1. Advocacy Ann Ortenzi Team 6B
Welcome Parents!
Advocacy
Ann Ortenzi
Team 6B

2. GVMS Vision of Advocacy/base
Empower students toward self-advocacy
Enable students to build strong relationships with each other and their advocate
Guide students to become mentors of each other
Provide an adult who becomes an expert on the students and celebrates how they are special
Provide an intermediary for students with other adults
Provide an adult to support academic and personal development

3. Goal of Advocacy/BASE:
To promote students’ academic, social, and behavioral success by:
Promoting a positive school climate
Providing an atmosphere of security
Recognizing and embracing differences

4. GVMS Patriot Pride Meet 1 or 2 times per month 36 minute periods
Beginning in September

5. Language Arts Ann Ortenzi 6B
Welcome Parents!
Language Arts
Ann Ortenzi 6B

6. Language Arts Curriculum
Language Arts Curriculum Revision
Common Core Aligned
Focused on the student and the process each student uses to achieve success in language arts
Increased focus on informational text skills to be utilized across content areas
Flexibility to incorporate differentiated instruction

7. Pennsylvania Standards:
1.2 Reading Informational Text
Students read, understand, and respond to informational text—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence
1.3 Reading Literature
Students read and respond to works of literature—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
1.4 Writing
Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
1.5 Speaking and Listening
Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.

8. Sixth Grade English Language Arts Curriculum
Please visit my website for the Pacing Guide.

9. Reading

10. Reading Units Being an Independent and Metacognitive Reader
Reading Informational Text
Analyzing Literary Elements in Short Stories, Informational Text, and Poetry
Understanding Elements of Fiction (Novels)

11. Concepts Taught Include:
Figurative Language
Character Development
Active Reading Strategies
Plot Development
Conflict
Literary Elements
Literary Analysis
Making Connections In and Among Texts
Citing Textual Evidence
Informational Reading Strategies
Vocabulary and Word Study

12. Why we recommend at least 30 minutes of reading at least 5 nights a week:
% Rank on READING TESTS
MINUTES spent reading per day
NUMBER of words read per year 98
90.7
4,733,000 90
40.4
2,357,000 70
21.7
1,168,000 50
12.9
601,000 20
3.1
134,000 10
1.6
51,000
(Source: Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding 1988)

13. Reading Workshop Creating “skilled, passionate, habitual, critical readers”
Two days per cycle (1 day in library)
We will read BOOKS for at least 30 minutes
“Reading Log” and “Someday List” kept in class
Mini lessons and book talks given as part of the workshop
Teacher/student conferences about reading
PCR books available through the classroom and school libraries
Donations to the classroom library are greatly appreciated!

14. Writing

15. Focus Correction Areas (FCAs)
Specific skills that we use to evaluate student writing

16. Units of Writing Understanding the Craft and Structure of Writing
Expository/Informational
Argumentation/Persuasive
Response to Literature
Personal Narrative

17. Grammar Grammar lessons will be embedded into the writing units.
Formative assessments will be scored according to FCA’s to provide specific feedback on grammar concepts.

18. Concepts Taught Include:
Topic and Concluding Sentences
Expanded Paragraph Structure
Organization and Construction of a Multi-paragraph Essay
Domains of Writing (focus, content, organization, style, and conventions/mechanics of Writing)
Embedded Grammar (related to specific modes of writing)
Responding to Literature with Literary Analysis
Using Text Evidence to Support Claims and Ideas
Self-editing Strategies
Effective Strategies for Pre-writing and How to Construct a Graphic Organizer
Improving Style (through the use of enriched vocabulary, word choice, varied sentence structure, sensory details, and figurative language)

19. Grades All Language Arts grades are based on a weighted scale:
40% Reading
40% Writing
15% Word Study / Grammar
5% Homework /
Classwork
Please be sure to review the ELA Department Grading Policy on my Website!

20. My Website Go to the GVMS homepage Click on Teacher Pages
Scroll down to find “Ann Ortenzi”
Contact information:
The best way to contact me is through
I am also available at x71202