1st Grade

Super

It has been a super week in Mrs. Guinn's class!  We were extremely busy with our first round of assessments of our Essential Learnings but the students were super troopers and tried their best! 

The term 'essential learnings" might be new to some, so here's an explanation and a list of the essential learnings we are working on right now in First Grade!

Essential Learnings

Essential Learnings are the skills and standards that we are focusing on the most.  The students are assessed every 3 weeks to see if they are learning these skills.  These are the things that are most important for your child to learn.  We will keep the same essential learnings for the first 9 weeks of school.

Language Arts Essential Learnings (first quarter):

v After reading a story, tell the setting, characters, and important events.

v Write a story that includes 2 or more events.

v Read sight word phrases.

v Say the beginning, middle, and end sounds of a word.

v Blend sounds to make a word.

v Tell the sounds that make up a word.

v Spell common words correctly.

v Spell less common words correctly by sounding them out.

Math Essential Learnings (first quarter):

v Count to 120 starting at any number.

v Read and write numbers.

v Understand what numbers stand for.

v Understand tens and ones in two digit numbers.

v Use a graph to learn things.

More colors!

We will continue using colors as our theme for next week.  Next week's schedule is below.

Monday 8/27        Purple

Tuesday 8/28        Brown

Wednesday 8/29   Black

Thursday 8/30      White

Friday 8/31           Pink

Graphs and Maps!

This "double-bubble map" was created by our first graders.  We used this to compare where these animals live.  We found that while some live at the farm, most of the animals in the pictures live at the zoo.  However, we categorized 3 animals as living at both the farm and the zoo!  Maps and graphs help us categorize information we have into a thoughtful way! 

Colors!

This next week we'll be doing some fun activities with colors.  You can use the schedule below if your child would like to wear the "color of the day".

Monday, 8/20 - Red
Tuesday, 8/21 - Blue
Wednesday, 8/22 - Yellow
Thursday, 8/23 - Green
Friday, 8/24 - Orange

Getting to know one another!

Two days of first grade have flown by in a whirlwind of excitement!  We have been very busy getting to know one another, our new classroom, and Mrs. Guinn's class rules and expectations.  It is a very busy time of year, but I'm doing my best to keep it lively and exciting as well!  So far, we've learned a lot about each others names, used Kevin Henke's book Chrysanthemum to discover it's okay to be different, and interviewed one another so we can learn new things about our classmates.  We've also reviewed tally marks and counting by 5! 

Our Boys Town Skill of the week is:  Following Instructions.  We've been practicing this a lot, as it is an essential skill for the classroom and life in general!  The kids are becoming experts at this.  Here is how we teach it:
"When an adult gives you directions, you say 'okay' and do it right away."  Super!

Sweet!

What a sweet group of kids!  I had the honor of meeting a lot of my soon to be first grade class tonight at Fairview's Ice Cream Social.  I'm excited for Monday!  Go Wildcats!!

Welcome!

Welcome to Mrs. Guinn's first grade class blog at Fairview Elementary School!  I can't wait to meet my new group of kids tomorrow night at our Ice cream social!