Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
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!
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.
Friday, August 24, 2012
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
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Graphs and Maps!
Friday, August 17, 2012
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
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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!
Friday, August 10, 2012
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!!
Thursday, August 9, 2012
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!
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