Week 9

October 30th - November 3rd

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Math 1 and 8-Test will be on Tuesday. Students know to finish Closure and to use the parent guide (link can be found on Google Classroom) to review. Monday I'll go over any questions they may have and then move on to Ch. 3. We'll go over the answers to the Mathcounts sheet on Tuesday.

Math 3 and 7-Test will be on Tuesday. Students should do page 136, the practice test, to review for the test. Monday, I'll go over any questions they may have and then move on to Ch. 2 on transformations.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

 Monday we will have a Socratic Seminar on the Earth-Sun-Moon system. Tuesday and Wednesday the students will be preparing a visual model of this system and analyzing that model to describe the role of gravity in the position and motion of Earth and the moon relative to the sun. They will also use this model to explain moon phases and eclipses. This activity will be followed by a concept check-in so students can evaluate how much of the material they understand. At the end of the week, we will begin the second section of reading in our text which covers the other planets in the solar system. 

English

Mr. Heimerl 

zheimerl@foxbay.org

After finishing up the memoir, we will be moving on to our next unit – literary analysis. Specifically, we will be analyzing dystopian literature, so this week will primarily focus on (re-)familiarizing  ourselves with the genre and practicing with shorter texts and videos before diving into the next essay.

 Beyond literary analysis, we will continue our grammar studies by returning to the appositive phrase and beginning to look at the relative clause. A grammar quiz is tentatively scheduled for this Friday, 11/03.

Reading

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

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

 The Silenced continues to be analyzed at great levels, focusing on irony and foreshadowing. The students are holding solid discussions as they also look at how character development and imagery play a role with the plot of a story.

 As noted before, it is very important that your child find balance with his/her independent reading and the class novel. All students should be onto their second book for the trimester by now. Journaling continues in class each Friday.

 This week’s vocabulary root word is -ono, -nym, -onym...meaning “word” or “name”. Contextually rich sentences, with proper grammar and mechanics, are due Wednesday; the quiz follows on Friday.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

US History: We are starting Ch. 12 Foreign Affairs in the Young Nation on Monday.  We will be examining the Foreign Policy of President Washington, President Adams, President Jefferson, President Madison, and President Monroe.  We will also be going in depth on the War of 1812 and looking at the results of that war. Students will be starting a project on the war of 1812 next week.