Vivian Fry
1st Grade Team
Welcome to First Grade!
This is my ninth year teaching at McKeel Academy Central. I graduated from Southeastern University with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. I am certified in elementary education, and I am reading, civics, and ESOL endorsed.
I love traveling, shopping, and spending time with my family and friends. I also have a passion for learning and teaching. This year, my goal is to enrich your child with engaging and differentiated learning experiences to meet their needs and help them reach their full potential. I hope to instill a love of learning in your child, and I look forward to working together this year!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns throughout the year.
Reminders for this week!
If you or a loved one wants to chaperone on any field trip this year, please complete the volunteer application process as soon as possible.
If you can, please participate in the fundraiser. We will be selling Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough, as well as other great items. The dates to sell are October 1st - October 24th. Please have all money turned in with order forms by Friday, October 24th. The items will be delivered to the school for pick up before winter break.
- Wednesday: Please send your child with their library book.
- Thursday: Field trip to see Junie B. Jones play. Students need to wear their field trip shirt. Also, it is Chick-Fil-A spirit night!
What should we work on at home?
- Read for 10-15 minutes at least four days a week. Your 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: why, wash, wish
Continue to practice the following words: all words from the first nine weeks' list, here, may, way
(Students will need to practice reading all the words. Students will need to practice both reading and spelling for the red words. )
What are we learning?
Reading: identify and describe characters, setting, and events in a story, retelling a story with beginning middle and end, identify who is telling the story
Writing: writing a paragraph with complete sentences with correct capitalization, spaces, and punctuation.
Math: comparing numbers, 10 more and 10 less, 1 more and 1 less
Social studies: American symbols and landmarks, Florida symbols
Science: scientific method, using the five senses to make observations
Phonics: two- syllable words (examples: magnet, velvet, convex, cactus, public, tidbit)
Important Dates
Thursday, October 9- End of 1st Grading Period, Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night, Field Trip to see “Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School” at the Lakeland Community Theater
Monday, October 13- McKeel Closed Students & Staff
Wednesday, October 15- Picture Retakes
Tuesday, October 21- Report Cards
Friday, October 24- House Day! Wear a yellow shirt and accessories with uniform bottoms. Go Eheys!
Tuesday, October 28- PTO Annual Skate Night
Wednesday, October 29- Field Trip to the Lakeland Police Department
November 10-14- Fall Book Fair
Thursday, November 13- Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
November 24-28- Fall Break
Tuesday, December 2- Field Trip to Grace Manor
Friday, December 12- House Day! Wear a yellow shirt and accessories with uniform bottoms. Go Eheys!
Thursday, December 18- PTO Movie Night in the Park
Friday, December 19- End of 2nd grading period, AR goal deadline
December 22- January 5- Winter Break
Tuesday, January 6- Students return to school
