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About Me

Hello! My name is Megan Garcia and I am excited to be your child’s 4th Grade teacher. This is my fifth year at Athlos Leadership Academy. I graduated from Augsburg University with a degree in Elementary Education. I have taught in Anoka Hennepin School District as a Reading Specialist, pre-kindergarten summer teacher.  When I am not teaching I enjoy traveling, being outdoors, reading, being with son, Theo and my friends and family.

         

          Learning is something I have always enjoyed and I always strive for greatness, I hope to be able to share this with your child. I'm excited to help shape your child as so many of my teachers helped my parents shape me into the person I am today. This upcoming school year will be an amazing journey which will include great educational and social experiences.  Our classroom will be a place where students feel welcomed and safe. I am excited to get to know you and each of the 4th graders as we create a community in Room 109 this school year! 

 

Mrs. Garcia 

 

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Week of January 31st

Good Morning 4th grade families!
 
I am so excited to meet with you all today for winter conferences! I am thrilled to share how AMAZING your student is doing in class.
Below you will find a peek into our week!
 
LANGUAGE ARTS:
We are continuing to look at figurative language such as personification, hyperboles, alliteration and onomatopoeias. We will have a quiz on personification and hyperboles on Tuesday and a quiz on Friday for alliteration and onomatopoeias. 
NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!
 
SMALL GROUPS:
We are continuing to work on a variety of math skills that we are struggling with in addition to reading comprehension and reading stamina.
 
SCIENCE
We are continuing to study states of matter. students will be completing a variety of activities and experiments this week.
 
MATH:
We are continuing learning about multiplication and word problems in Unit 4
 
As always, please reach out with any question or concerns!
 
Mrs. Garcia

Week of January 24th

Good Morning 4th Grade Families,
 
I hope everyone is doing well! Here is a look into our week:
 
LANGUAGE ARTS:
We are learning about more types of figurative language such as, idioms, hyperboles, and personification! Spelling this week are the following words:
1. ceiling
2. celery
3. salary
4. college
5. communities
6. creation
7. creative
8. created
9. create
10. concert
11. decided
12. decide
13. design
14. dictionary
15. community
 
SMALL GROUPS:
This week we are reviewing math skills from Unit 3 and making test correction on our Unit 3 Math Test, working on comprehension skills and working on building our independent reading stamina.
 
SCIENCE: 
This week we are learning about states of matter and how molecules can change between the states of matter.
 
MATH:
This week in math we are starting a new unit. Unit 4 is all about solving multi-step word problems, converting measurements and multiplication!
 
As a class we are also working on being respectful to one another and the teachers that work with us. 
As always, if you have any questions or concerns please reach out!
 
Have a wonderful week and stay warm!!
Mrs. Garcia

G4 eLearning Packet 21-22

Attached is an eLearning packet. This packet will be printed off and sent home with your student in the near future. Please keep this packet in a safe place. It will be used if your student needs to learn from home for any reason. Thank you and let me know if you have any questions!

Week of January 17th

Hello Fourth Grade Families!
 
I appreciate you all being so patient and kind while I was away with a sick child. 
 
Here is a look into our week:
LANGUAGE ARTS:
We have NO SPELLING this week. We are finishing up close reading poetry and starting to learn about figurative language.
 
SMALL GROUPS:
I am testing reading levels this week so students can start reading more challenging books!
 
SOCIAL STUDIES/ SCIENCE:
Today, we will be having our states and capitals test. Tomorrow, we will be having our Unit 5 Social Studies Test. On Thursday, we will be starting Science States of Matter.
 
MATH:
We are looking at decimals. Comparing and ordering decimals. Based on how we do with that our Unit 3 Test will be on Friday or Monday.
 
As always please look out for notes I send home with your students and please feel free to call or email me with any questions or concerns!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Garcia

Week of December 6th

Hello 4th Grade Families!
 
As all of you know I am all about following rules and expectations! We went over parts of the student handbook this morning during our morning meeting to refresh our memories. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about what we went over :)
 
Here is a peek into our week :)
 
LA-
We are studying inferences and how we can make inferences while reading any type of book!
NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!
 
SMALL GROUPS-
We are continuing to focus on reading comprehension and test taking skills as well as numbers and operations.
 
SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE
This week is our last week focusing on social skills during our science/ social studies time. We are gone over the following social skills: social filter, being flexible, knowing the right place and time, conversation skills, reading others, and empathy. We still are learning about conflict resolution and different friendship skills.
 
MATH-
We started fractions last week! So far, we have looked at what is a fraction, fraction circles, equivalent fractions, and how we can find fractions in everyday life. We will be working on fraction word problems, comparing fractions and ordering fractions this week.
 
I have sent home a news letter today sharing that we will be doing our TREE PARADE CELEBRATION next Friday, December 17th! More information to come! Please look for a BLUE paper in your student's backpack this evening!
 
Please let me know if you have any question or concerns! 
 
Mrs. Garcia
 

Week of November 8th

Good morning 4th grade families!
 
Here is a quick look into what we will be doing this week!
 
Language Arts: We are finishing up our rough drafts for our research project this week! Students can start bringing in fun craft supplies to add to their posters they will be creating soon.
 
Spelling: 
1. paragraph
2. summary
3. soldier
4. patient
5. sleeve
6. reveal
7. patience
8. pianist
9. pianos
10. resign
11. pickles
12. release
13. pickle
14. prisoner
15. piano
 
Small Groups: We are still refreshing our memories with numbers and operations and multiplication facts. In addition, to working on our stamina in reading.
 
Science: We start our rocks and minerals unit today for science!
 
Math: We are wrapping up our unit 2 math unit this week. We will be taking our unit assessment on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday we will be starting a mini multiplication unit!
 
As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out. 
 
Stay healthy and safe!
Mrs. Garcia
 

Week of November 1st

Good morning Mrs. Garcia's Families!
 
I hope everyone had a great weekend, here is a glance at our week!
 
In LA we will be officially starting our first research project of the year! Last Friday, your student pick an animal they were interested in learning more about and today using books and ipads they will be looking up things about their animals!
                        Spelling Week 7 
1. fierce
2. flew
3. flies
4. fly
5. lawyer
6. know
7. knowledge
8. hurried
9. hurry
10. guide
11. hurrying
12. giant
13. forgot
14. gigantic
15. forgotten
 
In Small Groups, we are continuing to work on staying on task while working independently. I will also be pulling student to work on math for the math retake that will be happening this week.
 
In Social Studies, we are studying the Economy. We will be starting our own businesses on Tuesday! Ask your student what kind of business they would like to open?!
 
In Math, we are continuing on in Unit 2, looking at quadrilaterals and triangles. We will have a test on Wednesday next week.  
 
As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns. Communication is key for us to make sure our students are having a successful year!
 
Mrs. Garcia

Week of October 25th

Hello Mrs. Garcia's fourth grade families!
 
Here is a look into our week:
 
This week in Language Arts we are studying Nonfiction texts. We will be taking notes and finding main ideas for the book of Charles Drew. On Friday, we will be start brainstorming ideas for our animal research project!
 
Spelling Week Six List:
break
cocoa
collar
comparison
compare
controlled
control
debts
disaster
eager
enemy
example
excitement
exciting
excite
 
This week in Small Groups we are going back to Unit One in math so that we can relearn skills we may have not fully understood the first time. We are also, working on independent reading skills by reading alone for 25 minutes.
 
In Social Studies this week we are learning about the Economy and will be starting our own PIZZA BUSINESS! We will be learning what it takes to start a business.
 
In Math, we are in Unit 2 and just took a short quiz on Area, Perimeter, Factor Pairs, Prime and Composite Numbers. Ask your student how they went!
 
As always, please feel free to contact me any time about any questions or concerns you have! Have a fabulous week :)
 
Mrs. Garcia

MRS. GARCIA IS BACK!

What is up Mrs. Garcia's class?! I am so excited to be back and to start learning with all of you! It may take us a little time to get used to this change but it will be so AMAZING when we get our grove back!
 
There are new links for things so make sure to use this weeks links that are posted in our Week at a Glance :) 
 
Please make sure you sign up for conferences so I can meet everyone and talk about your awesome kids :)
 
Please feel free to call or email me with any questions or concerns,
Mrs. Garcia :)

Week at a glance 9-20

Here is our Week at a Glance for week 3! This weeks spelling words are attached on the last page, please practice for our test on Friday. We have Picture day on Friday (9/24). Friday will also be Free Dress day for students. Picture order forms went home last Wednesday. If you plan to order pictures, please order them online. Have a great week!
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Ms Fowell 
 

Week at a glance Sept 13-17

We had a great first week of school!
This coming week we will start spelling and spelling tests. You can find this weeks list in the week at a glance and your child will bring a copy home on MON so make sure they practice EVERY NIGHT!
We also have a free dress day this Friday (9/17) which is MN Sports Themed. Come dressed in your favorite MN team!
Have a wonderful week and Please email or call if you have any questions!

Contact: [email protected] 763-777-8942 ext:8823

Week at a Glance 9-7-21

Happy First Week of 4th Grade,
 
I am Ms. Fowell, I will be subbing for Mrs. Garcia till about the middle of Oct. as Mrs. Garcia is on Maternity leave.  I am excited to teach and watch your child grow and learn in the weeks that I have them.
 
Attached you will find the Week at a Glance. I will post this weekly. It will contain what we are learning for the week for all subjects and any important reminders for the week. You will also find the weekly spelling words posted here as well.
 
We are going to learn a lot and have some fun as we do it! If you have questions, I respond quickest to emails throughout the school day. If you leave me a voice mail I will get to it at the end of the day. 

 

Ms. Fowell’s Contact Information:

Contact: laura_fowell@alabpmn.org

763-777-8942 ext:8823