Vivian Fry

Vivian Fry

1st Grade Team

  • Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Southeastern University 
  • Certified in Elementary Education (K-6), ESOL endorsement, reading endorsement, and Civics Seal of Excellence endorsement 
  • Teaching first grade for the 2026-2027 school year.
  • This will be my 10th year teaching at MAC!

Reminders for this week!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday: Library day, so bring in library books. 

Thursday: 

Friday:

General Reminders

  • Please send in class snack if you have not done so already.

What should we work on at home?

  • Read for 10-15 minutes at least four days a weekYour child can read to someone, with someone, or listen to someone read. 
  • Optional Reading and Math practice: Students may turn it in weekly for a reward, but they will not be penalized for not doing it. 
  • High Frequency Words (HFW) for this week: Any, Let, Sit

Continue to practice the following words: take, time, five, made, as, gave, an, man, all, home, tell, off, or, sing, thing, give, think, thank

What are we learning?

Reading:  Identify and describe story elements (characters, setting, and events)

Writing and Grammar: Write a sentence with a capital letter, noun, verb, spaces, and punctuation. Identify if a sentence is complete or incomplete. Writing different types of sentences correctly.

Math: Addition and subtraction word problems 1 through 10

Social studies: Constitution 

Science: Scientific method (sink and float experiment) 

Phonics: Open syllables, words that end in a vowel (examples: go, hi, she, be, me)

Morpheme of the Week: Prefix "mid" means in the middle (For example, midair means in the middle of the air)

Important Dates

  • September 9- PM2 STAR Math
  • September 10- Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
  • September 25- House Day! Wear a yellow shirt and/or accessories for Eheys!
  • October 7- End of 1st grading period
  • October 8- Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
  • October 14- Field Trip to see Pinkalicious at the Lakeland Community Theater
  • October 16- McKeel Closed Students & Staff (District Work Day)
  • October 19- McKeel Closed Students & Staff (Polk Schools in Session)
  • October 22- Fall picture retakes
  • October 26- Report cards
  • October 28- Field Trip to the Police Station
  • November 11- McKeel Open for Students and Staff (Veteran's Day)
  • November 12- Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
  • November 20-27- HOLIDAY- Fall break
  • December 1- PM2 STAR Reading
  • December 2- PM2 STAR Math
  • December 10- PTO Family Movie Night
  • December 11- House Day! Wear a yellow shirt and/or accessories for Eheys!
  • December 15- Field Trip to Grace Manor
  • December 18- End of 2nd grading period
  • December 21-January 4- HOLIDAY- Winter Break