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Hello middle school families!  My name is Gina Annunzio and I am so thrilled to be back for my second year as the middle school math teacher at St. Joseph Catholic School.  Before St. Joe's, I taught seven years as a middle school math teacher (in addition to Religion) at Our Lady of Humility in Beach Park, IL.  While at OLH, I also was the 8th grade homeroom teacher, which included planning 8th grade graduation activities and Confirmation readiness. I was a high school math teacher for seven years after graduating from Elmhurst College. I earned a Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Secondary Education. I taught part-time as a preschool teacher for three and a half years at Camp Crayon Preschool in Antioch when my children were in middle school and high school.

 

I have been married to a wonderful man for 31 years and have three amazing children. I like to go for walks, read, and listen to a Catholic app, called Hallow. I am so excited to be part of the St. Joseph School family. 

                             

About our math program:

 

We offer a very challenging math program at St. Joseph Catholic School.  All of our middle school students complete Glencoe Math's Course 1 (6th grade) and Course 2 (7th grade), and either Course 3 (8th grade) or Algebra 1. 

 

Each day students receive direct instruction, have opportunities to develop understanding in small groups, and work independently to master skills.  Homework will be given most days to help reinforce the skills learned in class.   

 

All of our students leave St. Joseph Catholic School with a solid foundation in mathematics and are ready for the challenges of high school math.

 

Posts

Week at a Glance (9/14 - 9/18)

6th grade homeroom news…please donate to the Spirit Run which helps SJSPA fund activities for students and teachers. Thank you so much! Appreciate all you do for St. Joe’s! Sixth graders need to wear their green Spirit Run t-shirt on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th for the Rosary Launch and Spirit Run.

 

Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. I will expect students who went to 40 minutes to complete and pass the lesson next week.

 

6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Finish the midchapter quiz on Monday, September 14th
  • Find quotients of problems involving multi-digit numbers
  • Estimate the quotients of decimals and judge the reasonableness of the results
    • Next Week 9/21 - 9/25
      • Divide decimals by whole numbers
      • Divide decimals by decimals

6th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Finish the midchapter quiz on Monday, September 14th
  • Find quotients of problems involving multi-digit numbers
  • Estimate the quotients of decimals and judge the reasonableness of the results
  • Divide decimals by whole numbers
    • Next Week 9/21 - 9/25
      • Divide decimals by decimals
      • Chapter 3 review on Tuesday, September 22nd and Wednesday, September 23rd
      • Chapter 3 Test on Thursday, September 24th
 

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • The Chapter 3 test is on Monday, September 14th
  • Write fractions as terminating or repeating decimals and write decimals as fractions
  • Compare and order rational numbers
  • Add and subtract like fractions
  • Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators
    • Next Week 9/21 - 9/25
      • Add and subtract mixed numbers
      • Chapter 4 Quiz review on Tuesday, September 22nd and Wednesday, September 23rd
      • Chapter 4 Quiz on Thursday, September 24th

7th Grade Black Objectives

  • The Chapter 3 Test is on Monday, September 14th
  • Write fractions as terminating or repeating decimals and write decimals as fractions
  • Compare and order rational numbers
  • Add and subtract like fractions
  • Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators
    • Next Week 9/21 - 9/25
      • Add and subtract mixed numbers
      • Multiply fractions and mixed numbers
      • Divide fractions and mixed numbers
      • Convert between measurement systems
    •  

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

    • Midchapter quiz on Monday, September 14th
    • Simplify expressions with negative exponents
    • Use scientific notation to write large and small numbers
      • Next Week 9/21 - 9/25
        • Compute with scientific notation (multiplication and division)
  • Compute with scientific notation (addition and subtraction)
      • Find the square and cubed roots

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Represent relations
  • Interpret graphs of relations
  • Determine whether a relation is a function
  • Find linear equations
  • Interpret intercepts and symmetry of graphs of functions, and interpret positive, negative, increasing and decreasing behavior, extrema and behavior of graphs of functions.
    • Next Week 9/21 - 9/25
      • Review Chapter 1 Test on Monday, September 21st and Tuesday, September 22nd
      • Test Chapter 1 on Wednesday, September 23rd and Thursday, September 24th if necessary

Week at a Glance (9/7 - 9/11)

6th grade homeroom news…please submit medical forms that are needed to attend school. Nurse Blake would like these forms submitted as soon as possible. Thank you so much!


Friday, September 11th we are taking a field trip to Cook’s Park. Please sign and submit the permission slip form Tuesday, September 8th. Thank you!


The students made it through this week of i-Ready testing and I am so proud of them! Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions.

Participation/Accountability starts in full swing this week. Students will get 10 points at the beginning of the week and with a loss of two points a day based on

  • Disruptive behavior/distracting others
  • Off task behavior (this can include reading when inappropriate, playing games on the Chromebook, or any other behavior not related to what the classes is doing)
  • Not following classroom specific rules
  • Disruptive church behavior (this will result in a reduction of points from my religion class)
  • unprepared - student does not have what they need to do their job as a student (Chromebook not charged, nothing to write with, missing a book/notebook/homework/classwork, etc.)


6th Grade Objectives:

  • Review Lessons 1-4 on Monday, September 8th
  • chapter 3 Mid-chapter quiz is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9th
  • Find quotients of problems involving multi-digit numbers

7th Grade Objectives:

  • Divide integers
  • Chapter 3 Review on Thursday, September 10th, Friday, September 11th, and Monday, September 14th
  • Chapter 3 Test is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15th

8th Grade Gold Objectives:.

  • Review Lessons 1-4 on Monday, September 8th and Tuesday, September 9th
  • chapter 1 Mid-chapter quiz is scheduled for Thursday, September 10th
  • Simplify expressions using negative exponents

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Review Lessons 1-4 on Monday, September 8th
  • Chapter 1 Mid-chapter quiz is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9th
  • Define appropriate quantities for descriptive modeling and choose levels of accuracy

Week at a Glance (8/31 - 9/4)

Starting Tuesday, September 1st, all middle school students will be completing their first i-Ready Math diagnostic test. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep, eats a healthy breakfast, and try their very best on the test! Make sure to come to school with a charged chromebook and earbuds (if needed)!

 

6th Grade Objectives:

  • Find products of decimals and decimals
  • i-Ready diagnostic
  • Review for Chapter 3 Quiz

7th Grade Objectives:

  • Chapter 3 Quiz
  • i-Ready diagnostic
  • Multiplying integers

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Simplify real number expressions by multiplying and dividing monomials.
  • i-Ready diagnostic
  • Use the Laws of Exponents to find powers of monomials
 

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Review for Chapter 1 Quiz
  • i-Ready diagnostic
  • Review for Chapter 1 Quiz for next week, if diagnostic is finished

Week at a Glance (8/24 - 8/28)

Thank you for a great first week, middle schoolers! Please keep in mind that I might "over plan" for the week, so we may not always meet every objective that I have planned.

 

6th Grade Objectives:

  • Add and subtract decimals
  • Estimate the product of decimals
  • Judge the reasonableness of the results of estimating products
  • Find products of decimals and whole numbers
  • Find products of decimals by decimals
  • Multiplying powers of ten

7th Grade Objectives:

  • Read and write integers, and find the absolute value of an integer
  • Add integers
  • Subtract integers

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Write fractions as decimals and decimals as fractions
  • Write and evaluate expressions involving powers and exponents.
  • Simplify real number expressions by multiplying and dividing monomials

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Write verbal expressions for algebraic expressions and vice-versa
  • Evaluate numerical and algebraic expressions using order of operations
  • Recognize properties of equality, identity, commutative and associative
  • Use the Distributive Property to evaluate expressions
  • Use the Distributive Property to simplify expressions
  • Review the first half of Chapter 1

Week at a Glance 5/18 - 5/22

Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. Growth monitoring was assigned to students, if completed it will count as an i-Ready lesson for the week. No i-Ready lessons assigned for the 8th graders.



6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Chapter 7 Review on Monday, May 18th and Tuesday, May 19th
  • Chapter 7 Test on Wednesday, May  20th
  • Find the area of parallelograms.
  • Find the area of triangles.

Next Week: (5/25 - 5/29)

  • Find the area of trapezoids.
  • Review for Geometry quiz on Wednesday, May 27th and Thursday, May 28th
  • Chapter 9 quiz on Friday, May 29th

6th Grade Black Objectives:.

  • Chapter 9 Review on Monday, May 18th and Tuesday, May 19th
  • Chapter 9 Test on Wednesday, May  20th
  • Volume of rectangular prisms
  • Volume of triangular prisms

Next Week: (5/25 - 5/29)

  • Surface area of rectangular prisms
  • Surface area of triangular prisms
  • Surface area of rectangular and triangular pyramids

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Find the surface area of prisms
  • Find the surface area of pyramids
  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Friday, May 22nd

Next Week: (5/25 - 5/29)

  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Tuesday, May 26th and Wednesday, May 27th
  • Chapter 9 test on Thursday, May 28th and Friday, May 29th

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Using the Fundamental Counting Principle
  • Finding permutations and combinations
  • Finding probabilities of dependent and independent events
  • Review for Chapter 9 test on Friday, May 22nd

Next Week: (5/25 - 5/29)

  • Review for Chapter 9 test on Tuesday, May 26th
  • Chapter 9 test on Wednesday, May 27th and Thursday, May 27th
  • Finding Mean, Mode, Median, and Range for statistical data

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Volumes of cylinders, cones and spheres
  • Surface area of cylinders
  • Surface area of cones

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Solve quadratic equations by square root property.
  • Solve quadratic equations by using factoring.
  • Solve quadratic equations by quadratic formula

Week at a Glance (5/11-5/15)

Due to diagnostic testing for reading and math, students will not have math i-Ready lessons to complete for this week. Students will have to complete i-Ready lessons starting 5/18❤️

 

6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Solve and write division equations
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Review for Chapter 7 test

Next week (5/18-5/22):

  • Review for Chapter 7 test (will be determined after i-Ready diagnostic is completed)
  • Chapter 7 Test (will be determined after i-Ready diagnostic is completed)
  • Solve inequalities by using mental math and the guess, check, and revise strategy.
  • Write and graph inequalities.

6th Grade Black Objectives:.

  • Find the areas of composite figures.
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Chapter 9 Review will start when diagnostic is completed

Next week (5/18-5/22):

  • Review for Chapter 9 test (will be determined after i-Ready diagnostic is completed)
  • Chapter 9 Test (will be determined after i-Ready diagnostic is completed)
  • Volume of rectangular prisms
  • Volume of triangular prisms

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Find volumes and heights of pyramids
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms

Next week (5/18-5/22):

  • Surface area of square, rectangular, and triangular pyramids
  • Volume and surface area of composite figures

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Simple probability
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Use multiplication to count outcomes and find probabilities.

Next week (5/18-5/22):

  • Fundamental Counting Principle
  • Finding permutations and combinations
  • Review for Chapter 9 test

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Surface area of cylinders
  • Surface area of cones
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Review for chapter 8 test

Last week for the 8th graders (5/18 - 5/22)

  • Review for chapter 8 test
  • Chapter 8 test on Tuesday, May 19th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Tuesday, May 19th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Chapter 8 Test finish on Monday, May 11th
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Solve quadratic equations by factoring

Last week for the 8th graders (5/18 - 5/22)

  • Solve quadratic equations by completing the square
  • Solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula
  • Chapter 9 quiz will be on Tuesday, May 19th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Tuesday, May 19th.. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)


Week at a Glance 5/4 - 5/8

Due to diagnostic testing for reading and math, students will not have math i-Ready lessons to complete for the next two weeks. Students will have to complete i-Ready lessons starting 5/18, and this includes the 8th graders. Eight grade i-Ready lessons will be due and graded on Friday, May 22nd, their last school day. ❤️



6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for Chapter 7 quiz on Monday. May 4th
  • Chapter 7 quiz on Tuesday, May 5th
  • Solve and write multiplication equations
  • Solve and write division equations

Next week (5/11-5/15):

  • Solve and write division equations
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Review for Chapter 7 test
 

6th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Determine how changes in dimension affect perimeter and area.
  • Draw polygons in the coordinate plane and use coordinates to find length.
  • Find the areas of composite figures.
  • Chapter 9 Review on Thursday, May 7th and Friday, May 8th 

Next week (5/11-5/15):

  • Chapter 9 Test on Monday, May 11th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Monday, May 11th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Volume of rectangular prisms
  • Volume of triangular prisms
 

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for Chapter 8 quiz on Monday, May 4th and Tuesday, May 5th
  • Chapter 7 quiz on Wednesday, May 6th
  • Find volumes and heights of pyramids

Next week (5/11-5/15):

  • Surface area of rectangular and triangular prisms
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Surface area of square, rectangular, and triangular pyramids
 

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Probability of compound events
  • Review for Chapter 9 quiz on Wednesday. May 6th and Thursday, May 7th
  • Chapter 9 Quiz on Friday, May 8th

Next week (5/11-5/15):

  • Simple probability
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Use multiplication to count outcomes and find probabilities.
  • Fundamental Counting Principle
  • Finding permutations and combinations
 

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

 
  • Review for Chapter 8 quiz on Monday, May 4th and Tuesday, May 5th
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, May 6th
  • Surface area of cylinders
  • Surface area of cones

Next week (5/11-5/15):

  • Surface area of cylinders
  • Surface area of cones
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Review for chapter 8 test

Last week for the 8th graders (5/18 - 5/22)

  • Review for chapter 8 test on Monday, May 18th and Tuesday, May 19th
    • Chapter 8 test on Wednesday, May 20th and Thursday, May 21st (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Wednesday, May 20th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • Corrections for the test will be done in class on Friday, May 22nd
 

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Factor binomials that are differences of squares.
  • Factor trinomials that are perfect squares.
  • Chapter 8 Review on Wednesday, May 6th and Thursday, May 7th
  • Chapter 8 Test on Friday, May 8th and Monday, May 11th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Friday, May 8th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)

Next week (5/11-5/15):

  • Chapter 8 Test finish on Monday, May 11th
  • i-Ready diagnostic starts on 5/12
  • Solve quadratic equations by factoring

Last week for the 8th graders (5/18 - 5/22)

  • Solve quadratic equations by completing the square
    • Solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula
    • Chapter 9 quiz review on Wednesday, May 20th and Thursday, May 21st (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Wednesday, May 20th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • Chapter 9 quiz will be on Friday, May 22nd

Week at a Glance 4/27-5/1

Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. Growth monitoring was assigned to students, if completed it will count as an i-Ready lesson for the week. Due to diagnostic testing, there will be no i-Ready assignments from 5/4 to 5/15.

 

6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Solve and write addition equations.
  • Solve and write subtraction equations.
  • Review for Chapter 7 Quiz on Friday, May 1st

Next week (5/4 - 5/8) and beyond…

  • Review for Chapter 7 Quiz on Monday, May 4th
  • Chapter 7 Quiz on Tuesday, May 5th
  • Solve and write multiplication equations.
  • Solve and write division equations.
  • i-Ready diagnostic testing for Math will begin on Tuesday, May 12th and finish when all students have completed the diagnostic
 

6th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Find the area of parallelograms.
  • Find the area and missing dimensions of triangles.
  • Find the area of trapezoids.
  • Review for Chapter 9 Quiz on Thursday, April 30th
  • Chapter 9 Quiz on Friday, May 1st

Next week (5/4 - 5/8) and beyond…

  • Determine how changes in dimension affect perimeter and area.
  • Draw polygons in the coordinate plane and use coordinates to find length.
  • Find the areas of composite figures.
  • Chapter 9 Review on Thursday, May 7th and Friday, May 8th
  • Chapter 9 Test on Monday, May 11th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Monday, May 11th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • i-Ready diagnostic testing for Math will begin on Tuesday, May 12th and finish when all students have completed the diagnostic
 

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Find the area of composite figures.
  • Find the volume of prisms
  • Review for Chapter 8 Quiz on Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April, 30th
  • Chapter 8 Quiz on Friday, May 1st

Next week (5/4 - 5/8) and beyond…

  • Find the volume of pyramids
  • Find the surface area of prisms
  • Find the surface area of pyramids
  • i-Ready diagnostic testing for Math will begin on Tuesday, May 12th and finish when all students have completed the diagnostic
 

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Monday, April 27th
  • Chapter 8 test on Tuesday, April 28th and Wednesday, April 29th, if needed (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Tuesday, April 28th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • Find and interpret the probability of a simple event.
  • Find and compare experimental and theoretical probabilities.

Next week (5/4 - 5/8) and beyond…

  • Find the probability of compound events.
  • Review for Chapter 9 Quiz on Wednesday, May 6th and Thursday, May 7th
  • Chapter 9 quiz on Friday, May 8th
  • i-Ready diagnostic testing for Math will begin on Tuesday, May 12th and finish when all students have completed the diagnostic

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Finish Chapter 6 Test
  • Find the volume of cylinders.
  • Find the volume of cones.
  • Find the volume of spheres.
  • Field Museum Trip

Next week (5/4 - 5/8) and beyond…

  • Review for Chapter 8 Quiz on Monday, May 4th and Tuesday, May 5th
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, May 6th
  • Find surface area of cylinders
  • Find surface area of cones
  • i-Ready diagnostic testing for Math will begin on Tuesday, May 12th and finish when all students have completed the diagnostic
 

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Chapter 8 quiz on Monday, April 27th
  • Factor polynomials using the Distributive Property
  • Factor polynomials using grouping.
  • Factor quadratic trinomials
  • Field Museum Trip

Next week (5/4 - 5/8) and beyond…

  • Factor binomials that are differences of squares.
  • Factor trinomials that are perfect squares.
  • Chapter 8 Review on Wednesday, May 6th and Thursday, May 7th
  • Chapter 8 Test on Friday, May 8th and Monday, May 11th, if needed (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Monday, May 11th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • i-Ready diagnostic testing for Math will begin on Tuesday, May 12th and finish when all students have completed the diagnostic

Week at a Glance (4/20 - 4/24)

Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. Growth monitoring was assigned to students, if completed it will count as an i-Ready lesson for the week.

 

6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for Chapter 6 test on Monday, April 20th, Tuesday, April 21st and Wednesday, April 22nd,
  • Chapter 6 test on Thursday, April 23rd and Friday, April 24th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Thursday, April 23rd.. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)

Next week (4/27 - 5/1):

  • Solve equations by using mental math and the "guess, check and revise" strategy.
  • Solve and write addition equations.
  • Solve and write subtraction equations.
 

6th Grade Black Objectives:.

  • Solve and graph one-step inequalities.
  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Wednesday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 23rd
  • Chapter 8 test on Friday, April 24th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Friday, April 24th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)

Next week (4/27 - 5/1):

  • Find the area of parallelograms.
  • Find the area and missing dimensions of triangles.
  • Find the area of trapezoids.
  • Review for quiz on Thursday, April 30th
  • Quiz for Chapter 9 on Friday, May 1st
 

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Find the radius, diameter, and circumference of circles.
  • Find the area of circles and semicircles.
  • Carmel Catholic HS Trip
  • Springfield Trip

Next week (4/27 - 5/1):

  • Area of composite figures
  • Volume of prisms
  • Review for quiz on Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th
  • Quiz for chapter 8 on Friday, May 1st
 

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Monday, April 20th and Tuesday, April 21st
  • Carmel Catholic HS Trip
  • Springfield Trip

Next Week (4/27-5/1):

  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Monday, April 27th
  • Chapter 8 test on Tuesday, April 28th and Wednesday, April 29th, if needed (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Tuesday, April 28th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • Find and interpret the probability of a simple event.
  • Find and compare experimental and theoretical probabilities.
 

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for chapter 6 test on Monday, April 20th, Tuesday, April 21st, and Wednesday, April 22nd 
  • Chapter 6 test on Thursday, April 23rd and Friday, April 24th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Thursday, April 23rd. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)

Next Week (4/27-5/1):

  • Find the volume of cylinders.
  • Find the volume of cones.
  • Find the volume of spheres.
  • Field Museum Trip
 

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Multiply binomials using FOIL
  • Multiply polynomials using the Distributive Property
  • Find squares of sums and differences.
  • Find the product of a sum and a difference.
  • Review for chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 23rd
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Friday, April 24th

Next Week (4/27-5/1):

  • Factor polynomials using the Distributive Property
  • Factor polynomials using grouping.
  • Factor quadratic trinomials
  • Field Museum Trip

Week at a Glance (4/13 - 4/17)

Please keep our 8th graders and the administration in your prayers as they journey to Washington D. C. this week. Wishing them safe travels and lots of fun!


Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. Growth monitoring was assigned to students, if completed it will count as an i-Ready lesson for the week.



6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Use the Distributive Property to compute multiplication problems mentally and rewrite algebraic expressions.
  • Factor algebraic expressions
  • Use properties to simplify expressions with one or two variables

.Next week (4/20 - 4/24):

  • Review for Chapter 6 test on Monday, April 20th, Tuesday, April 21st and Wednesday, April 22nd,
  • Chapter 6 test on Thursday, April 23rd and Friday, April 24th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Thursday, April 23rd. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)

6th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Review for chapter 8 quiz on Monday, April 13th and Tuesday, April 14th 
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, April 15th
  • Solve inequalities by using mental math and the guess, check, and revise strategy.
  • Write and graph inequalities.

Next week (4/20 - 4/24):

  • Solve and graph one-step inequalities.
  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Wednesday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 23rd
  • Chapter 8 test on Friday, April 24th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Friday, April 24th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for chapter 7 Test on Monday, April 13th, Tuesday, April 14th, and Wednesday, April 15th
  • Chapter 7 test on Thursday, April 16th and Friday, April 17th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Thursday, April 16th. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently) 

Next week (4/20 - 4/24):

  • Find the radius, diameter, and circumference of circles.
  • Find the area of circles and semicircles.
  • Springfield Trip

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Finding the surface area of pyramids
  • Finding volume and surface area of composite figures
  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Thursday, April 16th and Friday April 17th

Next week (4/20 - 4/24):

  • Review for Chapter 8 test on Monday, April 20th
  • Chapter 8 test on Tuesday, April 21st and Wednesday, April 22nd, if needed (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Tuesday, April 21st. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently)
  • Springfield Trip

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Use scale factor to graph dilations.
  • DC Trip

Next week (4/20 - 4/24):

  • Review for chapter 6 test on Monday, April 20th, Tuesday, April 21st, and Wednesday, April 22nd 
  • Chapter 6 test on Thursday, April 23rd and Friday, April 24th (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Thursday, April 23rd. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently) 

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Adding and subtracting polynomials
  • Multiply a polynomial by a monomial.
  • Solve equations involving the products of monomials and polynomials.
  • DC trip

Next week (4/20 - 4/24):

  • Multiply binomials using FOIL
  • Multiply polynomials using the Distributive Property
  • Find squares of sums and differences.
  • Find the product of a sum and a difference.
  • Review for chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 23rd
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Friday, April 24th

Week at a Glance (4/6 - 4/10)

Happy Easter!! I hope you and your families had a Blessed day! No school on April 6th for Easter Monday.


Prayer for Easter: "Jesus has been raised to new life. Alleluia! Thank you, God, for the gift of your Son. Amen.".


Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. Growth monitoring was assigned to students, if completed it will count as an i-Ready lesson for the week.



6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for chapter 6 quiz on Tuesday, April 7th and Wednesday, April 8th
  • Chapter 6 quiz on Thursday, April 9th and Friday, April 10th if necessary

Next week (4/13 - 4/17):

  • Use properties to simplify expressions.
  • Use the Distributive Property to compute multiplication problems mentally and rewrite algebraic expressions.
  • Using like terms, coefficients, and constants to simplify expressions

6th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Graphing and writing equations of linear functions
  • Using words, equations, tables, and graphs to represent functions

Next week (4/13 - 4/17):

  • Review for chapter 8 quiz on Monday, April 13th and Tuesday, April 14th
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, April 15th
  • Solve inequalities by using mental math and the guess, check, and revise strategy.
  • Write and graph inequalities.

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Solve problems involving scale drawings.
  • Identify three-dimensional figures and their attributes.
  • Describe the shapes resulting from cross-sections of solids and planes.

Next week (4/13 - 4/17):

  • Review for chapter 7 Test on Monday, April 13th, Tuesday, April 14th, and Wednesday, April 15th
  • Chapter 7 test on Thursday, April 16th and Friday, April 17th

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Review for chapter 8 quiz on Tuesday, April 7th
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Wednesday, April 8th
  • Find the volume of pyramids
  • Find the surface area of prisms

Next week (4/13 - 4/17):

  • Find the surface area of pyramids
  • Find the volume and surface area of composite figures
  • Review for chapter 8 Test on Thursday, April 16th and Friday, April 17th

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Graph translations on the coordinate plane.
  • Graph reflections on the coordinate plane.
  • Graph rotations on the coordinate plane.

Next week (4/13 - 4/17):

  • Use scale factor to graph dilations.
  • DC Trip

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Review for Chapter 7 Test on Tuesday, April 7th
  • Chapter 7 test on Wednesday, April 8th and Thursday, April 9th
  • Adding and subtracting polynomials

Next week (4/13 - 4/17):

  • Multiply a polynomial by a monomial.
  • Solve equations involving the products of monomials and polynomials.
  • Multiply binomials by using the FOIL method.
  • Multiply polynomials by using the Distributive Property.
  • DC Trip

Week at a Glance (3/30 - 4/3)

Welcome Back from spring break!! No school on April 3rd for Good Friday and April 6th for Easter Monday.


Prayer for Holy Week: "Heavenly Father, as we begin this Holy Week, we open our hearts to Your presence and grace. Help us to walk with Jesus, reflecting on His sacrifice and the depth of His love. Fill us with Your Spirit, that we may carry our own crosses with faith and trust in You".


Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. Growth monitoring was assigned to students, if completed it will count as an i-Ready lesson for the week.


6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Evaluating one-step and multi-step expressions 
  • Defining variables and writing variable expressions

Next week (4/6 - 4/10):

  • Review for chapter 6 quiz on Tuesday, April 7th and Wednesday, April 8th
  • Chapter 6 quiz on Thursday, April 9th and Friday, April 10th if necessary

6th Grade Black Objectives:


  • Using function tables to find outputs and inputs of functions
  • Finding arithmetic and geometric sequences
  • Finding rules of functions to find terms of sequences

Next week (4/6 - 4/10):

  • Graphing and writing equations of linear functions
  • Using words, equations, tables, and graphs to represent functions

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for chapter 6 quiz on Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st
  • Chapter 6 quiz on Wednesday, April 1st
  • Solve problems involving scale drawings.

Next week (4/6 - 4/10):

  • Solve problems involving scale drawings.
  • Identify three-dimensional figures and their attributes.
  • Describe the shapes resulting from cross-sections of solids and planes

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Find the volume of prisms.
  • .Review for chapter 8 quiz on Tuesday, March 31st and Wednesday, April 1st
  • Chapter 8 quiz on Thursday, April 2nd

Next week (4/6 - 4/10):

  • Find the volume of pyramids.
  • Find the surface area of prisms.
  • Find the surface area of pyramids.

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Review for chapter 5 test on Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st
  • Chapter 5 test on Wednesday, April 1st and Thursday, April 2nd

Next week (4/6 - 4/10):

  • Graph translations on the coordinate plane.
  • Graph reflections on the coordinate plane.
  • Graph rotations on the coordinate plane.

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Determining geometric sequences, finding next terms, and creating geometric functions.
  • Review for Chapter 7 test on Wednesday, April 1st and Thursday, April 2nd

Next week (4/6 - 4/10):

  • Review for Chapter 7 test on Tuesday, April 7th
  • Chapter 7 test on Wednesday, April 8th and Thursday, April 9th if needed (all late and missing assignments for this chapter will be due on Wednesday, April 1st. If not submitted, the grade will remain a zero permanently) 
  • Adding and subtracting polynomials

Week at a Glance (3/16 - 3/20)

Spring is here, 70 degrees one day and 30 degrees and snow the next. Spring break is approaching fast. ***The deadline for all late/missing assignments will be on Friday, March 20th for all classes. If the assignments are not submitted by Friday, they will become permanent zeros. PowerSchool will be updated by Monday, March 16th.

Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions.

i-Ready will be assigned for this week. Students will not have to complete a lesson over spring break.

 

6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Represent numbers using exponents.
  • Find the value of expressions using order of operations.
 

6th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Chapter 7 Review on Monday, March 16th, Tuesday, March 17th
  • Chapter 7 Test on Wednesday, November 18th and Thursday, March 19th (all late/missing homework for Chapter 7 is due on Thursday 3/19 or it will become a permanent zero, no exceptions)
 

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Classify angles and identify vertical and adjacent angles.
  • Classify angles and identify complementary and supplementary angles.
  • Identify and classify triangles and find missing angle measures.

Week after spring break:

  • Review for Chapter 6 Quiz on Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st
  • Chapter 6 Quiz on Wednesday, April 1st


7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Find the circumference of circles.
  • Find the area of circles.
  • Find the area of composite figures..

Week after spring break:

  • Review for Chapter 8 Quiz on Tuesday, March 31st and Wednesday, April 1st
  • Chapter 8 Quiz on Thursday, April 2nd.


8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Solve problems using the Pythagorean theorem.
  • Find the distance between two points on the coordinate plane.
  • Review for Chapter 5 Test on Thursday, March 19th and Friday, March 20th

Week after spring break:

  • Review for Chapter 5 Test on Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st
  • Chapter 5 Test on Wednesday, April 1st and Thursday, April 2nd.


8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Simplify square roots by applying the Product and Quotient Properties of Square roots, and add subtract and multiply radical expressions.
  • Determining geometric sequences, finding next terms, and creating geometric functions.

Week after spring break:

  • Review for Chapter 7 Test on Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st
  • Chapter 7 Test on Wednesday, April 1st and Thursday, April 2nd.

Week at a Glance (Week of 3/9 - 3/13)

Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions.

 

6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Graph ordered pairs on the coordinate plane.
  • Review for chapter test on Tuesday, March 10th, Wednesday, March 11th, and Thursday, March 12th
  • Chapter 5 test on Friday, March 13th (all late/missing homework for Chapter 5 is due on Friday 3/13 or it will become a permanent zero, no exceptions)

Next week (3/16-3/20):

  • Represent numbers using exponents.
  • Find the value of expressions using order of operations.
  • Evaluate algebraic expressions
 
 

6th Grade Black Objectives:.

  • Review for chapter 7 quiz on Monday, March 9th
  • Chapter 7 quiz on Tuesday, March 10th
  • Solve and write multiplication equations.
  • Solve and write division equations.

Next week (3/16-3/20):

  • Chapter 7 Review on Monday, March 16th, Tuesday, March 17th, and Wednesday, March 18th
  • Chapter 7 Test on Thursday, March 19th and if needed Friday, March 20th (all late/missing homework for Chapter 7 is due on Thursday 3/19 or it will become a permanent zero, no exceptions)
 
 

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Chapter 6 Review on Monday, March 9th and Tuesday, March 10th
  • Chapter 6 Test on Wednesday, March 11th and if needed Thursday, March 12th (all late/missing homework for Chapter 6 is due on Friday 3/11 or it will become a permanent zero, no exceptions)
  • Classify angles and identify vertical and adjacent angles.

Next week (3/16-3/20):

  • Classify angles and identify vertical and adjacent angles.
  • Classify angles and identify complementary and supplementary angles.
  • Identify and classify triangles and find missing angle measures.
 
 

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Describe the shapes resulting from cross-sections of solids and planes.
  • Chapter 7 Review on Tuesday, March 10th, and Wednesday, March 11th
  • Chapter 7 Test on Thursday, March 12th and if needed Friday, March 13th (all late/missing homework for Chapter 7 is due on Thursday 3/12 or it will become a permanent zero, no exceptions)

Next week (3/16-3/20):

  • Find the circumference of a circle.
  • Find the area of circles.
  • Find the area of composite figures.
 
 

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Chapter 5 Mid-Chapter Quiz on Monday, March 9th
  • Use the Pythagorean Theorem
  • Solve problems using the Pythagorean theorem.
  • Find the distance between two points on the coordinate plane.

Next week (3/16-3/20):

  • Review for chapter test on Monday, March 16th, Tuesday, March 17th, and Wednesday, March 18th
  • Chapter 5 test on Thursday, March 19th and if needed Friday, March 20th (all late/missing homework for Chapter 5 is due on Thursday 3/19 or it will become a permanent zero, no exceptions)
 
 

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Divide monomials using the properties of exponents and simplify expressions containing negative and zero exponents.
  • Evaluate and rewrite expressions involving rational exponents and solve equations involving expressions with rational exponents.
  • Simplify square roots by applying the Product and Quotient Properties of Square roots, and add subtract and multiply radical expressions.

Next week (3/16-3/20):

  • Simplify square roots by applying the Product and Quotient Properties of Square roots, and add subtract and multiply radical expressions.
  • Review for chapter test on Tuesday, March 17th and Wednesday, March 18th
  • Chapter 7 Test on Thursday, March 19th and Friday, March 20th, if needed  (all late/missing homework for Chapter 7 is due on Thursday 3/19 or it will become a permanent zero, no exceptions)

Week at a Glance (2/23 - 2/27)

Reminder: every student should be completing and passing one i-Ready lesson a week. If a student has difficulty with a lesson and goes past 40 minutes, without completing the lesson, I will count it as completed for the week. If a student does not complete i-Ready for the week, the grade is a 0, no exceptions. 

Trimester 2 ends on February 27th. All late and missing assignments are due by Wednesday, February 25th.

The temperature has dropped this week so please send your student with a jacket, gloves and hat for they will go outside if the temperature is above 20 degrees. The forecast looks like the temps this week will be in the 30s-40s.

 

6th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Mid-Chapter Review on Monday, February 23rd and Tuesday, February 24th
  • Chapter 5 Quiz on Wednesday, February 25th
  • Write positive and negative fractions as terminating or repeating decimals and vice versa.
 

6th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Use properties to simplify expressions with one or two variables.
  • Chapter 6 review on Wednesday, February 25th and Thursday, February 26th
  • Chapter 6 Test on Friday, February 27th
 

7th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Chapter 6 Mid-Chapter review on Monday, February 23rd, Tuesday, February 24th, and Wednesday, February 25th
  • Chapter 6 Mid-Chapter Quiz on Thursday, February 26th
  • Solve inequalities by using the Addition and Subtraction Properties of Equality.
 

7th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Classify angles and identify complementary and supplementary angles.
  • Identify and classify triangles and find missing angle measures.
  • Mid-Chapter Review on Wednesday, February 25th and Thursday, February 26th
  • Chapter 7 Quiz on Friday, February 27th 
 

8th Grade Gold Objectives:

  • Identify relationships of angles formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal.
  • Use inductive and deductive reasoning to prove geometric relationships
  • Find missing angle measures in triangles.
 

8th Grade Black Objectives:

  • Determine the best method for solving systems of equations and apply systems of equations.
  • Solve systems of linear inequalities by graphing and apply systems of linear inequalities
  • Chapter 6 Review on Friday, February 27th, Monday, March 3rd, and Tuesday, March 4th
  • Chapter 6 Test on Wednesday, March 5th

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Mrs. Gina Annunzio
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