1. Upcoming, Important Dates:
01/05/2018
Upcoming, Important Dates:
Add these dates to your agenda, as they apply to you:
THIS WEEK:
Get your blue Panther Card signed and returned by Monday!
Friday – Report Card Distribution
NEXT WEEK:
Mon. (01/08) – P.T.S.A. Members jeans day
- Blue Panther Card signature due
If you are not eating, you must read something of your choice.
HOMEROOM = SILENCE

2. Language Arts – Warm Up 01/05/18
Alphaboxes - Nouns
Use the tips below to help you with your worksheet:
Proper nouns are capitalized. They name a special person, place or thing.
Examples: Walgreens, Floyd Middle School, Peter Pan.
Common nouns are not capitalized. They name a common person, place or thing.
Examples: dogs, stores, desks
No, you may NOT use any of these examples on your worksheet. You must come up with your own! 
If you do not finish this sheet in class, you must finish it for homework!

3. Language Arts – Work Session 01/05/18
Essential Questions: How can I reflect what I’ve learned in the second quarter?
Standard: ELASE6RL3 – Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
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 01/05/18
Nouns Games
Continue to work with your group to create a game based on nouns. There are templates to help you create your games. You must:
Create a game based on nouns – common, proper, use of nouns, and/or pronouns;
Include the instructions and answers for your game;
Prepare the game so that other students may play them. Play your game before others do!;
We will finish creating these games Thursday and play them next Friday.
Ask me for construction paper or other pieces you may need to create your game. You never know-I just may have something that works!

5. Language Arts – Closing Session 01/05/18
Nouns Games
Continue to work with your group to create a game based on nouns. There are templates to help you create your games. You must:
Create a game based on nouns – common, proper, use of nouns, and/or pronouns;
Include the instructions and answers for your game;
Prepare the game so that other students may play them. Play your game before others do!;
We will finish creating these games Thursday and play them next Friday.
Ask me for construction paper or other pieces you may need to create your game. You never know-I just may have something that works!