Vivian Fry
1st Grade Team
Welcome to First Grade!
I am so excited for this school year! This is my eighth 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.
What are we learning?
Reading: identifying and explaining the moral of a story, identifying who is telling the story (point of view)
Writing: writing an narrative (story) paragraph
Math: telling time to the hour and half hour, counting money (coins and bills)
Social studies: economics- opportunity cost
Science: needs of plants and animals
Phonics: suffix -es
Examples: benches, wishes, publishes, classes, finishes
Syllabication can be found here: https://literacylearn.com/syllable-division-rules/
We are learning two and three syllable VC/CV pattern. We are starting to learn v/cv and vc/v.
What should we work on at home?
- Read for 10-15 minutes every night Monday through Thursday. You can read to someone, with someone, or listen to someone read. You can read a book, a magazine, on an iPad, however you choose... just LOVE it!
- 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: own, upon, best
- Continue to work on these words: all first, second, and third nine week's words, which, every, right, these, live, water, always, their, both, pull, about, going, use, even, cold, old
(Students will need to practice reading all the words. Students will need to practice both reading and spelling for the red words. )
Important Dates
Wednesday, April 30: STAR testing reading PM3
Thursday, May 1: STAR testing math PM3
Friday, May 2: Field Trip to Camp Margaritaville
Friday, May 23: AR goal deadline
Monday, May 26: HOLIDAY - Students/Staff (Memorial Day)
Tuesday, May 27: House Cup Day! Go Eheys!
Thursday, May 29: Last Day for Students EARLY RELEASE
Our Schedule
8:00-8:25 Morning work
8:25-8:40 Phonemic Awareness
8:40-9:30 Reading
9:30-10:00 Writing (Tuesday/Thursday)
Library: 9:30-10:00 (Monday)
Spanish: 9:30-10:00 (Wednesday)
Music: 9:25-10:05 (Friday)
10:00-10:15 Mentor Sentence/Grammar
10:15-10:30 Recess
10:30-11:14 Phonics
11:14-11:39 Lunch
11:40-12:40 Math
12:40-1:25 MAC Time (Reading Small Groups)
1:25-2:05 PE and Art (Tuesday)
2:05-2:15 Snack
2:15-2:45 Science and Social Studies
2:45-3:00 Pack Up
3:00 Dismissal
