Busy in First Grade!

Maurice makes a number using 10s and 1s.

Wildcat groups are math groups that meet daily for the last 30 minutes of the day. We work on targeted, hands on math instruction during this time.

Tevin and Quordell have fun on the playground.

Reading with a partner is a favorite part of our day.

We have been having so much fun in first grade!  The kids are learning a lot and having fun together too.  Here are some pictures from our first month together.

Homework Week of 8/17

Here's a link to this week's homework:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m9COdtDmKxBS90spelWP5K2t7DZrqeoupARj_CBL1qo/edit

Welcome!

Welcome to the 2015-16 school year in first grade!  I'm pleased to welcome you to Mrs. Guinn's room at Fairview Elementary School.  Please check here regularly for photos, information about the skills we are working on, reminders, and much more!  I will be updating the website weekly, at least.

The best ways to get in touch with me are:

My school phone:  812-330-7732 ext 50045

My school email:  aguinn@mccsc.edu

or, a note in your child's folder.

***Please note, if you call or email during the school day, it may be up to 24 hours to get a reply to you.  If you have an urgent matter, such as a change in your child's transportation home, please call the school office and they will relay the message to me.

***Equally important, children must follow their regular dismissal plans unless I have received written notification from you or a phone call from the office indicating that you have contacted them to change dismissal plans.  Simply telling your child to take a different bus will not be acceptable.

Graphing

We are working on making and interpreting graphs in class this last quarter.  Today we collected data about our favorite school lunch!

Water colors

Fruits and Veggies

Our school earned a fruits and veggie grant.  This means that each class and Fairview gets a tray of a fruit or veggie to eat every afternoon.  We do this in combination with our usual snack that is contributed by our generous families.  We've had carrots, broccoli, apples, pineapple, and today many of us tried jicama (also known as yam bean) for the first time today.  Here is a picture of Jay, Charloe, and Makaila trying Jicama for the first time.  

Being an Artist

We are wrapping up a unit where we studied books written by the wonderful children's author, Ezra Jack Keats.  Keats also illustrates his books, mostly using cut paper layered into a collage.  In celebration of the end of our unit, the children designed a "Snowy Day" collage of their own!