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: Orientation- Letters A-L: 5:15pm-6pm Letters M-Z: 6:15pm-7pm
Wednesday:
Thursday: First day of school!
Friday:
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: take, time, five, made
Continue to practice the following words:
What are we learning?
Reading: Identify and describe story elements (characters, setting, and events)
Writing and Grammar: Writing a sentence with a capital letter, noun, verb, spaces, and punctuation.
Math: Review numbers, shapes, and basic addition
Social studies: Explain the purpose of rules and laws in the home, school, and community.
Science: Using the five senses as tools, make careful observations, describe objects in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion, and compare their observations with others.
Phonics: Review short vowels and letter sounds from kindergarten
Important Dates
- August 4- Orientation
- August 6- First Day of School
- August 14- PTO Family Night
- September 2- Fall pictures
- September 7- HOLIDAY - No school for Students/Staff (Labor Day)
- October 7- End of 1st grading period
- 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
- November 11- McKeel Open for Students and Staff (Veteran's Day)
- November 20-27- HOLIDAY- Fall break
- December 18- End of 2nd grading period
- December 21-January 4- HOLIDAY- Winter Break
