The teacher will be out of the building from Wednesday to Friday this week for a Bay trip with students. While out, they will have limited email access. This week in class, students learned about mutations and completed a Punnett square assessment. Upcoming, students will read about and interact with materials on mutations. The end of the third quarter is April 6, and the teacher will be absent on April 4, so students should complete any missing work before then.
The teacher will be out of the building from Wednesday to Friday this week for a Bay trip with students. While out, they will have limited email access. This week in class, students learned about mutations and completed a Punnett square assessment. Upcoming, students will read about and interact with materials on mutations. The end of the third quarter is April 6, and the teacher will be absent on April 4, so students should complete any missing work before then.
The teacher will be out of the building from Wednesday to Friday this week for a Bay trip with students. While out, they will have limited email access. This week in class, students learned about mutations and completed a Punnett square assessment. Upcoming, students will read about and interact with materials on mutations. The end of the third quarter is April 6, and the teacher will be absent on April 4, so students should complete any missing work before then.
The teacher will be out of the building from Wednesday to Friday this week for a Bay trip with students. While out, they will have limited email access. This week in class, students learned about mutations and completed a Punnett square assessment. Upcoming, students will read about and interact with materials on mutations. The end of the third quarter is April 6, and the teacher will be absent on April 4, so students should complete any missing work before then.
I will be out of the building on Wednesday-Friday of this week on the Bay
Trip with 23 Farquhar students. I will have limited access to email (if at all). I will get back to any emails when I return from the trip. I wanted to make sure a weekly newsletter got out but I apologize if it changes some while I am out.
What we did this week:
Monday, we began looking at mutations by trying to determine factual
statements vs. fictional statements about mutations. Mutations are changes to genes that can result in changes to proteins, which can affect the structures and functions of the organism and thereby change traits. Some changes are beneficial, others harmful, and some neutral to the organism.
Tuesday we completed an assessment on Punnett Squares and genetics.
Wednesday we will be completing a summative. Students will think of one
specific trait and use what they know about their parents traits, to create a possible Punnett square. If students wanted a fictional character, that was offered to them as well. They will use their own traits along with their parents to predict the genotypes of everyone.
Thursday and Friday of this week, we will complete a reading by annotating
and taking notes on an article. We also will have some interactives to complete on mutations.
Announcements:
The end of quarter 3 is Thursday, April 6. My gradebook will close on
Monday, April 3rd due to me being out of the building on Tuesday, April 4th. Please have your child take care of assignments that are marked as Zs before the end of the quarter.
Coming Up:
Topics:
Artificial Selection RFP
Dates:
March 27-31 - Tech Week for the play
March 28 ASSESSMENT Punnett Squares March 28 - Band Festival March 29-31 Chesapeake Bay Trip I will be out of the building March 31 - Play performance in the morning (8:45-12:15) March 31 - Hairspray Jr. Play at 7:30 pm April 1 Hairspray Jr. play at 7:30 pm April 2 Hairspray Jr. play at 2:00 pm April 4 Carderock Field Trip with my CADD class I will be out of the building April 6 - 7th Grade Holocaust Speakers during 3rd period April 6 Last Day of Quarter 3 April 7-17 Spring Break April 18 First Day of Quarter 4 April 19 Town Hall Meetings Period 1 Grade 6 Period 2 Grade 7 Period 3 Grade 8 April 20 Spanish Classes Field Trip April 24-28 Roadrunner Week April 26 Spanish Classes Field Trip April 27 Take Your Child to Work Day April 28 Roadrunner Night