September 5th - 15th
General News
For those new to Bayside School, welcome! We will post and send out an overview of the upcoming weeks’ events to this blog each Friday. More details relative to daily lessons and homework will be posted to students’ Google Classroom accounts. Please do not hesitate to contact any teacher below if you have questions.
What a great first week I had with your children! They are anxious to do well in science this year. I introduced the scientific process with a three-hole bottle demonstration. We also spent some time getting to know each other and reviewing the classroom expectations. They spent Friday learning about lab safety.
During week two we'll begin our first textbook reading focusing on the reading strategy of turning the section heading into a question and using that to guide selective highlighting. Once we are done with the reading, I'll spend a day setting up expectations for Socratic Seminar and the students will participate in their first one next Monday. Please ask your child to see the unit plan for our Matter and Movement Unit. It is posted on Google Classroom.
We're off to a great start in 8th grade English! The first week, we went over general expectations and routines of the classroom and began to work on our first major unit – the memoir. Students reflected upon their thinking stills, creating a metaphor to describe themselves, they wrote and shared a "6-Word Memoir," and we began unpacking what it takes to write a good memoir.
During week two we'll begin our exploration of the memoir, reading multiple short examples and beginning to brainstorm ideas that students could use in their own memoirs. Beyond that, we'll also begin our first work with grammar, reviewing basic sentence structure and digging into free modifiers and adjectives out of order.
There will be minor homework assignments throughout the weeks but no major assessments.
We are off to a great start in Social Studies! The first week of class, we went over different rules and expecations for class. Students also registered for their Google Classroom account, online textbook account through TCI, and created a Newsela account for current events articles. On Fridays, we incorporate current events into Social Studies class. We read some current event articles and we started watching CNN 10 (formly called CNN Student News) which is a daily 10 minute news cast geared for Middle and High School students. Students reflected on a newstory of their choice and turned it in on Google Classroom.
During the second week of class, we started our first unit on Government and the United States Constitution. We learned about different types of government and we studied the philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes and their views on government. The students had two reading handouts that were due and had completed Ch. 8 section 1,2, and 3 of their textbook for homework.
Math
Ms. Knippen
jknippen@foxbay.org
Welcome to 8th grade!! Your children are doing an awesome job! They are already taking good notes, doing homework and participating in class. Some need a reminder to bring calculators to class (not the worst thing to have as a reminder.)
Math 1 and 8-We are covering functions as they occur in given situations, tables and graphic representations. Students are working in groups on in-class work. Their homework is a "review & preview" section, so it requires minimal assistance as the hard stuff is done during class time. It's kind of a flipped class in terms of work and the level of difficulty.
Mathcounts is also in full swing. It is a problem solving program in which we will compete against other schools in February.
Math 3 and 7-We are already solving equations. Students have been working on one and two-step equations. They're doing awesome showing work and keeping work organized.
jknippen@foxbay.org
Welcome to 8th grade!! Your children are doing an awesome job! They are already taking good notes, doing homework and participating in class. Some need a reminder to bring calculators to class (not the worst thing to have as a reminder.)
Math 1 and 8-We are covering functions as they occur in given situations, tables and graphic representations. Students are working in groups on in-class work. Their homework is a "review & preview" section, so it requires minimal assistance as the hard stuff is done during class time. It's kind of a flipped class in terms of work and the level of difficulty.
Mathcounts is also in full swing. It is a problem solving program in which we will compete against other schools in February.
Math 3 and 7-We are already solving equations. Students have been working on one and two-step equations. They're doing awesome showing work and keeping work organized.
Science
Ms. Waller
What a great first week I had with your children! They are anxious to do well in science this year. I introduced the scientific process with a three-hole bottle demonstration. We also spent some time getting to know each other and reviewing the classroom expectations. They spent Friday learning about lab safety.
During week two we'll begin our first textbook reading focusing on the reading strategy of turning the section heading into a question and using that to guide selective highlighting. Once we are done with the reading, I'll spend a day setting up expectations for Socratic Seminar and the students will participate in their first one next Monday. Please ask your child to see the unit plan for our Matter and Movement Unit. It is posted on Google Classroom.
English
Mr. Heimerl
We're off to a great start in 8th grade English! The first week, we went over general expectations and routines of the classroom and began to work on our first major unit – the memoir. Students reflected upon their thinking stills, creating a metaphor to describe themselves, they wrote and shared a "6-Word Memoir," and we began unpacking what it takes to write a good memoir.
During week two we'll begin our exploration of the memoir, reading multiple short examples and beginning to brainstorm ideas that students could use in their own memoirs. Beyond that, we'll also begin our first work with grammar, reviewing basic sentence structure and digging into free modifiers and adjectives out of order.
There will be minor homework assignments throughout the weeks but no major assessments.
Reading
Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen
dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org, ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org
Welcome back to school! We look forward to working with your child this year as we continue strengthening our literacy skills.
The first two weeks will be spent analyzing and discussing the importance of perspective when it comes to reading various texts. It is important to be aware that we may read books through a different lens...this is what leads to higher-level conversations and a better understanding of the world around us. Thematic connections will also be a large part of our conversations. The short story “Stop the Sun”, written by Gary Paulsen, is one example of a text we will utilize to strengthen our thematic connections.
Vocabulary also continues this year. Students will study new Greek and Latin root words on a weekly basis - week one begins on September 11th. Students are aware that they will receive their root word on Mondays, contextually rich sentences are due every Wednesday, and a quiz on Fridays follows.
Social Studies
Mr. Blahnik
We are off to a great start in Social Studies! The first week of class, we went over different rules and expecations for class. Students also registered for their Google Classroom account, online textbook account through TCI, and created a Newsela account for current events articles. On Fridays, we incorporate current events into Social Studies class. We read some current event articles and we started watching CNN 10 (formly called CNN Student News) which is a daily 10 minute news cast geared for Middle and High School students. Students reflected on a newstory of their choice and turned it in on Google Classroom.
During the second week of class, we started our first unit on Government and the United States Constitution. We learned about different types of government and we studied the philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes and their views on government. The students had two reading handouts that were due and had completed Ch. 8 section 1,2, and 3 of their textbook for homework.
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