Timothy N.

6th Grade PAVA

SPRING 2021

OPEN HOUSE

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About Our Program

PAVA 6th Grade

Magnet Coordinator

Kira Craig

Ms. Craig is a National Board Certified educator who has worked in LAUSD for 24 years. Her career includes teaching English/Language Arts to all of the middle-school grade levels, mentoring student-teachers, and serving as a literacy coach. She taught 8th Grade English in PAVA for two years before the opportunity to be the coordinator emerged. Making the choice to step out of the classroom, reflects how highly she thinks of the teachers and the students who are a part of this magnet.

Our Fearless Leader...

Mrs. Rivera

Science and Music Teacher

Math and Art Teacher

Ms. Jenkins

Meet Our Teachers...

About Our Program

PAVA 6th Grade

Performing and Visual Arts at PHMSi

PAVA's vision is to provide a rigorous learning environment where students experience the arts through its integration into their core classes as well as through the in-depth study of various artistic disciplines. We believe providing this environment for our students will propel them to excel academically, value the process of learning, and become lifelong learners who will be college and career-ready.

About Our Magnet...

Mrs. Rivera

Science and Music Teacher

Ms. Wagener

Math and Art Teacher

Ms. Jenkins

Ms. Williams

Dance Teacher

Meet Our Teachers...

History and Choir Teacher

Ms. Toschi

English and Theater Teacher

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English

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With Ms. Wagener

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In English, we learned all about different types of writing, such as argument and creative. We read a short story called "The Hitchhiker" by Lucille Fletcher and a novel called Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

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My favorite assignment...

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I chose this assignment because I think it is very creative and cool!

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Science

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With Mrs. Rivera

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My favorite assignment...

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Chip Wars dichotomous key

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Math

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With Ms. Jenkins

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My favorite assignment...

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Science

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With Mrs. Rivera

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My favorite assignment...

Chip Wars dichotomous key

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This assignment is about many chips have taken over your kitchen and they are saying they will destroy your kitchen if you don't guess the right name of there brand so you have to use the dichotomous key to figure it out. I chose this assignment because I am very proud of it.

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In Science, we've learned about natural systems, living systems, cells, body systems, and much more.

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Math

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With Ms. Jenkins

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My favorite assignment...

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Math topics include the following: GCF/LCM, rates and proportions, integers, expressions and equations, and statistics. If time allows, we get into basic geometry. We also do a handful of hands-on projects throughout the year.

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This assignment is about an African American Computer scientist named Mark Dean and what his life was about. I chose this assignment because It took very long to make and it was fun!

With Ms. Toschi

About the class...In History, we are studying Ancient Civilizations. We have studied ancient Egypt, Israel and Greece. We are learning about different cultures by learning about their history, music, dance, art, and literature.
We learned about the Greek gods and goddesses and have done slide presentations.

My favorite assignment...

Ares

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This Assignment is about The greek god Ares and what his life was about. I chose this assignment because I am super duper proud of it!!

History

With Ms. Williams

Ever curious about how choreographers get their inspiration? Well, you are in luck because currently we are learning about the world of Modern Dance and how using Pantomimes and gestures (real life movements) can be inspired into creating realistic dances. Who would have ever thought I can turn something as simple as brushing my teeth into a dance!?!

My favorite assignment...

Modern Dance Prominent Figures - Period 4

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This Assignment is about a famous dancer named Erick Hawkins and what his dance carer was about. I know I keep saying this but I chose this assignment because I am very proud the way it cam out to be. BTW MY SLIDE IS ON SLIDE 18!!

Dance

With Ms. Williams

Ever curious about how choreographers get their inspiration? Well, you are in luck because currently we are learning about the world of Modern Dance and how using Pantomimes and gestures (real life movements) can be inspired into creating realistic dances. Who would have ever thought I can turn something as simple as brushing my teeth into a dance!?!

My favorite assignment...

Modern Dance Prominent Figures - Period 4

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This Assignment is about a famous dancer named Erick Hawkins and what his dance carer was about. I know I keep saying this but I chose this assignment because I am very proud the way it cam out to be. BTW MY SLIDE IS ON SLIDE 18!!

Dance

Art, Theater, Choir, and Music!

This assignment is about drawing a person with a charcoal pencil and learning how to shade. I chose this assignment because it was very fun drawing!

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Finale Charcol drawing.pdf

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This assignment is about If you are a casting director you have to chose a cast for a movie that is based on a book or a game. I chose this assignment because it took a lot of work trying to find good actors.

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This is my favorite part of the year and down below is my least favorite!

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This is my favorite part of the year and down below is my least favorite!