Meet the Teacher:
My name is Theresa Rodriguez. I’ve been a teacher here at OLV since 2016, however, I have over 10 years of teaching experience.  I have a Masters's Degree and am NYS certified in birth-2nd grade as well as 1st-6th grade.  I am the 6th-grade homeroom teacher at OLV, The subjects that I teach are Social Studies and Religion.  I teach these subjects to 7th and 8th grade as well.  

Welcome to 6th grade,
where “coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress,
and working together is success”! (Henry Ford)

The subjects that I teach are Social Studies to 6th-8th grade and Religion to 6th-8th grade.

Our 6th-grade Curriculum is as follows:

Social Studies:

• Geography of the Eastern Hemisphere
• First Humans, Neolithic Revolution, and the Early River Valley Civilization 
• Comparative World Regions
• Comparative Classical Civilization In the Eastern Hemisphere
• The Mediterranean World and Interactions Across the Eastern Hemisphere

Religion Curriculum:

• What is Sacred Scripture?
• Structure:  Old and New Testament
• Sacred Scripture:  Authorship, Literary Forms
• Genesis
• Creation
• Adam and Eve
• Cain and Abel 

Eureka Math Curriculum: Departmental Teacher: Ms. Brown (learn more about her here)

• Ratios and unit rates
• Arithmetic operations including dividing by a fraction
• Rational numbers
• Expressions and equations
• Area, surface area, and volume problems
• Statistics

ELA Curriculum: Departmental Teacher: Ms. Henry (learn more about her here)

ELA consists of reading, writing, grammar, and spelling/vocabulary. I will be using the New York Progress (English Language Arts) for all my classes. These books are aligned with Common Core Standards with emphasis on reading for information, reading literature, writing essays, and building and enhancing vocabulary. 

The curriculum used includes six modules that focus on reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  Each module is intended to last a quarter of a school year; the addition of two extra modules allows for teacher choice throughout the year. The modules will sequence and scaffold content that is aligned to the CCLS for ELA & Literacy.  

Suggested Websites:

• All parent/teacher communication will be through Class Dojo:  https://www.classdojo.com
• You can also follow me on Twitter to see exciting news:  Ms. Sorrentino (@sorrentino_olv) 

Please make sure you connect to my class dojo so that you can be informed of your child's progress.  It is also the best way to communicate!  I look forward to working with you all this school year!

You can contact me with any questions or concerns either on Class Dojo or via email at:    trodriguez@ourladyofvictoryschool