Week 31

April 23rd - 27th

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

1st and 8th-hours - Algebra - We are finishing Ch. 8 on factoring and graphing quadratic functions. There will be a quiz and test this week.

3rd and 7th hours - General - We are finishing our unit on systems of equations. There will be a quiz and test this week. Please check to be sure your child has a calculator and pencils to finish the year.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week students will be learning about natural selection and adaptations through a simulation-type lab. In this lab the students will be birds looking for "stick bugs" in a forest. They will have 30 seconds to pick a color of stick bug out of the forest (there are red, yellow, green and tan). Then we will determine how many stick bugs are left of each color and they will reproduce in proportion to the number surviving. We will be able to track several generations within the class period so students can see how the environment can help shape the traits of the organisms that live there.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week, students will begin the pre-writing process for their graduation speeches, reflecting upon what graduation means to them, reflecting back upon their years in the Fox Point-Bayside School District, looking at and analyzing sample speeches, and brainstorming possible frames for their own speeches.

Reading

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

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

The week our root word is pol/pos/val, meaning "power/strength". Sentences will be due on Wednesday and the quiz will be on Friday.

We will be reading through Chapter 8 of The Outsiders and doing the journal for Chapters 7-8.

Students will need to complete Flipgrid number 3 for independent reading on Friday.