November 13th - 17th
Math
Ms. Knippen
jknippen@foxbay.org
Math hours 1 and 8 – We are multiplying binomials and factoring quadratics (but only as a "puzzle" at this time). When we finish the last lesson in the second session there will be a quiz (Thursday perhaps). Mathcounts workout 3 will be collected Friday for a graded assignment.
Math hours 3 and 7 –Tessellation creations are due on Tuesday for a homework check grade. The tessellation was an application of our translation (slide) unit. We are working on two other transformations this week-rotations and reflections.
Science
Ms. Waller
This week the students will complete an investigation of the planets where they will explore the difference between mass and weight, examine the structure of the terrestrial planets and create a model of the solar system. We will have a concept check-in and begin the reading for the last part of the unit. Towards the end of the week we'll start on our first engineering lab where students will design a shield to protect a satellite from damage due to meteoroids. By the end of the week look for a review sheet for the end of the unit test to be posted on Google Classroom.
English
Mr. Heimerl
This week, we will continue our exploration of the dystopia genre, specifically focussing on the short story “Red Card.” It will be our goal to not only understand the story at a factual level, but to understand it at an analytical level. We will slowly walk through the thinking process involved in understanding a story’s theme. Moving beyond topics like “love” or “suffering” or “authoritarianism,” we will ask ourselves what the author says about love or suffering or authoritarianism. We will look to the motifs, repeated images and ideas, that occur throughout the story to get a deeper, more analytical level. This process will culminate in analytical writing that will be due after Thanksgiving break when we return for second trimester.
For grammar, we will continue to practice with and review the relative clause and the appositive phrase. There will be a quiz on Friday, 11/17.
Reading
Ms. Brinnington, Ms. Traska, Ms. Hiir, Ms. Allen
dbrinnington@foxbay.org, straska@foxbay.org, ghiir@foxbay.org, jallen@foxbay.org
The Silenced comes to a close this week. After several weeks analyzing the text and discussion irony and foreshadowing throughout, the students are prepared for their final assessment. The unit test will take place in class on Wednesday, November 15 and Thursday, November 16. It will be in the form of a double-journal entry.
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 well into their second book for the trimester by now. Journaling continues in class each Friday.
There is no Greek/Latin vocabulary this week!
Social Studies
Mr. Blahnik
This week in Social Studies we finished examining the Foreign Policies of the President's Washington through Monroe. Students are currently presenting their Presidential biographies in class. We also started Chapter 14 which is about President Andrew Jackson and the Growth of America. This essential question for this chapter is How well did Andrew Jackson Promote Democracy? We will then examine the different policies of President Jackson throughout this chapter and examine their impact. Students will have a unit test on Tuesday, November 21st.
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