Week 36

May 29th - June 1st

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

All classes: We are wrapping up a unit on simplifying radicals and the solving equations with radicals. I am very impressed with the number of students stepping it up to power through the work!

For the Honors Algebra students taking the 2nd-semester exam, the study packet has been passed out. The exam will be Monday, June 4.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

We will complete our engineering lab this week. In this lab students are creating three different vertical wind turbines mock ups. They will try to generate at least 240 millivolts of electricity at high wind speeds created by a fan. Towards the end of the week look forward to seeing your child's design on Seesaw. We will have our final test on this unit on Monday next week. There is a review sheet posted on Google Classroom.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week we will finish up our final grammar unit with a test on Wednesday, May 30th. After the test, we will move into our final unit, in which students will write friendly letters to two mentors who have impacted them during their time at Bayside.

Reading

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

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

We will be finishing up this year with a short poetry unit. We will look at analyzing poems and identifying various forms of figurative language and poetic devices.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

This week in US History, students finished their DBQ writing essay on The Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie: Did It Make Him a Hero?  We will also examine working conditions and the labor unions that formed at this time period to try and improve working conditions in the late 1800s early 1900s. Next week, we will look at Immigration to the United States in the early 1900s. We will then examine the changes that were made in the United States during the Progressive Era (the early 1900s) and the United States involvement in World War I.

Week 35

May 21st - 25th

MATC Summer Camps

Follow this link for listings of the MATC Summer Camps, most of which are FREE to high school participants (students entering grades 9-12 for the 2018-2019 school year). Spots are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Questions may be directed to: explore@matc.edu (414) 297-6136

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Students will be studying radicals and simplifying them. This will be a worksheet unit. Students will need to be taking notes to use as a reference as the unit is not in the textbook. There will be a checking for understanding and quiz by the end of the year.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week we are finishing up our Transforming Energy unit with an engineering lab. In this lab students will be designing and testing three mock-ups of vertical axis wind turbines to see if they can construct one that can generate at least 240 millivolts of electricity. There will be a test on this unit early next week.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will be writing an ekphrastic poem in response to a painting or other piece of art that they chose at the Milwaukee Art Museum on Friday's field trip. Final drafts will be due on Friday, May 25th.

Students will also continue their grammar review for the comprehensive grammar test next week Wednesday, May 30th.

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 have our Outsiders debate. This will be on Wednesday, and students have been preparing over the past week. Students should dress as Greasers or Socs on the day of the debate.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

Week 34

May 14th - 18th

MATC Summer Camps

Follow this link for listings of the MATC Summer Camps, most of which are FREE to high school participants (students entering grades 9-12 for the 2018-2019 school year). Spots are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Questions may be directed to: explore@matc.edu (414) 297-6136

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

1st and 8th-hour Algebra:

We are wrapping up Ch. 9 with a quiz and a test at the end of the week or early next week. I condensed Ch. 10 into three worksheets of problems, so we will not formally cover every lesson in the review preview section. I grabbed all the problems that reflected the specific skills covered in each lesson. No test on Ch. 10. We will then do a unit on simplifying radicals and cover questions for the exam.

3rd and 7th-hour – 8th-grade math:

We are wrapping up Ch. 9 with a quiz Wednesday and test Thursday (we have a change in schedule on Friday due to the art museum field trip).

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week the students will be constructing an electromagnet and using it to build a motor. They will explore a number of variables to see how they affect the motor's output of energy.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will return to the world of grammar, creating presentations to review the grammar concepts we explored earlier in the year, in preparation for the approaching grammar test.

We will also explore ekphrastic poetry – vivid, often dramatic, poetry written in response to visual works of art – as we will be taking a field trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum on Friday, May 18th. It will be the students' task to find inspiration from at least one piece of art and to write an ekphrastic poem of their own, incorporating at least one grammatical construction that we have studied this year.

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 finish watching West Side Story and compare and contrast it with The Outsiders. Starting on Wednesday students will start preparing for the debate on May 23rd.

Social Studies

Mr. Blahnik

bblahnik@foxbay.org

This week, we are finishing our Wisconsin Native American Tribe presentations and Ch. 23 Tensions in the West.  We will be beginning Ch. 24 The Rise of Industry. The essential question is Did the benefits of industrialization outweigh the costs?  The students will also complete a DBQ essay for this Chapter.  The DBQ is titled The Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie: Did it Make Him a Hero?  We will then finish the Unit by studying Ch. 25 which is titled: The Great Wave of Immigration.

Week 33

May 7th - 11th

MATC Summer Camps

Follow this link for listings of the MATC Summer Camps, most of which are FREE to high school participants (students entering grades 9-12 for the 2018-2019 school year). Spots are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Questions may be directed to: explore@matc.edu (414) 297-6136

Math

Ms. Knippen

jknippen@foxbay.org

Hours 1 and 8 - Algebra:

We are working in Ch. 9, the quadratic equation and then graphing inequalities. The students will also have worksheets for solving equations that represent the work from Ch. 10.

Hours 3 and 7 - 8th-grade math:

We are in Ch. 9, displays of data. Please check to be sure that your child is doing their assigned homework. Some are taking quizzes having done none of the assigned work. They want to ask questions during an assessment and are frustrated when we won't help them when they haven't done homework or the quiz reviews. Next year homework is not always checked by the high school teachers, yet students must be practicing the work on a nightly basis to be able to have procedural understanding and then be able to apply the skill. Students cannot opt out of the work, it will destroy their grade in math.

Science

Ms. Waller

twaller@foxbay.org

This week we'll begin the last unit of the year Transforming Energy. Can you believe it's May already? In this unit students will investigate magnetic fields and electromagnets and then apply their scientific knowledge to design a vertical wind turbine. This week we'll complete the first reading in the text and complete an investigation into factors that affect the size of an object's magnetic field. Then students will explore a system where potential energy can be stored by repelling magnets.

English

Mr. Heimerl

zheimerl@foxbay.org

This week in English, students will be making their final touches on their graduation speeches, practicing, and finally performing. Performances will begin on Tuesday.