Week 36

May 29th - June 1st

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

All classes: We are wrapping up a unit on simplifying radicals and the solving equations with radicals. I am very impressed with the number of students stepping it up to power through the work!

For the Honors Algebra students taking the 2nd-semester exam, the study packet has been passed out. The exam will be Monday, June 4.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

We will complete our engineering lab this week. In this lab students are creating three different vertical wind turbines mock ups. They will try to generate at least 240 millivolts of electricity at high wind speeds created by a fan. Towards the end of the week look forward to seeing your child's design on Seesaw. We will have our final test on this unit on Monday next week. There is a review sheet posted on Google Classroom.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week we will finish up our final grammar unit with a test on Wednesday, May 30th. After the test, we will move into our final unit, in which students will write friendly letters to two mentors who have impacted them during their time at Bayside.

Reading

Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen

dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org,
ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org

We will be finishing up this year with a short poetry unit. We will look at analyzing poems and identifying various forms of figurative language and poetic devices.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

This week in US History, students finished their DBQ writing essay on The Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie: Did It Make Him a Hero?  We will also examine working conditions and the labor unions that formed at this time period to try and improve working conditions in the late 1800s early 1900s. Next week, we will look at Immigration to the United States in the early 1900s. We will then examine the changes that were made in the United States during the Progressive Era (the early 1900s) and the United States involvement in World War I.

Week 35

May 21st - 25th

MATC Summer Camps

Follow this link for listings of the MATC Summer Camps, most of which are FREE to high school participants (students entering grades 9-12 for the 2018-2019 school year). Spots are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Questions may be directed to: explore@matc.edu (414) 297-6136

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Students will be studying radicals and simplifying them. This will be a worksheet unit. Students will need to be taking notes to use as a reference as the unit is not in the textbook. There will be a checking for understanding and quiz by the end of the year.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week we are finishing up our Transforming Energy unit with an engineering lab. In this lab students will be designing and testing three mock-ups of vertical axis wind turbines to see if they can construct one that can generate at least 240 millivolts of electricity. There will be a test on this unit early next week.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will be writing an ekphrastic poem in response to a painting or other piece of art that they chose at the Milwaukee Art Museum on Friday's field trip. Final drafts will be due on Friday, May 25th.

Students will also continue their grammar review for the comprehensive grammar test next week Wednesday, May 30th.

Reading

Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen

dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org,
ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org

This week we will have our Outsiders debate. This will be on Wednesday, and students have been preparing over the past week. Students should dress as Greasers or Socs on the day of the debate.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

Week 34

May 14th - 18th

MATC Summer Camps

Follow this link for listings of the MATC Summer Camps, most of which are FREE to high school participants (students entering grades 9-12 for the 2018-2019 school year). Spots are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Questions may be directed to: explore@matc.edu (414) 297-6136

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

1st and 8th-hour Algebra:

We are wrapping up Ch. 9 with a quiz and a test at the end of the week or early next week. I condensed Ch. 10 into three worksheets of problems, so we will not formally cover every lesson in the review preview section. I grabbed all the problems that reflected the specific skills covered in each lesson. No test on Ch. 10. We will then do a unit on simplifying radicals and cover questions for the exam.

3rd and 7th-hour – 8th-grade math:

We are wrapping up Ch. 9 with a quiz Wednesday and test Thursday (we have a change in schedule on Friday due to the art museum field trip).

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week the students will be constructing an electromagnet and using it to build a motor. They will explore a number of variables to see how they affect the motor's output of energy.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will return to the world of grammar, creating presentations to review the grammar concepts we explored earlier in the year, in preparation for the approaching grammar test.

We will also explore ekphrastic poetry – vivid, often dramatic, poetry written in response to visual works of art – as we will be taking a field trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum on Friday, May 18th. It will be the students' task to find inspiration from at least one piece of art and to write an ekphrastic poem of their own, incorporating at least one grammatical construction that we have studied this year.

Reading

Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen

dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org,
ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org

This week we will finish watching West Side Story and compare and contrast it with The Outsiders. Starting on Wednesday students will start preparing for the debate on May 23rd.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

This week, we are finishing our Wisconsin Native American Tribe presentations and Ch. 23 Tensions in the West.  We will be beginning Ch. 24 The Rise of Industry. The essential question is Did the benefits of industrialization outweigh the costs?  The students will also complete a DBQ essay for this Chapter.  The DBQ is titled The Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie: Did it Make Him a Hero?  We will then finish the Unit by studying Ch. 25 which is titled: The Great Wave of Immigration.

Week 33

May 7th - 11th

MATC Summer Camps

Follow this link for listings of the MATC Summer Camps, most of which are FREE to high school participants (students entering grades 9-12 for the 2018-2019 school year). Spots are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Questions may be directed to: explore@matc.edu (414) 297-6136

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Hours 1 and 8 - Algebra:

We are working in Ch. 9, the quadratic equation and then graphing inequalities. The students will also have worksheets for solving equations that represent the work from Ch. 10.

Hours 3 and 7 - 8th-grade math:

We are in Ch. 9, displays of data. Please check to be sure that your child is doing their assigned homework. Some are taking quizzes having done none of the assigned work. They want to ask questions during an assessment and are frustrated when we won't help them when they haven't done homework or the quiz reviews. Next year homework is not always checked by the high school teachers, yet students must be practicing the work on a nightly basis to be able to have procedural understanding and then be able to apply the skill. Students cannot opt out of the work, it will destroy their grade in math.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week we'll begin the last unit of the year Transforming Energy. Can you believe it's May already? In this unit students will investigate magnetic fields and electromagnets and then apply their scientific knowledge to design a vertical wind turbine. This week we'll complete the first reading in the text and complete an investigation into factors that affect the size of an object's magnetic field. Then students will explore a system where potential energy can be stored by repelling magnets.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will be making their final touches on their graduation speeches, practicing, and finally performing. Performances will begin on Tuesday.

Week 32

April 30th - May 4th

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Hours 1 and 8 - Algebra:

We forge on to Ch. 9-the Quadratic Formula! The class will be working right up to the end of the year, as they will take the second semester final exam in June. There will be a study packet.

Hours 3 and 7 - 8th-grade math:

We will spend some time studying probability and statistics. We will be applying our graphing, fraction and percent skills.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week we'll complete our unit on Human Genetics with a section on Mendelian genetics. The students will learn about the difference between genotype (genetic makeup) and phenotype (how the trait is expressed). We will look at dominant and recessive genes and use Punnett squares to predict the probability of different genotypes in the offspring produced by two parents. This will lead us to an activity where students will apply their understanding of genetics to choose rabbits to selectively breed for a particular fur color.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week, students will be finishing pre-writing for the graduation speeches and will get to writing the actual speech. They will have a rough draft due Tuesday, May 1st. From there, students will explore grammatical and rhetorical patterns and revise their speeches to include various style elements. The final draft will be due Thursday, May 3rd. After that point, students will begin practicing the delivery of their speeches. Performances will begin the next week on Tuesday, March 8th.

Reading

Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen

dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org,
ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org

This week we will be finishing up reading The Outsiders.  We will be watching the movie next week.  Please make sure to sign the electronic permission slip sent to you. Journals for the book will be collected at the end of the week as part of the unit assessment.  Our final assessment for the unit will be a debate on May 23.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

This week, we will have started Chapter 22: The Reconstruction Era. Students are working on a Reconstruction project which is due on Tuesday of next week. We will also be having our unit test next week on Chapters 20-22. Students will be issued a study guide before the test to help them study for the test.

Week 31

April 23rd - 27th

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

1st and 8th-hours - Algebra - We are finishing Ch. 8 on factoring and graphing quadratic functions. There will be a quiz and test this week.

3rd and 7th hours - General - We are finishing our unit on systems of equations. There will be a quiz and test this week. Please check to be sure your child has a calculator and pencils to finish the year.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week students will be learning about natural selection and adaptations through a simulation-type lab. In this lab the students will be birds looking for "stick bugs" in a forest. They will have 30 seconds to pick a color of stick bug out of the forest (there are red, yellow, green and tan). Then we will determine how many stick bugs are left of each color and they will reproduce in proportion to the number surviving. We will be able to track several generations within the class period so students can see how the environment can help shape the traits of the organisms that live there.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week, students will begin the pre-writing process for their graduation speeches, reflecting upon what graduation means to them, reflecting back upon their years in the Fox Point-Bayside School District, looking at and analyzing sample speeches, and brainstorming possible frames for their own speeches.

Reading

Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen

dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org,
ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org

The week our root word is pol/pos/val, meaning "power/strength". Sentences will be due on Wednesday and the quiz will be on Friday.

We will be reading through Chapter 8 of The Outsiders and doing the journal for Chapters 7-8.

Students will need to complete Flipgrid number 3 for independent reading on Friday.

Week 30

April 16th - 20th

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Hours 1 and 8 – Algebra:

We are now graphing quadratic functions. Today we graphed quadratic functions from situations, charts, equations, and graphs. There will be a quiz tomorrow on the first section of the chapter.

Hours 3 and 7 – 8th-grade Math:

We are working on Ch. 5, solving systems of equations. We will be reviewing the first two lessons. There will be a quiz on Wednesday.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week we continue our study of evolution by examining similarities and differences in DNA of different organisms and observing embryonic development in different species. After completing the reading and two activities we will do a Socratic Seminar on this topic. Students will have a quick ungraded quiz after the Socratic Seminar. Then we will begin the next section of reading which focuses on the process of natural selection.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week, students will finally finish their research essay. On Monday, a complete rough draft is due, including an intro, body, and conclusion. Monday and Tuesday, students will engage in a peer review and revision process. We will also create the cover page and works cited page. On Wednesday, students will make their final edits. The final draft will be due at the end of class Wednesday.

Thursday and Friday, we will begin to discuss our next major unit – the graduation speech. We will explore example speeches, discuss what makes a good speech and a poor speech, and begin to brainstorm ideas for student speeches.

Reading

Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen

dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org,
ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org

We will continue reading and discussing The Outsiders this week. We will get through Chapter 5. There will be Forward Testing on Wednesday and Thursday, so there will not be class on those days.We will not have a root word this week.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

In History Class, the students are finishing writing their DBQ essay on The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was It a Turning Point? The essays are due next week. We are also finishing Ch. 21 the Civil War this week and will be starting Ch. 22 Reconstruction Era. The essential question of the chapter is: To what extent did Reconstruction bring African Americans closer to full citizenship? We will be gaining background content through the TCI textbook and students will be starting a project on Reconstruction of the US next week.