Classroom Newsletter
Week of April 27th, 2026
Important Dates to Remember
- May 4th – May Crowning @9:30AM
- May 8th – Father daughter dance @6:30PM
- May 19th – Wendy’s D4D Countryside 4-8PM
ELA (English Language Arts)
We have entered our Readers Theatre’s unit. This is one of the last units this year, focusing on being able to work together in a group, and analyzing the vocabulary in our readers’ theater story. We are starting our second theatre piece “Jack and the Cornstalk” the spin off of “Jack and the Beanstalk”.
Next, we are going to work on the performance piece of the readers theater with props,tone and voice!
Upcoming: our action packed performances!
Math
Head to Ms. Skinner’s page to see more about what your child is studying in math!
Religion
We have been preparing for our Illinois state religion assessment through the Arch. I have created a kahoot! A game where the kids are able to actively study using that tool as well as a study guide.
Upcoming: we will be taking our religion assessment on 5/5 -5/6.
Reading
We are about to finish our novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. We will be reading and studying a new novel for the next few weeks, Holes.
Students have a reading packet that they will be working on throughout the week, keep in a lookout for that. I will be collecting at the end of the unit for points.
Weekly Reminder:
Miss Pretzie’s students have a reading log! This reading log is to keep track of your child’s reading progress. It is turned in every week to earn five points for reading 20 minutes everyday!
Every Friday, students will take a quiz on their vocabulary words for that week. Quizzes can be corrected for half-credit recovery.
Science
We have just finished our human body unit. We talked about all the different parts of the body and all the systems that work together to make the body work healthy and move! We even made a robotic finger!
Up next, students can look forward to a quiz on the human body coming up next week (after religion testing).
Social Studies We have made our way into chapter 10 and now having chapter 10 ending in about a week!
We are currently practicing note taking and working on our note cards, we are also working on our summarizing skills. We have just finished learning about the government. What makes a weak government vs. a strong one, all the different branches of government and what they do. We are going to have our chapter 10 test Thursday May 14th, a study guide will be handed out a week prior to this date in preparation to study.
Upcoming: chapter 11 Washington as President.
Questions or Comments?
As always, feel free to reach out with any questions. Let’s keep learning and growing together!
Have a blessed week!
— Miss Pretzie
5th Grade teacher
St. Cletus