Mrs. Messimer - ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS
Indian Trail Intermediate School  
http://www.jcschools.org/IT
 
                 
                                                                 WELCOME TO MRS. MESSIMER'S WEBPAGE!!!
                    
                                                               5TH Grade English/Language Arts - WOLF HALL
                                                     
                                                                                                                                 
                    

Citation Organizer: Sources
1. Web Site:
www.localhistories.org/vicwoLmen.html

2. Book: You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship! : a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make by Jim Pipe (use ITIS library site & instructions)
http://destiny.jcschools.org/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=TopLevelCatalog

3. Print Encyclopedia: See copy of article about Jane Addams

4. Online Encylopedia: article about Avi (use ITIS library site & instructions)
http://itislibrarymediacenter.weebly.com/student-resources.html

5. Online Database: search for Grace Horsley Darling on the World Book database site (use ITIS library site & instructions)
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar148350&st=grace+darling

6. Interview: Archives of American Art
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-fritz-eichenberg-12479

7. Magazine Article: See StoryWorks page 4





*********************************************  WOLF PACK NEWS  *****************************************

Please check this site often for updates, announcements, and links to review games for students!!!

PLEASE SIGN THE TRACKER EACH NIGHT!!


GRAMMAR REVIEW GAMES ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. Play these games to review the skills we've learned this quarter.


Accelerated Reader News!  The nine weeks' goal is to read a total of 5 books.  Two of these must be fiction and three non-fiction.  Students must pass the quizzes with at least 80% correct.  Please encourage your child to read for at least 20 minutes each night in order to meet his/her goals. 

                   

BONUS POINTS FOR EXCEEDING THE GOAL!

"Thank you for encouraging nightly reading at home."


GRAMMAR:  We will be working on a variety of grammar skills in the coming weeks.  These include: adjectives and adverbs, common usage errors:  double negatives, to/too/two, and they're/their/there.


                                       CALENDAR of Upcoming Events

Feb. 10 - State online writing assessment

Feb. 16 - No School if no snow day used


+++++++++++++++++++++  NEW GAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED +++++++++++++++++++++

Play the games at the bottom of the page to practice skills we are learning in the classroom.


                                       R-E-M-I-N-D-E-R-S!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE SIGN YOUR CHILD'S TRACKER EACH NIGHT!

Graded work, school notices, flyers, and PTA information will be sent home each Wednesday in the communication folder.  Please look for this each week and sign on the parent sheet located inside the back cover. 
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My Quia activities and quizzes
Using Plurals and Possessive Nouns Correctly
https://www.quia.com/cz/478595.html
The first CSI Investigator
Grammar Review: nouns, verbs, pronouns, possessives, adjectives
https://www.quia.com/cb/859156.html
Great practice game for 1 or 2 players!!
Irregular Nouns
https://www.quia.com/cm/600236.html
Irregular Plural Nouns - challange board
https://www.quia.com/cb/857487.html
Nouns Unit Part 1 Review Game
https://www.quia.com/rr/991217.html
abstract=idea concrete=touchable
CAN YOU SPOT IT: GRAMMAR
https://www.quia.com/rr/989375.html
Commas Galore
https://www.quia.com/rr/964100.html
Practice Using Commas
Comma Check-Up
https://www.quia.com/rr/964110.html
Do you know how to use commas correctly?
Practice with Coordinating Conjunctions
https://www.quia.com/quiz/4374595.html
"Quotation marks" rags to riches
https://www.quia.com/rr/1034167.html
30 Most Common Irregular Verbs
https://www.quia.com/jg/2676506.html
The never-ending irregular verbs practice exercise!
https://www.quia.com/cz/487461.html
Grammar: Singular and Plural Possessives
https://www.quia.com/ba/589385.html
Useful links
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