Mrs. Byrne

Meet Your Reading, Language, and Science Teacher:

Mrs. Byrne

Hello! Welcome to West Hills Intermediate and Fourth Grade. I teach ELA (Reading and Language) and Science.

I am excited to be working with your child this year. Fourth grade brings many new challenges and I am here to help your child with these challenges.

Fun Facts About Me:

I have two adult children, Kristie and Kenneth and a Daughter-in-law Rikki.

I am a first time Grandmother to Kennedy Amber. She is nineteen months old.

I have a Blue Tick Hound Dog named Bandit. He is seven years old and very spoiled-he has to go for a RIDE every night!

Schedule

8:15-8:40 Arrival and Breakfast

8:40-8:50 Opening Exercises

8:50-10:10 ELA (Reading and Language )Mrs. Byrne's Class

10:10-10:50 Special Class

Monday- Health (Mr. Bowers)

Tuesday – Art (Ms. Shaffer)

Wednesday – Library (Mrs. Wolfe)

Thursday – Physical Education (Mr. Bowers)

Friday – Music (Mrs. Bricker)

10:50-11:30 Flex

11:30-12:00 Lunch

12:00-12:30 Recess

12:30-1:10 Science (Mrs. Byrne)

1:10-1:50 Science (Ms. Maxwell)

1:50-3:10 ELA (Reading and Language) Ms. Maxwell's class

3:10-3:30 Dismissal

Reading Curriculum

Some skills are, but not limited to:

Point of View

Author´s Purpose

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Cause and Effect

Text Features

Inference

Plot

Setting

Character Analysis

Genre

Fluency

Basic Comprehension

Vocabulary and Acquisition

Sequence/Order of Events

*As teachers, we believe in a holistic approach. We use any opportunity to circle back and practice reading skills in unison instead of always individually.

Writing Curriculum

Students must learn to write a TDA (text dependent analysis) in fourth grade. They will continue to write them throughout their schooling, so a strong foundation is important. The writing process works slowly:

Students are asked to write. Therefore, we can identify writing levels and practice restating questions.
Close reading is taught. That way, students can use learned skills to comprehend grade level text.
A TDA prompt is properly deconstructed. This helps students understand what the prompt is asking.
Restating the prompt and creating a thesis is practiced and assessed.
Students are guided through body paragraphs.
To end the prompt, students create a conclusion paragraph.
Each student is given guidance to reflect on their work and reflect on work of their peers.

*This is a brief overview of procedures that are taken slowly. Please reach out with any questions.

Language Curriculum

Some skills are, but not limited to:

Figurative Language

Main Verbs

Adverbs

Helping Verbs

Common and Proper Nouns

Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Capitalization

Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Adjectives

Fragments

Subject and Predicate

Sentence Structure

Multiple Meaning Words

Prefixes, affixes, and suffixes

Science Curriculum

Some of the topics we will be studying are:

Safety, Scientists, Scientific Method, Plants and Animals, Adaptations, Force and Motion, Electrical Circuits, Simple Machines

We will complete some STEM activities as well.

Remind App - Parent Communication:

Please join our Remind if you have not already! We will be posting schedule updates, important reminders, and test/homework information weekly. We can also privately message you to keep you in the loop with your child's progress and behavior throughout the school year. Let me know if you have not joined yet and I will send you an invitation.

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