Mrs. Melissa Shepard

Language Arts, Reading, and Spelling

              Important News & Reminders!

  • Students generally have time to start on homework in class.  IF they use their time wisely and work hard they should be able to complete most of it.  The rest should be completed at home.

  • Students who have late work will bring home a pink “Homework Excuse Note” to have signed by parents.  The form will be stapled in the assignment book.

  • Each student is given an A.R. goal to meet for the quarter.  They are given time in class each day to read.  A.R. is worth 10% of the quarterly Reading grade.  If the student is absent, he or she must read for 30 minutes at home to stay on track for meeting his or her goal.

  • Your child may correct homework assignments that receive an F.  In order to receive credit for these corrections they must do them on a separate sheet of paper and must obtain your signature.  The corrections are due on Monday of each week.                       

  • Please check your child’s assignment book nightly.  He or she will have the daily assignments written down.  The assignments are also available on this site.  It is very important that your child gets into the habit of showing you his/her assignment book nightly.

  • Homework that is not turned in the day it is due will receive a penalty.  The first day it is late, 20% is taken from the grade.  The second day it becomes a zero.

  • Absent work assignments are sent down to the office at the end of each day.  Please make sure to pick these up so that your child does not fall behind in the classroom.  The student has the same amount of days to turn in absent work as those that were missed.  For example, if he misses 2 days – he has 2 days to turn in the work.

              Weekly Assignments                               

 

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                        Upcoming Events

 

 

 

Sept. 6  Labor Day No School
Sept 16 Progress Reports
Sept 17 No School
Oct 15 1st Quarter Ends
Oct. 21 1/2 Day                        School Improvement
Oct. 22 No School            School Improvement

 

Mrs. Shepard’s

Weekly

Assignments

Language

Spelling

Reading

Monday

 

Compound Sentences page 77 Page 18

Pretest Tomorrow

Worksheet p. 3-4

Genre Quiz Friday

Tuesday

 

  Page 19

Write words missed 5 times each

"Frindle" Comprehension Questions

Flipchart due Thursday

Wednesday

 

  Page 20 - 21

Test Friday

"Frindle" Test tomorrow

Genre Quiz Tomorrow

Genre Flipchart

Thursday

 

     

Friday

 

     

Check out these

websites!!!

Genre Fun

Adjectives

Paint by Idioms

Fling the Teacher

Figurative Speech Hangman

Figures of Speech Matching

Study Island

Wacky Parts of Speech Tales

Handipoints

Merriam Webster

Book Reviews for 5th Grade

Giggle Poetry

Fizzy Funny Fuzzy

Poetry 4 Kids

English-Zone

Funbrain

BookHive

Weekly Reader

Cool Sites For Kids

Ask An Expert

Reading Is Fundamental

Free Rice

 My hopes are that this page is helpful to you and your child.  I am continually updating and adding, so check back every day for new information.  Please feel free to contact me by e-mail at mshepard@cartervillelions.com, if you would like to see something added to this page.  I will try my best to include your suggestions.  I want this page to be another way to communicate with you about important dates, assignments, etc. that are current in the school year.

Page Last Updated

September 01, 2010

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