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Mr. Ryan Bonicky (Mr. B.)
16 years teaching experience
Duquesne University (M.Ed.)
La Roche College (B.S.)
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Announcements
Overview of syllabus/schedule
Q/A session
Meet with Ms. Keefer (rm 87) then Mrs. Stephanie Chiapusio (rm 83)
T-shirt order form/fee - due by Friday, September 15th
Picture Day - Wednesday, Oct. 4th
Parent/Guardian Report Card Conferences
(An e-mail will be sent during the second week of October.) - Friday, November 10th
Reality Tour (drug prevention program) -Thursday, January 18th
Open House -Thursday, March 15th
e-mail bonickyrj@svsd.net
Middle School Office (724) 538-8800
SV Portal
planners (Please check on a weekly basis.)
team homework (Posted on Mrs. Chiapusio’s website on a daily basis.)
open door policy
H.I.P. slips (Homework Improvement Program)
website
Announcements (hw/collaboration tips/NWEA results)
DMP
Go over hw (discussion of discoveries)
Today’s focus- Solving Inequalities
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MAKE CONNECTIONS!
Early finishers: Compass, challenge sheets, trivia, Math 24
Assessment- practice problems & exit slip
• Decimals & Fractions (Unit 3)
• Rational Numbers and the Coordinate Plane (Unit 9)
• Rates, Ratios, and Proportions (Unit 1)
• Percent (Unit 7)
• Expressions and Equations (Unit 5)
• Area of Polygons (Unit 2)
• Surface Area/Volume of Prisms and Pyramids (Units 4 & 6)
• Analyzing Statistics (Unit 8)
• Data, Graphs, and Probability (Chapter 11)
• Accentuate the Negative (Seventh Grade Unit )
• Math Expressions - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt• Connected Mathematics – Pearson
• Self-Generated PowerPoint Presentations & Higher Level Math Tasks
• SMART Technologies• Compass Learning• Scholastic Math Magazines• Common Core Performance Coach Book (s)• Discovery Learning• Learn 360• Daily Math Practice
• mental math• pencil-and-paper• whiteboards• manipulatives• technology (BYOT)• verbal• **collaborate with peers
Students will be required to keep a three-ring binder with loose-leaf notebook paper and handouts. Students will maintain a structured log of notes, vocabulary, and written responses to open-ended questions.
**Students need to acquire a three-ring binder and loose-leaf paper.
• Homework will be assigned frequently.*Team homework is posted on Mrs. Chiapusio’s website.
• Weekend homework will be kept to a minimum.(QUALITY VS. QUANTITY)
• All assignments will be checked for accuracy, neatness, and completeness.
• Students will automatically be assigned 50 points for homework.
• I will occasionally collect and grade homework.
Informal:random selection (Popsicle sticks or Bingo balls)
white boards/classroom observationconferences/reflectionhomeworkexit slips
Formal:quizzes Compass Learning/Edgenuity activitiesUnit tests
NWEA testing (computerized Northwest Evaluation Association)
• Team plan/used daily
• If a student is not behaving properly in class or is not prepared, that student will earn an x in planner with note.
• A student will also miss recess that day if he/she earns an X.
• If the behavior is extreme, teacher may give a different consequence.