Carole Pinkwasser

6C

Grew up in New York and went to Brooklyn College where I received my B.A. in Education

Received my Masters in Education from NAU in 1994

My husband and I moved to Arizona in 1979 Have two grown children, my son is married and I

have a 3 year old granddaughter Did two years of substitute teaching in KSD Taught 6 years in a preschool in Tempe Taught Kindergarten in Mesa for 9 years Taught ELA at Akimel A-al for 13 years Have taught social studies but for the last 10 years

I have only taught 6th grade ELA, which I love

Grammar, test prep questions, journals

Spelling/vocabulary practice- weekly Wednesday to Wednesday, test each week; will change next quarter however

Reading Skills- read it, understand it, think it through

Writing Skills- sentence structure, paragraphing

Students are expected to hand write drafts AND edit/revise their own work. Adult help will come after the student process.

Common Core State Standards/ ELA Clear and consistent standards for teachers,

students, and parents Relevant, real world skills to prepare for

college and careers Be prepared to compete in the global

economy “I Can” statements, learning goals, check

understanding PARCC in 2015

LexileDifficulty of the text is consideredwww.lexile.com (6th gr. 850-1050 and 7th gr. 950-

1075)

Informational Text*Major basis of reading material across

the core subjects Literary Text

Genres, structure of stories, real-life connections, and perceptions

Reading will be more connected with written responses

Defending answers by citing the author/author’s purpose

Making arguments based on informational readings

Making connections to the importance of the story or text; to do this, students will practice Close Reading.

Close Reading Strategies: a careful and purposeful re-reading of the text to search for purpose, structure, words, ideas, and flow of the text.

Using annotation (highlighting, underlining, circling, writing in the margins, etc.) to help make connections

Written Responses to reading text Journals, notes, short responses

Writing ApplicationsArgumentative/OpinionNarrativeExpository/InformationalLiterary Responses

6 + 1 Trait of Writing will be used along with scales and rubrics to score teach and score writing.

Students will use the “stoplight” method to highlight information in a text.

They will use the same method to structure their writing.

Green- topic/concluding sentence

Yellow- main ideas/points Red- examples, evidence

Read each night (20-30+ minutes)answer questions on Book Log

Reread classroom stories, Spelling/vocabulary practice (10 mins.)

-Due each Wednesday Grammar practice (10 mins.) Unfinished class work (???) Occasional time for research/writing if

doing a project

Please use the Parent Vue Portal on Kyrene web site to check grade and work completion status. Usually updated weekly.

Student receive daily grades for class work and homework. This includes “walk-ins”.

Larger assignments such as projects, reader’s response, research, creative writing work will receive more points than daily work.

Grading: 20 percent class work and homework and 80% quizzes, projects, assessments

STEM Activities Skits, plays, performances Commercials/Advertising School Spelling Bee Word games/Brainteasers Friendly competitions in class Greek Mythology

Class website- resources and handouts

Team website- homework

The best way to contact me is through email cpinkw@kyrene.org

480-541-6102

Thanks for coming!

Placed if scored at or above the 97th percentile on national norms in one or more of three areas-verbal(language), quantitative(math), and nonverbal(spatial) reasoning.

Students should maintain a “B” or better average to stay in class. Will set up a parent meeting to discuss if an issue or problem occurs.

Vocabulary program-Classical Latin & Greek roots

Introduction to Shakespeare Above grade level stories (Literature book,

novels) Higher levels of comparing/contrasting Challenge the views of the author and

discrepancy between texts(literary analysis) Higher level speaking skills(multi-media) Kyrene website (Programs & Services-Gifted

Programs)-organizations, resources, activities, and gifted web links