1. Welcome to sixth grade! 08/30/2017
Upcoming, Important Dates:
Add these dates to your agenda, if they apply to you:
Wednesday (08/30) – Progress Reports
– Early Release at 1:30
Friday (09/01) – Floyd spirit wear & jeans day
Monday (09/04) – Labor Day Holiday – No School
Tuesday (09/05) – Mini. Benchmark # 2
Wednesday (09/06) – School-wide Writing Test
Go get your breakfast NOW. Do not wait.
Turn in any signed paperwork to the 7th period bin.
If you are not eating, you must read something of your choice.
HOMEROOM = SILENCE

2. Language Arts – Warm Up 08/30/17
I.A.N. – Writing Strategies
First, turn in your homework (S.B. p ).
Then, add the following items to your I.A.N. for the Writing Strategies Table of Contents, EXACTLY AS SHOWN BELOW:
***If you finish early, read quietly.***

3. Language Arts – Work Session 08/30/17
Essential Question: How can change be significant? What makes a good story?
Standard: ELASE6RL2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Learning Targets: Define the concept of change through the reading of a narrative. Apply understanding of narrative elements to reading and writing.

4. Language Arts – Work Session 08/30/17
Quick Write #1 – “The Circuit”
With your elbow partner, take two minutes to refresh one another of the story of “The Circuit” (S.B. p. 6-9).
Then, glue your writing prompt to PAGE 98 of your I.A.N. and put the date in the upper, left-hand corner. LEAVE PAGE 97 BLANK FOR NOW!
Read and respond to the prompt.

5. Language Arts – Closing Session 08/30/17
Wind Down & Independent Reading
First, you must finish Quick Write #1.
I.A.N. pages 98-99
Then, as you read, you should add to your “Notes for Independent Reading” chart within your Reading Portfolio.
This ½ sheet is due Friday, September 1, 2017.