John McCreery wrote, quite reasonably
Why not "Every student is to bring three colored markers to the first class"?
One reason why this isn't a complete fix is that students, e.g. in grammar school, may start the day in different classrooms with different teachers, thus requiring something like ['to his or her first class']. Which is OK by me, just longer.
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