Media Center Information

On-Line Resources-
Find a book in the Springwood Library that you want to check out.  Click on link then go to Springwood Elementary then to catalog.  

Use this link to find information in the encyclopedia.

Use this link to find CultureGrams, eLibrary, and ProQuest databases.

Reading Counts-
 Book List-
This is a list of all the books that have corresponding Reading Counts Tests. 
Use this site to check if a specific title is Reading counts

Requirements- 
Students need to have the their Reading Counts finished by the deadlines given.
5th Grade- Miss Sperling's Reading Class- 100 points 
                  Ms. Turner's Reading Class- 60 points 
                  Miss D. Smith's Reading Class-  50 points 
                  Mrs. Murphy-Baker's Reading Class- 30 points 
*All 5th grade students must meet their goal by May 25, 2012

4th Grade- Ms. Snyder's Reading Class-  as many points as possible
                  Mrs. Lynch's Reading Class- as many points as possible 
                  Mrs. Rodriguez's Reading Class- as many points as possible
                  Mrs. Richardson's Reading Class- as many points as possible
* All fourth grade students must meet their goal by May 15, 2012

3rd Grade- - Mrs. Jackson's Reading Classes- 25 points
                      Mrs. Olsen's Reading Class- check with your child
                      Mrs. Owen's Reading Classes- 35 points
These 3rd grade students must meet their goal by May 25, 2012
                      Mrs. Johnson's Reading Classes- 30 points (5th and higher books only)
Mrs. Johnson's students must meet their goal by May 11, 2012

2nd Grade- 20 points
* All 2nd grade students must meet their goal by May 25, 2012

1st Grade- 15 points 
* All 1st grade students must meet their goal by May 25, 2012

End of the Year Procedures-
May 4- Last Day of Kindergarten checkout
May 11- All Kindergarten books due
May 11- Last Day of grades 1-5 check out
May 14-18- Kindergarten overdue notices sent home
May 18- All grade 1-5 Books Due
May 18- Last Day of Teacher Check out
May 21-25- INVENTORY MEDIA CLOSED
May 25- Last Day for Reading Counts
May 21-25- Over due notices sent home with grades 1-5
May 29-31- 2nd overdue notices sent home all grades


Summer Reading Lists-

                                                        

Summer Reading List for Grades 3-5

 

 

Below is a list of the Sunshine State Readers for the 2012-2013 school year. Read as many as you can this summer. After you read the story write a summary of the book. A summary tells what happened in the story. Write the summary in your own words... Do Not Copy From the Book. The summary should be no longer than a page and no shorter than 10 sentences. Bring the summaries to Mrs. Oskowis in August for Sunshine State Credit. 

     Enjoy your summer and Happy Reading!

 

Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith

Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies by Andrea Beaty

Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Scene Investigation Notebook by Mary Amato

The Familiars by Adam Jay & Andrew Jacobson

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor

The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens

Fortune’s Magic Farm by Suzanne Selfors

Guiniea Dog by Patrick Jennings

Neil Armstrons Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino

President of the Whole Fifth Grade by Sherri Winston

The Shadows: The Books of Elsewhere by Jacqueline West  

Sophie Simon Solves Them All by Lisa Graff

The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin

Tuesday at the Castle by Jessica Day

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm


Summer Reading List for Grades K-2 

Below is a list of the Florida Reading Association Nominees for the 2012-2013 school year. Read as many as you can this summer, after you read the story talk about the book with your parents. Have your parents sign next to the book title that you read the book alone or with your parents. Come back in August ready to talk about these books. Bring the list to Mrs. Oskowis at the beginning of the school year and get a prize. 

Enjoy your summer and Happy Reading!

                                                                                                                             Parent Signature

1. Blackout by John Rocco                                                                 _________________

2. Gingerbread Man loose in the School by Laura Murray              _________________

3. Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian                                      _________________

4. Pierre the Penguin: A True Story by Jean Marzollo      ­_________________

5. Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery                                _________________

6. Bear's Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson                                       _________________

7. Voyage of Turtle by Kurt Cyrus                                                  _________________  

8. Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town Mary Casanova           _________________

The Book I liked the best was ______________________________________________

I liked this book the best because ___________________________________________

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