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Teacher Contact Information
Email: roxanaamaral@gmail.com Phone# (206) 252-8957
When available: Mon-Friday 2:15-5:30
* Please do not call during class time. If there is an emergency, please call the main office at (206) 252-9000

Biography:
I was born in Tepic Nayarit, Mexico. My family immigrated to the United States when I was five years old. I grew up in Seattle and attended my entire schooling in the Seattle Public Schools District. In 2005, I received a Bachelor of Arts in American Ethnic Studies with a concentration in Chicano Studies from the University of Washington. In 2006, I began working at El Centro de la Raza as the Executive Director’s administrative assistant. Soon after, I was offered an opportunity to work in the Seattle Public Schools District as a Seattle Team for Youth Case Manager. Working with Latino youth, I became aware of the serious lack of minority teachers. Confident I would make a greater difference as a teacher; I enrolled in City University’s Master in Teaching Program and graduated in 2008. Now, I am here at Denny as a first year teacher in the Proyecto Saber program.

Course EALRs:

Communication EALR 1- The student uses listening and observation skills and strategies to gain understanding.
To meet this standard, the student:
1.1 Uses listening and observation skills and strategies to focus attention and interpret information.
1.2 Understands, analyzes, synthesizes, or evaluates information from a variety of sources.
Communication EALR 2- The student uses communication skills and strategies to interact/work effectively with others.
To meet this standard, the student:
2.1. Uses language to interact effectively and responsibly in a multicultural context.
2.2. Uses interpersonal skills and strategies in a multicultural context to work collaboratively, solve problems, and perform tasks.
2.3. Uses skills and strategies to communicate interculturally.
Communication EALR 3- The student uses communication skills and strategies to present ideas and one’s self in a variety of situations.
To meet this standard, the student:
3.1. Uses knowledge of topic/theme, audience, and purpose to plan presentations.
3.2. Uses media and other resources to support presentations.
3.3. Uses effective delivery.

Social Studies EALR 4: HISTORY - The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.

4.1: Understands historical chronology.
4.2: Understands and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.
4.3: Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.
4.4: Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.

Social Studies EALR 5: SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS - The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, form, and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.

5.1: Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions.
5.2: Uses inquiry-based research.
5.3: Deliberates public issues.
5.4: Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a thesis and presents the product in an appropriate manner to a meaningful audience.

Course Description:

Proyecto Saber provides Latino students with academic assistance, cultural enrichment, and leadership development in the classroom. The program’s focus is a combination of leadership training, skill reinforcement, homework assistance, and cultural identity preservation.

Everyday students work on reading, writing, and math warm-ups the first fifteen- twenty minutes of class. After the daily warm-up, students work on homework assignments from their core classes. Wednesday’s we work on a cultural project and every Friday, students learn about Latino culture, history, and social issues. Every other week, El Centro de la Raza instructors visit the classroom and use poetry and hip-hop components to increase student awareness on self-identity and social justice.

Grading Criteria:
• (25%) Classwork
• (25%) Participation/ Leadership
• (20%) Projects
• (15%) Attendance
• (15%) Citizenship/ Effort

• As a result of taking this class, a student will be able to…
o strengthen skills in reading, writing, and math.
o work cooperatively to achieve academic success.
o know key aspects of their identity/culture as Latinos.

• Assessments used
o Daily class assignments
o Weekly check-ups

• Materials used
o Teacher to Teacher 5th Grade Curriculum
o Daily Math Practice Curriculum
o Reading and writing curriculum
o Cultural studies resources