Week 27

March 12th - March 16th

Class T-Shirt Design Contest

Is your child an artist? Does he/she like to design and create? Have him/her enter our graduation logo contest!! We are looking for our future graduates to design the Class of 2018 t-shirt and memory book cover.

Follow this link for further details.

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Hours 1 and 8 - Algebra:

Students are finishing up with Ch. 7. We will have the chapter test on Friday. There will be a quiz on section 7.1 Monday. 

Hours 3 and 7 - General 8th:

We are now studying scientific notation-converting between scientific and standard notation and then adding and multiplying them. We will have a quiz and the chapter test next week.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week in science the students will be analyzing what cells need to do in order to divide and making a model that illustrates the steps of mitosis. Then students will construct a model of meiosis showing the recombination of genes that occurs during crossing over and illustrating how gametes get only half the number of chromosomes. They will use their two models to compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis. We will do a quick concept check-in at the end of the week so students can evaluate their week's learning.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will continue the prewriting process for their research essay. Moving beyond the outline and the general argument established in their thesis and sub-claims, students will explore how to incorporate and punctuate quotations and how to paraphrase.

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 working on the elements of debate, focusing on opening statements, counterarguments, rebuttals and closing statements. Students will be choosing partners and topics for Lincoln-Douglas debates that will happen the week following Spring Break.

Root word this week is tang/tact, meaning "touch".

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

United States History is finishing up Chapter 20 Divided Nation. The essential question is Which events of the mid-1800s kept the nation together and which events pulled it apart?

The students are also starting a project where students will choose a major event that led to the Civil War that they want to learn more in-depth. Students will be presenting these projects next week Thursday. Then we will be starting Chapter 21 the Civil War. The essential question of this chapter is What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?

Week 26

March 12th - March 16th

Class T-Shirt Design Contest

Is your child an artist? Does he/she like to design and create? Have him/her enter our graduation logo contest!! We are looking for our future graduates to design the Class of 2018 t-shirt and memory book cover.

Follow this link for further details.

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Algebra 1 and 8th hours:

We are reviewing a bit of exponential functions. Homework check on Tuesday on the first two lessons. A quiz is scheduled for mid-week up to 7.1.4. We will be continuing with exponential decay. And then fractional exponents.

8th grade math Hours 3 and 7:

We are reviewing the laws of exponents and then moving on to scientific notation.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

We are learning about cell division and how it is responsible for growth. Students will also learn about how organisms pass their genetic information onto their offspring during asexual and sexual reproduction. They will study the process of crossing over and learn how that results in genetic recombination of the parental DNA in the offspring.

The students will begin with a reading and then participate in an activity where they will model and compare mitosis and meiosis.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will continue their research process the started during trimester 2. Monday and Tuesday, students review their notes that they have already gathered, craft a working thesis statement, and create an outline for their eventual essay. Thursday and Friday, they will explore effective ways to build claims and will develop topic sentences for each of their body paragraphs.

Reading

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

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

This week in reading we will begin our unit on debate. Students will be introduced to the terminology of debate, as well as the form and structure of different kinds of debates. This will be in preparation for a major debate coming up after reading The Outsiders.

Root word this week is "aud/phon/son", meaning "sound"/"hear".n Sentences are due on Wednesday and quiz is on Friday.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

Students are finishing their Washington D.C. reflections for Social Studies which are due on Tuesday, March 13. Students will turn those in with their Washington D.C. projects which were due March 6th. This week, we will be studying Chapter 20 "A Dividing Nation". The essential question to this chapter is Which events of the mid-1800s kept the nation together and which events pulled it apart? We will discuss the Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, Kansas and Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, The Dred Scott Decision, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the Election of 1860 and Secession. After this chapter, we will be studying the Civil War and Reconstruction.