Mrs. Berney's PreAP BioCats
Guyer High School Science
February 8th through 12th
I hope that you all are having a great beginning to your week and that everyone is rested and ready to have some fun learning Genetics! Last week, we worked our way through the vocabulary and basic information in regards to Genetics and even created a monster to demonstrate gene expression! Our BioCats will continue this week in our quest to understand Mendel's work, Punnett Squares, Sex-Linked Traits, Polygenic Traits, and a little Genetic Engineering. Please encourage our students to work hard, interact with the material daily outside of school, ask questions, and remain focused. There is a lot of vocabulary in this unit and it is extremely important that we know what the words mean and how they are being used as well as the connections to prior content from the last two quarters. Our interactive notebook will be one of the greatest resources that we have to help us practice and process this important information. BioCats must stay prepared each day for class, making sure that IAN is present just as they are. It was a slight struggle in performance on both the vocabulary quiz and the reading quiz for Ch 6.3 through 6.6. Many of our BioCats are prepared and ready for each class adventure and assessments; however, there is a staggering number of students who have not prepared adequately to ensure success in class activities, discussions, and assessments. This week we will also focus more on test taking strategies, reading strategies and mindset for success. Please feel free to quiz our students and check their work at home. BioCats should also be checking my google classroom daily to see what things we are doing in class and also for the lessons and resources needed for class. I make announcements via google classroom and post all assignments with attachments so that students who are not present in class can keep up with what we are doing in class while they are away. Students who do not complete assignments in class can also reflect on the day's lesson to complete unfinished work at home. Some items will be moved to the next lesson and will be specified in class. I will be adding comments to lessons at the end of each day if there is something that I do not want the students to do on their own. Otherwise, it is never a terrible thing to look ahead!
Thank you for sending me the best students everyday! Our BioCats have so much potential and thrive off of encouragement and support from all of us. I appreciate everything that you are doing and do to help us reach our goals. Please feel free to contact me anytime with any questions or requests. It is truly my pleasure to be here and work with our BioCats everyday!
Please enjoy the rest of this informational smore and the rest of the week!
Cheerfully,
Mrs. Berney
PreAP Biology Educator
Guyer High School
twitter: @lori_berney
email: lberney@dentonisd.org
phone: (940) 369-1118
DNA
Gregor Mendel
Mendel used something like an IAN to document his work with pea plants and establishes a more scientific understanding of why we look like our family and how inheritance works!
DNA in the form of Chromosomes
Upcoming Events and Assessments
Monday/Tuesday - February 8th/9th
Wednesday/Thursday - February 10th/11th
Friday/Monday - February 12th/15th
Tuesday/Wednesday - February 16th/17th
Thursday/Friday - February 17th/18th
Good luck everybody!
First BioCat Family Review Night
Mrs. Lori A. Berney
B.S. in Biology w/ Medical Emphasis
Minor in Combined Sciences and Mathematics
Email: lberney@dentonisd.org
Location: 7501 Teasley Lane, Denton, TX, United States
Phone: (940) 369-1118
Twitter: @lori_berney