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!
Monday:
Tuesday: STAR Reading test, Report cards
Wednesday: STAR math test, Bring library book
Thursday:
Friday:
*Future Reminder: No school on Monday, January 19 (MLK Day).
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: says, hand, when
Continue to practice the following words: all words from the first and second nine weeks' list, just, were know,
(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:
- Compare and contrast two texts on the same topic
Writing: writing an opinion paragraph with at least one supporting reason from a source (text based writing)
Grammar: subjects and predicates, fragments, complete sentences
Math:
- addition strategies for adding within 20 and take chapter 4 test
- subtraction strategies for subtracting within 20
Social studies: introduction to maps and geography
Science: Martin Luther King Jr.
Phonics:
- y makes a long i sound at the end of one syllable words(for example: fly, tru, cry, by, why)
- Syllabication (vc/cv pattern)- learning how to divide words into syllables to decode (sound out) multi-syllable words. This week I am introducing vcccv division pattern.
Resources for syllabication:
*https://brainspring.com/orton-gillingham-weekly/syllabication-rules-division-patterns-more/ (This is the exact way I will be teaching it.)
https://sarahsnippets.com/syllable-division-rules/
https://learningattheprimarypond.com/blog/how-to-teach-syllable-division-rules/
Important Dates
Tuesday, January 13- PM2 STAR Reading, Report Cards
Wednesday, January 14- PM2 STAR Math
Monday, January 19- HOLIDAY - Students/Staff (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Tuesday, January 20- 100th day of School
Wednesday, February 4- Spring Pictures
Thursday, February 12th- Field Trip to Publix Dairy Plant
Monday, February 16- HOLIDAY - Students/Staff (President's Day)
Friday, March 6- Field Trip to Glazer Children's Museum
Wednesday, March 11- End of 3rd Grading Period, AR goal deadline
Thursday, March 12- K/1 Spring Musical
Monday-Friday, March 16-20- HOLIDAY - Spring Break
Friday, March 27- House Day! Wear yellow to support Eheys!
Monday, March 30- Report Cards
Tuesday, March 31- Class Pictures
Friday, April 3- No School for Students/Staff
Tuesday, April 14- PM3 STAR Reading
Wednesday, April 15- PM3 STAR Math
Thursday, April 16- The Schools of McKeel Academy Science Extravaganza
Friday, April 24- Field Trip to Camp Margaritaville
Friday, May 15th- House Day! Wear yellow to support Eheys!
Thursday, May 21- Last Day for Students EARLY RELEASE
