1. Language Arts Katie Dun 6C Welcome Parents!

2. About Me Grew up in Bucks County, Neshaminy High School Attended West Chester University Graduated with a degree in Middle Grades Education: Science, Math, Language Arts Second full year at GVMS Currently live in West Chester and love exploring Chester County (if you have any favorite spots, please share on your parent survey!)

3. 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

4. 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.

5. Reading

6. 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)

7. Why we recommend at least 20 minutes of reading a night: % Rank on READING TESTS MINUTES spent reading per day NUMBER of words read per year 9890.74,733,000 9040.42,357,000 7021.71,168,000 5012.9601,000 203.1134,000 101.651,000 (Source: Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding 1988)

8. Reading Workshop- Creating “skilled, passionate, habitual, critical readers” Every Monday and Thursday 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!

9. Writing

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

11. Grammar Parts of Speech- nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections The 4 types of Sentences & Their Parts Nouns & Their Cases Verbs & Their Tenses

12. Grades All Language Arts grades are based on a weighted scale: 40% Reading 40% Writing 15% Grammar 5% Homework/Classwork

13. My Website Go to the GVMS homepage Click on Teacher Pages Scroll down to find “Dun, Katie” Contact information: The best way to contact me is through e-mail kdun@gvsd.org I am also available at 610-644-6440 x71205