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

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

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

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.

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)

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