1. Beginning of Class Procedures: Thursday, August 27, 2015 – 6:00 p.m. Floyd’s 50 th Celebration! (BRING A SNACK FOR TOMORROW DURING SCHOOL) Friday, August 28, 2015 – Floyd Spirit Wear Jeans Day You MUST wear school-appropriate jeans and a school- purchased (not homemade) Floyd shirt or hoodie if you CHOOSE to participate in this event. If you do NOT choose to participate in this event, you must wear STANDARD SCHOOL UNIFORM ATTIRE. Join P.T.S.A. as soon as possible! Fundraiser sales are due this Friday! Progress Reports go home THIS FRIDAY! HOMEROOM = SILENCE

2. Language Arts – Warm Up 08/26/15  Warm Up:  Cause vs. Effect  Cause = The Reason (The “Why”)  Effect = The Outcome (What happened as a result)  YOU WILL NOT USE YOUR I.A.N. TODAY. I.A.N. = Interactive Notebook  Your homework packet is due tomorrow!

3. Language Arts – Work Session 08/26/15  Essential Question: How are cause and effect related?  Standard: ELAGSE6W3.d – Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.  Standard: ELAGSE6W4 – Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.  Standard: ELAGSE6W5 – With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

4. Language Arts – Work Session 08/26/15 “The Black Death”  Please, do NOT write on this class set of the reading.  Finish your graphic organizer from yesterday’s reading on “The Black Death”.  Use the rubric on the back to ensure you have covered all of the requirements to achieve a high score.  You will need at least three causes and three effects.  Cause = The Reason (The “Why”)  Effect = The Outcome (The result)

5. Language Arts – Closing Session 08/26/15  Recalling Facts and Making Inferences Use the class set of “The Black Death” and the handouts to answer the questions. Use the class set of “The Black Death” and the handouts to answer the questions. This work is due today! This work is due today! Shhh!!! If you can ANSWER the E.Q., SECRETLY write your ANSWER down in your agenda under today’s date and show me in order to earn a Brain Buck.  Your homework packet is due tomorrow!  The paw book summaries are for extra credit.

6. E.L.T. 08/26/15  Opening Session Complete “Wednesday” in your folder for Week One. If you do not understand what a part is / means, refer to the “Wednesday” help pages.  Work Session Today, you will write a letter to students fifty years into the future. Tell the students in the future what your life is like now. What sports do you like ? Favorite food ? Favorite thing to do ? Favorite subject ? You must write three paragraphs total (15 or more complete sentences.  Closing Session If you finish early, you may aid me in decorating the door, but ONLY AFTER you have completed ALL of your work.