September 25th - 29th
DC Fundraising
Please turn in completed cookie dough order forms to Ms. Knippen by Tuesday, October 3, 2017.
Checks payable to Bayside Middle School. Pick up will be Thursday, October 12, 2017, from 2:45-5:30 in cafeteria.
Math
Ms. Knippen
jknippen@foxbay.org
Hours 1 and 8 - Mathcounts worksheets will be due on Mondays. Mathcounts is a problem solving competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Engineers. In February, 8 students will participate in the Milwaukee area competition.
We will be finishing our Ch. 1 work on graphing functions.
Hours 3 and 7 - We will work on the second half of Ch. 1 - solving multiple step equations with variables on both sides of the equation. And then we will rewrite formulas for a given variable.
Science
Ms. Waller
twaller@foxbay.org
This class continues to impress. During lab work they have been remarkably focused. Because I am meeting with small groups to give feedback, our labs require a lot of independence from students. So far almost everyone is managing time well. If groups get behind, they may have to complete parts of the lab during study hall, recess, or after school. Students will be creating the steps of their experiment to answer the question we came up with as a class. Tuesday's work will focus on completing experimental designs, conducting experiments, and collecting data. On Wednesday students will write and share conclusions. On Thursday students will take their first concept check-in (which is like a quiz). I do not use these scores as part of the science grade. It is to give your child information about what they understand and what they still need to work on. Then we will turn to the second part of the reading which focuses on matter and changes that can occur with changes in temperature or during chemical reactions. Students will continue to practice the skill of selective highlighting and they will be introduced to magnet summaries.
This class continues to impress. During lab work they have been remarkably focused. Because I am meeting with small groups to give feedback, our labs require a lot of independence from students. So far almost everyone is managing time well. If groups get behind, they may have to complete parts of the lab during study hall, recess, or after school. Students will be creating the steps of their experiment to answer the question we came up with as a class. Tuesday's work will focus on completing experimental designs, conducting experiments, and collecting data. On Wednesday students will write and share conclusions. On Thursday students will take their first concept check-in (which is like a quiz). I do not use these scores as part of the science grade. It is to give your child information about what they understand and what they still need to work on. Then we will turn to the second part of the reading which focuses on matter and changes that can occur with changes in temperature or during chemical reactions. Students will continue to practice the skill of selective highlighting and they will be introduced to magnet summaries.
English
Mr. Heimerl
zheimerl@foxbay.org
We will continue to explore the techniques students will include in their memoirs this week. In particular, we will be focusing on grammar, taking a close look at the "out of order adjective" and the present participial phrase, which students will need to include in the final drafts of their memoirs. Throughout the week, students will have short grammar assignments for homework, and we will finish the week with a grammar quiz on Friday.
Reading
Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen
dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org, ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org
Social Studies
We continue analyzing short stories this week. Annotating these texts has been introduced, as it is an important skill to have for high school. The students will focus on “The Gift of the Magi” along with “Charles”, and continue discussing thematic connections along with irony and its impact on a story’s plot.
The vocabulary root word for this week is -pos, meaning ‘to place, put’. Sentences are due Wednesday, quiz Friday.
Mr. Blahnik
bblahnik@foxbay.org
We continue learning about the United States Constitution this week. We are learning about the powers of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government. We are also discussing the different issues and compromises that arose during the Constitutional Convention.
We will then begin our debate on the ratification of the United States Constitution. Students will either be Federalists or Antifederalists and the two groups will present their historical sides arguments on whether or not the US Constitution should be ratified in 1788. We will then examine the Bill of Rights that were added to the United States Constitution.
We continue learning about the United States Constitution this week. We are learning about the powers of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government. We are also discussing the different issues and compromises that arose during the Constitutional Convention.
We will then begin our debate on the ratification of the United States Constitution. Students will either be Federalists or Antifederalists and the two groups will present their historical sides arguments on whether or not the US Constitution should be ratified in 1788. We will then examine the Bill of Rights that were added to the United States Constitution.
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