WELCOME PARENTS

& GUARDIANS!

MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT

2017-2018

Mr. Ryan Bonicky (Mr. B.)

16 years teaching experience

Duquesne University (M.Ed.)

La Roche College (B.S.)

parent

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

MAGIC Monday

TWOSOME Tuesday

WACKY Wednesday

TRIVIA Thursday

“FUNDAY” Friday

Announcements (hw/collaboration tips/NWEA results)

DMP

Go over hw (discussion of discoveries)

Today’s focus- Solving Inequalities

p. 701

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)

Connected

Accepting

Respectful

Excellence

Safe

1. Respect yourself. (Do your best.)

2. Respect each other.

3. Respect school property.

• 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.

THANK YOU in advance for your help and support throughout the year!

Reminder:Meet with Mrs. Stephanie Chiapusio (rm 83) and Mrs. Kristi Dietz (rm 87)