Speech Winners!!

Congratulations to our class speech winners!

Mrs. Cofield's Class
Jordyn Nelson- 1st Place
Jaylon Johnson- 2nd Place
Keiron Major- 3rd Place

Mrs. Rioux's Class
Darell Williams- 1st Place
Delvin Glynn- 2nd Place
Amari Thompson- 3rd Place

Special Congratulations to our School Wide Speech Contest Winners! Jordyn Nelson won Honorable Mention and Darell Williams won Third Place!!

FSU Field Trip Update

All money and permission slips for Tuesday's FSU Basketball Field Trip are due by tomorrow at noon. In addition, students need to have reached 35% of their AR Goal by tomorrow at noon in order to be eligible for the trip.

Upcoming FSU Field Trip!

We have a field trip coming up to see an FSU Women's Basketball game of November 18th! We are very excited to offer this opportunity to students. Permission slips will be coming home soon. Students must have reach 35% of their AR Goal by the Friday before the field trip, November 14th in order to attend. We are really encouraging students to read throughout the whole nine weeks and not to wait until the last week to really read for their AR Goal. Please make sure students are reading at least 30 minutes a night! Independent reading not only promotes creativity and cognitively complex thinking, but also builds students reading comprehension and stamina.

Mrs. Rioux

AR Update

Congratulations to the following students who are on track to reach their AR Goal in the 2nd Nine Weeks. Students should be reading 30 minutes a night. Don't wait until the last week to get your reading in!

Payton
McKenzie
Kymia
Serenity
Jacob (Already reached 100% of his goal!!)
Darell
Jasper
Aidan
Keiron

-Mrs. Rioux

Speeches

Don't forget students will be presenting their speeches in class on Friday the November 7th! Speeches should be between 2 and 3 minutes. Students will be graded on their ability to present their speech to our class comfortably while making eye contact, using expression, and the length of their speech. Students can use notecards, or bring their written speech up with them, but should have most of their speech memorized so they don't need to read the whole thing. Make sure students are practicing their speeches and timing themselves so they can be comfortable and ready in class on Friday. :)

Wild Adventures payments due this week!

Reserve Your Seat On The Bus!!!

When:  November 3^rd-7^th from 7:30am-8:20 am

Where:  Mrs. Rioux’s Room (600)

What:  $45 (cash or money orders only) to reserve a seat on the bus for 5^th Grade’s End-Of-Year Trip to Wild Adventures

Who:  All 5^th grade students and/or parents who wish to ride the bus to Wild Adventures on May 15^th

Ticket prices and detailed information concerning trip details will be distributed after the Winter Holidays! 

AR Goal

Congratulations to the students who reached their AR Goals this nine weeks!! Mrs. Rioux's Homeroom had the most students reach their AR Goal so they have earned a Chips and Juice Party and extra recess time next week. New AR Goals are set for the second nine weeks. Students have from October 21st -December 19th to reach their second nine weeks goal.

Reached their 1st Nine Weeks AR Goal!
Mrs. Rioux's Homeroom
Payton
McKenzie
Will
Kymia
Leandro
Delvin
Evan
Jayden
Charles
Serenity
Davarez
Shareed
Jacob
Aniya
Amari

Mrs. Cofield's Homeroom
Jasper
Amiri
Daysia
Keiron
Mishelle
Alexis
Chinera
Alisha

Congratulations, Readers!!!

Speech Information

Speech Information came home in Friday Folders this afternoon!

4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Contest

It is time to get geared up for the Tropicana Public Speaking Contest (speech contest)!  Please take a minute to look through this packet.  You will find a timeline of important dates, a letter from 4-H about the contest, the official judging form (which will be used throughout the entire contest) and most importantly, 8 tips for writing a successful speech.  These tips are great, so please read them over carefully!   You may also want to visit www.florida4h.org for more information, sample comments from judges and other great speech information!

Speech Timeline:

·      October 10^th-Information packet comes home

·      October 17^th-Turn in your speech topic to your reading teacher for approval

·      October 24^th – Turn in rough draft

·      October 31^st – Turn in final draft

·      November 7^th-Class Speech Contest!

·      November 14^th-School-wide Speech Contest for all class winners!

Important: Make sure you are working on your speech at home from October 10^th-November 7^th!

*All children must participate in the class speech contest.  The speech will count towards the 2^nd nine weeks language arts grade. We suggest 3x5 notecards to put your speech pointers on.  Remember to practice so that you are not reading off the cards!

Wild Adventures

Reserve Your Seat On The Bus!!!

When:  November 3^rd-7^th from 7:30am-8:20 am

Where:  Mrs. Rioux’s Room (600)

What:  $45 (cash or money orders only) to reserve a seat on the bus for 5^th Grade’s End-Of-Year Trip to Wild Adventures

Who:  All 5^th grade students and/or parents who wish to ride the bus to Wild Adventures on May 15^th

Ticket prices and detailed information concerning trip details will be distributed after the Winter Holidays J

Challenger Science Day

The Challenger Center is back again on Friday to do more hands on activities! This afternoon Mrs. Rioux's class learned about energy and forces.

Challenger Science Day

The Challenger Learning Center visited for today to teach Mrs. Cofield's Class about electrical circuits!!!

Spelling Words

Test on Tuesday, October 14th

1. word
2. nerve
3. squirt
4, verse
5. surf
6. lurk
7. work
8. stern
9. spurts
10. lurch
11. blurt
12. thirst
13. spur
14. learning
15. shirt
16. midterm
17. return
18. squirm
19. swerve
20. yearns

Tuesday is Test Day in Reading!

Our next Reading Test will be Tuesday, September 30th. Make sure students are completing their homework daily, because it will practice the skills that will assessed on the test. We will also have a Spelling Test and Grammar Test on Tuesday. 

You can help practice our skills for each lesson by logging into your students' Wonders account and clicking on School to Home. This section of the website provides information and practice activities for the vocabulary strategy, comprehension skill, and spelling words we are currently working on in class. You can also click on Resources and see all the materials that are available to us here at school for the entire year. In this lesson, we are working on Sequence and on Greek Roots. You could type either of those into the search box and get quite a few resources to help practice those skills.

Spelling Words for 9/20-9/30 'r controlled vowel sounds'

Spelling Words

1. heart
2. swear
3. aboard
4. squares
5. swore
6. chart
7. scorn
8. starch
9. source
10. fare
11. barge
12. thorn
13. marsh
14. force
15. harsh
16. scarce
17. course
18. flare
19. coarse
20. sword

Partial Quotients

Wonders Writing Rubric

The students took their first Wonders assessment today and the results are in!  Check your child's Pinpoint account to see how they did on the multiple choice section.  I am working to grade the writing and scores will be entered soon.

This year, writing will be scored on a 4 point rubric scale.  Below is a copy of the rubric that will be used.  A score of 4 will equate to a 100%, a 3 will equate to an 80%, a 2 will equate to a 60%, etc.  We will be working on formulating complete responses this year.

Follow Us to College

Please Join
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Monday, September 8th, 2014 

 Two convenient sessions to fit your schedule 

6pm-6:45 & 7pm-7:45pm 

*Childcare will be provided *

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT: 

*OUR NEW READING/WRITING CURRICULUM
*OUR NEW STATE STANDARDS 
*HOW STUDENTS WILL BE GRADED 
*HOW WE ALL CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP OUR
 STUDENTS SUCCEED THIS YEAR! 

 Good isn't Good Enough: Stepping into Greatness

First Wonders Test

Both classes took their first Wonders test on Tuesday. We did the tests together as a class and they will not be counted for a grade. The tests were sent home with students so they can show you what the test looks like and what they're expected to do. I will also have copies of the test available for you to review at Open House on Monday, September 8th from 6-8! Next Wednesday, we will take our second test. This test I will ask the students to take independently, but the scores will not be entered as a grade. The third test, which should take place in Wednesday, September 17th WILL COUNT for a grade. Please make sure your student is doing their homework daily to practice the skills we are learning in class so they can be prepared for their test. Please let me know if you have any questions!

-Mrs. Rioux

Wonders

As you may know, we have a new reading curriculum this year in Leon County. We will be using the Wonders reading curriculum. It is set up differently from our previous reading curriculum, Imagine It. Students will focus on one specific comprehension skill and vocabulary strategy each week. They will read multiple stories that all reinforce the skills we are working on for that week. Students will then be assessed on their mastery of those skills by reading a new story and answering comprehension and vocabulary questions based on the story. The first 2 weeks' tests will be taken as a class and not counted as a test grade to give students time and practice with the new style of testing. We will not be testing on Fridays, so make sure to check your student's planner for the days that the test will be given. 

Test dates will also be sent out using Remind 101. If you haven't signed up for Remind 101, just text @swes5 to (863) 232-5692.

Each student has a login and password that will allow them to access the kid friendly Wonders website where they can get their vocabulary words for the week, complete practice assignments, and even play games practicing their weekly skills. Students' usernames are LCSB_ and their 9 digit student number they use for Success Maker. Their password is lcs12345. 

Example: 
Username: LCSB_123456789
Password: lcs12345

Here is the website: http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do Please let me know if you have any questions!!

-Mrs. Rioux

Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year! Mrs. Rioux and I are very excited for a year full of learning, growing and fun activities that will help our Springwood Owls reach their full potential. Mrs. Rioux and I will be updating this Blog to keep you posted on upcoming events, projects and tests. If you would like to subscribe to get an email when the Blog is updated, scroll to the bottom of this page and just enter your email address in the bar. As always, feel free to contact Mrs. Rioux or me if you have any questions or concerns. :)

-Mrs. Cofield