple Interest vs compound interest)

Practice Quiz to end class.


HW:

  • Finish Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.
  • Case Study 1 Due Friday 2/5

Friday

  • Case Study 1 Due at the beginning of class

Classwork

  • Quiz on Checking Accounts
  • Savings accounts/Money Market Accounts and CD's
  • What is the FDIC?
  • CD laddering

No HW


I'm available for help after school from 2:30 to 3:15 any day Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.  I can help at lunch this week via appointment.


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Personal Finance

Weekly Assignments:

January 25th to January 29th


Mr. Lemay


Monday

Snow day

Tuesday

Income/Expense Tracking sheet is due today.

Classwork:

  • Working on Skills review
  • Practice identifying goals
  • Practice Calculating withholdings

HW:

  • Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.
  • Study for quiz if needed.

Wednesday

Classwork:

  • Quiz on work so far

  • Working on Skills review

HW:

  • Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.
  • Finding an apartment to rent assignment. Due Friday 1/28.
  • Finishing Skills review

Thursday

Classwork:

  • Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet
  • Reading a W-2 Form
  • Completing a Federal 1040EZ tax return form
  • How much does it cost to have someone complete your income tax forms?

HW:

  • Finish Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.

Friday

  • Skills Review is due at the beginning of class
  • Finding an apartment assignment is due.

Classwork

  • Setting up a budget

Needs:

  1. Renting
  2. Food
  3. Utilities
  4. Automobile costs
  5. Communication

Wants

  • Entertainment
  • Vacations

No HW



I'm available for help after school from 2:30 to 3:15 any day Tuesday - Friday.  I can help at lunch this week via appointment.



Personal Finance

Weekly Assignments:

January 19th to January 22nd


Mr. Lemay


Monday

No School

Tuesday

Classwork:

  • Course Expectations
  • Setting Goals (handout)
  • Skills Review
HW:
  • Get the course expectations sheets signed (due Friday 1/22)
  • Start tracking Income/Expenses (due Tuesday 1/27)
  • Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.

Wednesday

Classwork
Warm-up
  • Review Classroom expectations
  • Reading a pay check stub
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing your own example of a pay check stub
  • What are  W-4 and a W-2 forms?
HW
  • Get the course expectations sheets signed (due Friday 1/22)
  • Tracking Income/Expenses (due Tuesday 1/27)
  • Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.
Thursday
Classwork
  • Warm-up
  • More Pay check work
HW:
  • Get the course expectations sheets signed (due Friday 1/22)
  • Tracking Income/Expenses (due Tuesday 1/27)
  • Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.
Friday
Classwork
  • Warm-up
  • See where we're at
  • Creating your own Pay stub for a quiz
  • Filling out a 1040EZ tax form
HW
  • Tracking Income/Expenses (due Tuesday 1/27)
  • Work on the Percentage/Exponent Basic Skills packet.


I'm available for help after school from 2:30 to 3:15 any day Tuesday - Friday.  I can help at lunch this week via appointment.

]]> Banking Web sites tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.60 2010-02-03T15:45:30Z 2010-02-03T15:59:20Z Wells River Saving Bank Merchants BankWoodsville Guaranty Savings BankMascoma Savings Bank Vermont State Employees Credit Union... Dan Lemay Wells River Saving Bank 










]]> What will I get paid? tag:danlemay.net,2010:/personal_finance//16.58 2010-01-30T15:48:40Z 2010-01-30T15:57:48Z Here is a copy of this salaries in VT as listed on the Bureau of Labor and Statistics linksalaries.pdf... Dan Lemay link

salaries.pdf


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