teal team week of April 29th
Remember LA SBAC testing is the week of April 29th. Read the attached weekly update.
Thanks.
A little about me...
Ms. Mangini Interesting Facts
26th year of teaching
Degrees in the following areas: Elementary Education, Psychology, Reading Specialist
Trainings: Cognitive Coaching, Responsive Classroom
Family: 2 Children: Savannah, age 20, Brayden, age 17, 1 dog - Cody, 6 years old
Other jobs: Tutor, Spin (indoor cycle) instructor
Interests/Hobbies: Sports, reading, writing, shopping, listening/singing/dancing to music, walking outdoors and on trails, getting together with friends, watching my kids play sports, baking, going to the beach
Favorite places: Rhode Island, Bahamas, the mall/outlets
Favorite drink: Coffee, water
Favorite dessert: Apple Crisp, Strawberry Shortcake
Favorite color: Blue, Red
Favorite food: stuffed shrimp, nachos, eggplant
Favorite saying: Choose your attitude each day
Favorite sports teams: Giants, Yankees
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SBAC Testing
Reminder: Week of April 29th to May 3rd
Students will be taking the Language Arts portion of SBAC.
Students can bring in their own headphones. They must be the type of headphones that can connect to their chromebook.
Argument Writing
Students have been engaged in the Argument writing unit.
Focus points for the unit:
Writing a claim, thesis statement
Research
Evidence, Explanation, Importance
Introduction, Conclusion
Counterclaim
Title, MLA format
Editing and Revising
Dystopian Novel Unit
Students did a great job analyzing the dystopian genre and reading novels. We are still engaged in reading dystopian books, but have moved on to the Argument unit.
Key focus points for the Dystopian Unit:
Setting
Power
Dystopian archetypes
Symbolism
Personal and systemic obstacles
teal team expectations 2023_2024 (1)
Welcome Families. Here is the Teal team expectations document that was emailed to families. Excited to be working together this school year.
Stay calm and peaceful throughout the school year. One day at a time.
Welcome Teal Team!
I am so excited to be a part of Teal team. I will be your Language Arts teacher. Let's work together as a team and enjoy our time together. This will be a unique year, but if we stay positive, patient, calm, and open minded, we can do anything we put our mind to. We got this! No matter what, we will make it work. Please email me if you have any questions or just want to say hi.
#tealteamrocks
#makeitwork