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I'm a first-year substitute teacher. Throughout the year I will be helping out in classrooms and filling in where needed.  
 
When I'm not at school I'm at home hanging out with my wife and dog.  We're all eagerly looking forward to the arrival of our baby boy in October!
 

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Week of 1/8

Hello Families!
 
Here is the schedule for the week: 
 
Language Arts: We will take a quiz on Unit 4, Week 1. We will also start Week 2. The skills we will learn about this week are asking questions, making inferences, and first/third person point of view.
 
Math: We will be continuing Unit 3. We will learn about working with decimals through the thousandths place, rounding decimals, and comparing and ordering decimals. 
 
Social Studies: We will wrap up Chapter 5 learning about The Northeast Region of the United States.
 
Science: We will start Topic 5, Earth's Natural Hazards.
 
Reminders:
January 15-MLK Day/No School

Week of 1/2

Hello everyone!
 
I hope you all had a wonderful break. We will be jumping right back into the swing of things tomorrow.
 
Here is the schedule for the week. We will also be reviewing the classroom and school expectations tomorrow so everyone is back on track. 
 
Language Arts: We start Unit 4 "Understanding Different Points of View". The skills we will focus on asking questions about characters and events and analyzing first and third person point of view.
 
Math: We will be continuing Unit 3. We will review what we learned about fractions before break and start to learn more about decimals.
 
Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 5 learning about The Northeast Region of the United States.
 
Science: We will review Topic 4: Earth's Features and take a test on the topic, before starting Topic 5: Earth's Natural Hazards.
 
Reminders:
January 5: Animal Day/Free Dress Day

Hello Families!
 
Here is the schedule for the week: 
 
Language Arts: We will be finishing up Unit 3 this week. The skills we will focus on are making inferences, integrating information from two texts, and reviewing the problem and solution text structure.
 
Math: We will be continuing Unit 3. The skills we will focus on are comparing and ordering fractions and learning how fractions and decimals relate.
 
Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 5 learning about The Northeast Region of the United States.
 
Science: We will continue with Topic 4, learning about Earth's features.
 
Reminders:
December 11-19: Free Dress Days
December 19: Winter Tree Parade
December 20-January 1: Winter Break
 
 
*We are continuing to collect items for our Winter Tree Parade! If you have any old or new holiday items you'd like to contribute to our classroom collection, please start sending them to school with your child. We will have a bin in the classroom where we will keep the items until the parade. Families will be invited to the parade this year!
 
Mr. Myhra

Week of 12/4

Hello Families!
 
Here is the schedule for the week: 
 
Language Arts: Week will finish up week 1 of Unit 3 and starting week 2. The skills we will focus on this week are main idea and details, problem/solution text structure, and using context clues to determine the meaning of words.
 
Math: We will be starting Unit 3, which focuses on fractions.
 
Social Studies: We will be starting Chapter 5, which focuses on the Northeast Region of the United States. 
 
Science: We will continue with Topic 4, learning about Earth's features.
 
Reminders:
December 19: Winter Tree Parade
December 20-January 1: Winter Break
 
 
We are starting to collect items for our Winter Tree Parade! If you have any old or new holiday items you'd like to contribute to our classroom collection, please start sending them to school with your child. We will have a bin in the classroom where we will keep the items until the parade. Families will be invited to the parade this year!

Week of 11/27

Hello Families!

 
Here is the schedule for the week: 
 
Language Arts: We will start Unit 3 called, "Government in Action." The skills we will be focusing on are describing the problem/solution text structure, interpret text features, and making inferences. 
 
Math: We will review Unit 2 and take the test.
 
Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 4 learning about the economy.
 
Science: We will take our Topic 3 test and start Topic 4: Learning about earth's features.
 
Reminders:
November 30: Last Day of Trimester 1
December 1: No School/Teacher Work Day 
 
 
Please feel free to reach out to me. Have a great week!

Week of 11/13

Good evening everyone!
Here is the schedule for the week:
 
Language Arts: We will finish up Unit 2 and finishing our opinion essay.
 
Math: We will be continuing Unit 2. The skills we will focus on this week include basic algebra concepts, classifying triangles, classifying quadrilaterals, and learning about symmetry. 
 
Social Studies: We will be learning about the US economy this week
 
Science: We will continue Topic 3, focusing on waves and information.
 
Reminders:
November 17: Free Dress/Crazy Hair Day
November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break
November 30: Last Day of Trimester 1
 
 
Please feel free to reach out to me. Have a great week!

Week of 11/6

Good Evening 4th grade families,
 
Here is the schedule for the week:
 
Language Arts: We will continue with Unit 2. The skills we will focus on will include making connections, summarizing, and finding the theme of a story and drama. We will also be starting an opinion essay about our readings.
 
Math: We will be continuing Unit 2. The skills we will focus on this week include units of time, timelines, multiplicative comparisons and number stories.
 
Social Studies: We will finish up working on our bill project and learn about the US economy.
 
Science: We will continue Topic 3, focusing on waves and information.
 
Reminders:
November 9-10: Parent/Teacher Conferences. Sign up for a time to meet with me on pickAtime!
November 17: Free Dress/Crazy Hair Day
 
Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Have a great week!
Mr. Myhra
 

Week of 10/30

Hello Families!
 
Here is the schedule for the week:
 
Language Arts: We will continue with Unit 2. The skills we will focus on will include drawing inferences, making connections, describing a character in depth, and making a connection between a story and play.
 
Math: We will be starting Unit 2. The skills we will focus on this week include learning about square number patterns, factors, multiples, prime/composite numbers and area of rectangles. 
 
Social Studies: We will continue working on a project where students will design their own Bill.
 
Science: We will start the week working on a human use of energy project. Then we will start Topic 3, focusing on waves and information.
 
Reminders:
 
October 31: Free Dress Day
November 1: Book Fair (students may being money on this day only)
November 2: Picture Retake day
November 3: Hoody/Winter Hat/Comfy Sock Day
November 9-10: Parent/Teacher Conferences. Sign up for a time to meet with me on pickAtime!
 
*With the weather getting colder, students should be bringing jackets, hats, and mittens for recess! 
 
Please feel free to reach out to me. Have a great week!

Week of 10/23

Hello 4th Grade Families!
 
Hope you all enjoyed the 4-day weekend! See below for this week's plan:
 
Language Arts: We took our unit 1 test last week and we are starting Unit 2 Week 1 on Character.
 
Math: We are wrapping up our work on Unit 1 and will be reviewing and taking our Unit 1 test before the end of the week.
 
Science: We have finished Human Uses of Energy, so we will also review and take the test on this as well.
 
Social Studies: We wrapped up Chapter 3 with a test last week. This week we will review what we've covered since the start of the year.
 
Reminders:
  • Super hero day on Friday!
  • Book Fair next week
  • Conferences are November 9th and 10th. Please sign up on Pickatime!
  • Picture retake day is November 2nd

Week of 10/16

Good evening everyone! 
See below for the schedule for the shortened week!
 
1. Language Arts- We will be reviewing for and taking our Unit 1 test this week.
 
2. Science- We will be discussing renewable energy and the environmental impacts of energy usage this week
 
3. Math- We will be covering units of measurement and a bit of Geometry.
 
4. Social Studies- We will finish up our discussion of the US government (Chapter 3 Lesson 3) and will likely be taking the test for that on Wednesday.
 
Reminders:
- Bingo for Books is on Tuesday night (a flyer was sent home with everyone Friday)
- No school this Thursday or Friday.
 
Have a great week!
Mr. Myhra

Week of 10/9

Hello everyone! Hope you all had great weekends. 
 
Here is what we will be covering for this week:
 
Language Arts: We will finish week 2 and start week 3 of the Unit 1 Observing Nature packet.
 
Math: We will be continuing Unit 1; focusing on estimating, word problems, and multi-digit addition and subtraction.
 
Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 3 focusing on the U.S. government.
 
Science: We will continue with Topic 2, which focuses on how humans use energy.
 
Reminders:
October 10: Grandparents Breakfast
October 19-20: MEA Break/No School
 
Have a good weekend!

Week of 10/2

Hello 4th grade families!
 
Here is our schedule for the week!
 
Language Arts: We will finish up unit 1 (Observing Nature) early on in the week and begin unit two.
 
Math: We have finished our math review and tomorrow we will begin working out of our Math Journals. We will start with a lesson on place value.
 
Social Studies: We have our Chapter 2 test over American History early on this week and will then begin Chapter 3.
 
Science: Tomorrow we take our first test on Motion and Energy!
 
In between all of this we are practicing our math and reading comprehension skills during small group, and silent reading when we finish our assignments. 
 
As always, let me know if you have any questions.
Mr. Myhra

Week of 9/25

Hello 4th grade families!
 
Here is the schedule for the week:
 
Language Arts: We will be finishing up learning about reviewing and routines and start Unit 1, Observing Nature. We will focus on determining the main idea and comparing and contrasting points of view.
 
Math: This will be our last week reviewing third grade concepts to help prepare us for 4th grade math. We will focus on counting money, understanding fractions, interpreting data, and finding perimeter. On Friday, students will take a beginning of the year math test.
 
Social Studies: We will continue with Chapter 2, learning about the history of the U.S. We will likely be reviewing and taking a test on Chapter 2 by the end of the week.
 
Science: We will finish up Chapter 1 learning about energy and motion.
 
Reminders:
September 29: Minnesota Sports Day/Free Dress Day 
 
Please feel free to reach out to me. Have a great week!
Mr. Myhra

Week of 9/18

Hello 4th grade families,

This will be the start of our 3rd week and the students have begun to settle into their routines. We are still working on reviewing procedures and what we learned last year, but things are moving smoothly.

Language Arts: The students are reading independently and working on their writing every day, along with reviewing what it means to be a community of readers.

Math: We will spend the week reviewing division.

Social Studies: We will take our Chapter 1 test and begin Chapter 2 on America and its history.

Science: We will continue to learn about the different

*We will be taking the math FastBridge test on Tuesday, September 19 and the reading FastBridge test on Wednesday, September 20. We will take this test 3 times during the year. The results of this test will help me to know what each student needs in order to grow in math and reading.

Reminders:

September 21: Picture Day (envelopes were sent home last week)

September 29: Minnesota Sports Day/Free Dress Day

 

Please feel free to reach out to me. Have a great week!

Week of 9/5 and Week of 9/11

Hello 4th grade families,

In 4th grade we’ve passed the first week of school and it went great! We covered a lot of ground already in our subjects and we’re off to a great start on a productive and fun year! So far, we’ve reviewed and are working on the classroom routines and expectations, along with already starting the curriculum for math, science, language arts, and social studies. Next week we will delve further into each of the topics, as well as create our classroom rules.

Math: We have been working on reviewing what we learned in 3rd grade so that we have a solid foundation to work with when we start the new material. Last week we worked on remembering our addition strategies and this week we will work on subtraction.

Science: On Thursday, we started our first lesson in science. We discussed the different forms of energy to start and next week we will continue to discuss energy and motion.

Language Arts: We’ve been working on what it means to be a community of readers and how to be an active listener. We’ve also spent quite a bit of time reading throughout the day and writing about what we’ve read. This week we will dig deeper into why people write books and refine our skills at writing about several different topics

Social Studies: We briefly discussed geography and how to read maps on Thursday. Once we finish that, this week we will begin to cover the geography of the United States.

 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week!

 

Mr. Myhra