October 14, 2014

2nd Nine Weeks

Soaring Eagles 2nd Nine Weeks

Dates to Remember:

10/15 PBIS Party

10/16 Tribe Party/SHS

Homecomming ½ day

10/19 - Reading Recess (AR)

10/20 – Books/BlueJeans/Pizza

10/26 – Teacher Inservice Day

10/30 – PBIS Bingo & Tracking

11/4 – IPR #1

11/11 – Veteran’s Day

11/20 – IPR #2 PBIS Bingo

11/23-11/27 Thanksgiving Break

1st Grade

Chasson – Ezra Cardenas

Nordberg - Jamie Perez

Payton – Brody Touchet

2nd Grade

LeJeune – Kayla Spragis

Ney – Briley Hughes

Tarver – Hudson LeBlanc

3rd Grade

Boudreaux – Madison Touchet

Morris – Aaliyah Landaverde

Porcello – Emalee Anding

4th Grade

Istre – Lily Campbell

Miller – Alyssa Deviller

5th Grade

Abshire – Journi Singleton

Caldwell – Shy’Kerious Blanton

Hernandez – Ava Drost

PK

Bailey – Madison Miller

Maple – Allen Cuevas

McFatter – Hayleigh

Wiggins

Sargent–Kylie Barentine

K

Broussard – Emma Lyons

LeBlanc – Camryn

Malveaux

Jackson – Trent Richard

Woods – Aryel Mouton

Thomas - Brayden Blood

October 14, 2015

Reminder:

School starts at

7:45 am

Tardy Bell rings at

7:50 am

Second Grade

2nd Grade has been studying place value in math. To learn and demonstrate, we sorted sticks into piles of 10. We made 10 rows of 10. We learned that 1 row of 10 tens was 100 sticks! Then we made 10 rows. So, 10 hundreds was a 1000! 2 nd grade went to Lutcher Theater in Orange to see The BFG based on the book by Ronald Dahl. We had a great time

PK/Kindergarten News

Kindergarten is learning about

symbols and their meanings in our

America Unit. Cohen Delino and

Preston Picard have taken AR Tests.

Many of the children got BOOKS,

BLUE JEANS, AND PIZZA for reaching

their reading goals for the 1st nine

weeks! Keep up the reading

Kindergarteners! The children are

looking forward to their first fieldtrip

November 12th to CM FARMS.

Congrats to Cohen Delino, he is the

first child in mrs.Woods class to start

AR testing!!

On September 9th, Ms. Sargent’s and

Ms. McFatter’s Pre-K classes had a

visitor for our study, “Beginning of

the Year.” A family member came to

share her skill with us. Mrs. Bea

Sargent brought material, thread,

buttons, rickrack, and other

decorative sewing items that she

uses to make her quilts. We were

also able to look at and feel some of

the crazy quilts she has made.

Class News

Creative Writing Class

Students are Rockin’ and Rollin’ in our

creative writing enrichment class. The

year started off with students creating

their own lyrics to “I’m Feeling Good”

by Nina Simone. They incorporated ELA

standards in which they had to identify

the theme of the song and provide

evidence of support. We are currently

working on teamwork and how it is a

necessity in real- life situation.

Students have completed multiple

“Quick Fire Challenges” in which they

are given a task to complete using

critical thinking and effective teamwork

skills. They are learning that in order to

be a worthy team member, they must

be patient, kind, open-minded, a good

communicator, and hard-working.

First Grade Students in Mrs. Payton’s class taste-tested different kinds of apples: red delicious, granny smith, and gala. This was in celebration of Johnny Appleseed's birthday in September. Students tasted each kind. They used their senses to describe the different apples, especially the flavor each had. Students then made a graph of their favorite. . We went outside to study our five senses learning about hearing, sight, touch, smell and things we should NOT taste outside. We also learned about Johnny Appleseed and about the parts of an apple. We used actual apples to learn about apple parts and how they grow.

Fourth Grade

4th grade students are studying weather maps and natural disasters in Science. Students wrote weather reports and got to stand up and act as meteorologists!

5th Grade 5th grade has been working very

hard in all of their classes. In Social

Studies, students have been busy

researching different regions,

creating posters, and giving

presentations about their region. In

ELA, they have been learning to

distinguish between theme and main

idea. In Math, students are learning

about place value. Keep working

hard 5th graders!!

. Open House 2015 R.W. Vincent welcomed parents at its annual Open

House Tuesday, Sept. 22nd . Parents were able to visit

with their children’s teachers and find out about the

exciting things going on in the classrooms this year.

Lessons were discussed and students showed parents

their portfolios and discussed the daily operations and

procedures of their classroom with their parents.

R.W. Vincent Grandparent Breakfast

Students celebrated Grandparent’s Day

Sept. 14th and 15th with the annual

breakfast. Students enjoyed showing their

grandparents how to line up and eat in the

cafeteria. Over 200 grandparents

celebrated with their grandchildren!

PK News

Mrs. Maple and Mrs. Judy's class used craft materials from home to make a one of a kind gingerbread boy/ girl. The students decorated the gingerbread to look like themselves. Everyone was so excited to have their gingerbread in the hall for all to see.

Madyson Shillow shows off

her good behavior feather to

her mom and dad.

3rd

grade teacher Mrs.

Porcello visits with

students Zoey and Rylee

Granger and their mom.

Third Grade During the first nine weeks, third

graders have been super busy. We have

learned our multiplication and division

tables up to the 5 times tables, and we

have learned how to draw many different

models to solve multiplication and

division problems. We have been reading

both fiction and nonfiction books to help

us become better readers. During an

intense game of tug-of-war, we learned

all about forces and motion. (By the way,

Mrs. Porcello’s class won the games!!) We

are having a blast in third grade!

SPARK & REACH

The first and second grade REACH

and SPARK classes began the year

with a lesson on Solar Energy. To

get things started students used

Steve Spangler’s Rainbow

Peepholes to discover that light

consists of "waves" that can be seen

as color when bent or separated by

a prism. Students were also able to

make “photographs” of their

favorite objects using light sensitive

fabric and the power of the sun.

The students’ absolute favorite

activity was using solar ovens to

harness the sun’s energy and cook

S’mores! Through observation and

data collection students were able

to determine the amount of time

required to cook in a solar oven and

how to achieve the highest possible

temperatures. They were able to

apply this information to determine

the best way to make some tasty

treats at home using their solar

ovens.

SPARK 4th & 5th Mrs. Sylvest and Mrs. Korman's 4th and 5th grade SPARK classes will be learning all about the Stock Market from Mrs. Eisiliones as they participate in the Stock Market Game. Students will learn how to buy and sell stocks and will work together in teams to invest their money. The challenge is on to see who will get the best return on their investments.

The Tribe Has Spoken

Fourth and fifth grade students and all

faculty are starting a new tradition this

year at RWV! Students in 4th and 5th

grade are now part of a team called a

tribe. Students took part in a special

program Oct. 2nd where they played

Plinko and found out what tribe they

would be a part of. Each tribe has special

meaning and a color. The Tunica tribe are

green and they are the supporters of the

school. The Coushatta are orange and

they are the protectors, the Choctaw are

yellow and the illuminators. Finally the

Chitimacha are red and represent care

takers or heart. Tribes are tracking

homework, AR, and behavior. More

suprises and celebrations will happen

throughout the year but we are excited to

start this new tradition!

What

tribe will

you be?

Students in

each tribe

got socks

the color of

their tribe.

Jr. Beta Club at RWV

Twenty four students at R.W. Vincent Elementary

were invited to be in Jr. Beta club. This is the first

time RW Vincent has hosted Jr. Beta on its

campus. Students were invited to join the club

based on their grades and leadership skills at the

school. The students look forward to participating

in school and community projects throughout the

year in addition to upholding their good grades.

4th and 5th Grade

playing tennis in P.E.

Art Club

R.W. Vincent has started an

Art Club for third graders this

year. The students had to fill

out an application and provide

work samples in order to be

considered for membership in

the club. The following

students have been accepted

as the first group of Art Club

students!

Jr. Beta at RWV

Twenty four students at R.W.

Vincent Elementary were invited

to be in Jr. Beta club. This is the

first time RW Vincent has hosted

Jr. Beta on its campus. Students

were invited to join the club

based on their grades and

leadership skills at the

school. The students look

forward to participating in school

and community projects

throughout the year in addition

to upholding their good grades.

Fire Clowns Make

Annual Visit The Sulphur fire department

made its annual visit to RWV to

show students how to respond

during an emergency. Ladder

Larry and friends demonstrated

how to escape from a fire and

the perfect stop drop and roll

technique.

Mrs. Tarver’s 2nd grade

New Teacher Spotlight

Mr. Stoupy Mr. Stoupy is our new French

teacher this year. He has taught at

the college level for 7 years. He

attended University of North Texas

and University of Memphis. He is

married and has a one year old

daughter. He loves music and

plays trumpet regularly with

professional groups. He and his

wife love college football and are

big LSU fans. Welcome to RWV

Mr. Stoupy!

Mrs. Leblanc

We are happy to welcome Mrs.

Leblanc to Kindergarten this year!

This is Mrs. Leblanc’s third year of

teaching and she graduated from

McNeese. She calls herself a

military brat and was born in Alaska.

She has lived in California, Azores

Portugal, North Dakota, Texas, and

Louisiana. She comes from a family

full of teachers. She enjoys

spending time with family and go on

vacation, especially to Mexico.

AR News

R.W. Vincent students are

working hard to improve

reading skills and we are

proud to announce:

Top Readers:

1st – Anna Lopez

2nd – Makenzie Degeyter

3rd – Madison Bouillion

4th – Matthew Steckling ***

5th – Cameron Ney

*** TOP READER***

R.W. Vincent Totals:

Points Earned: 3472

Number Books Read: 3342

Tribe with Most Points:

Choctaw 390