1. Welcome to sixth grade! 08/17/2017
Upcoming, Important Dates:
Add these dates to your agenda, if they apply to you:
Thursday (08/17) – LAST DAY to return solar eclipse Permission Slip
Friday (08/18) – Floyd spirit wear & jeans day
- Mini. Benchmark (ELA)
Monday (08/21) – Solar Eclipse – 45 min. longer in school
Thursday (08/24) – Open House/Curriculum Night 6:00
- SRI # 1 – Business Lab
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. Welcome to sixth grade! 08/17/2017
Solar Eclipse Permission Slips:
If your name is not below, I do NOT have a permission slip for you:
Aleman, C.
Barillas, M.
Bustos, A.
Combay, P.
Fite, T.
Garcia, A.
Garcia, C.
Gillard, M.
Hawkins, A.
Jackson, K.
Jones, C.
If you do not submit a permission slip, you will have to stay INSIDE during the eclipse!
Jones, Ma.
Mack, D.
Mazariego, N.
Mboob, A.
Newsom, D.
Peeples, A.
Ragland, S.
Rogers, R.
Saucedo, S.
Statam, A.
Stone, A.
White, K.
Permission slips are due by TODAY!!!

3. Language Arts – Warm Up 08/17/17
I.A.N. - E.L.A. Terms
Add the following vocabulary terms to their correct pages within your I.A.N. You DO NOT need to write the page number next to the vocabulary word.
The SpringBoard glossary
begins on page 400.
personification (p. 31) –
point of view (P.O.V.) (p. 31) –
sensory language (p. 37) –
simile (p. 37) –
theme (p. 39) –
***If you finish early, read.***
Yesterday’s Words:
figurative language (p. 11) –
metaphor (p. 25) –
narrative (p. 27) –
personal narrative (p. 31) –

4. Language Arts – Work Session 08/17/17
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.

5. Language Arts – Work Session 08/17/17
SpringBoard Unit 1- Activity 1.2 (page 10)
Have your annotations key (I.A.N. p. 49) open and refer to it while you read.
You will read “The Circuit” a second time to notice details you previously missed.
Then, you will use complete sentence to answer questions 1-8 on pages
Yes, you are writing in your book.
Once you finish, raise your hand so that I can check your answers for a grade.

6. Language Arts – Closing Session 08/17/17
Independent Reading
First, retrieve your “Notes for Reading Independently” that you placed inside of your Reading Portfolio (folder) yesterday.
Each day, you should:
Bring a book of your choice (on your Lexile level – No “Cat in the Hat”-types of books) from either the L.M.C. or our classroom library;
Expect to read for minutes a day;
Complete 1-2 boxes of this chart per day.