Mrs. Michalski's 2025-2026 Teacher Page "Lights, Camera, Learn!"

MRS. MICHALSKI ~ CHELSEA SCHOOL

I am delighted to be your child's Advanced ELA teacher, and I look forward to a fantastic year in fifth grade! I will be utilizing this page throughout the year for updates on curriculum and events. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have during the school year. I look forward to building a partnership with you to create a successful fifth grade year for our students.

Use this class page as an extension of our classroom to stay informed. It contains important dates, reminders, homework, the quarterly curriculum standards, links, and other essential information about what's happening in our classroom, school, and district.

Please check back often! Each school day's activities and homework assignments will be featured in the "Week at a Glance."

Spring Reading Challenge: Class vs. Class

Let's be the class that reads the most in fifth grade! From April 15–May 8, all interested students will log the time they read outside of school using the Beanstack app (accessible through our district's ClassLink). Students will receive a refresher on how to use Beanstack before the challenge begins during their library visit. They can pick their own books, build a diverse reading log, and make reading goals!

Classes will compete within each grade level to see which homeroom reads the most. Progress updates and reader raffles will take place throughout the challenge.

The challenge will conclude on May 8, when final reading minutes can be entered. After that time, logging will close. The winning class will earn a reading challenge trophy and lunch with Mrs. Fracassi in the library!

Please encourage your child to participate, build strong reading habits, and most importantly enjoy great books along the way!

Important Days

Thursday, May 14 - Step Up Day (visit Hickory Creek)

Monday, May 25 - No school

Tuesday, May 26 - Field Day

Thursday, May 28 - Tug of War

Friday, May 29 - LAST DAY!! 12:05 dismissal

Theme Thursdays at Chelsea

Show your Chelsea pride and wear our school colors of maroon and gold on Fridays!

May 7th: Neon Day!

May 14th: Tie-Dye Day!

May 21st: Patriotic Day! Wear red, white and blue in honor of Memorial Day.

May 28th: Tug Of War Day! Represent your class with your team's Tug of War colors.

CHELSEA's Countdown to Summer

Wednesday, May 20: Crazy Hair Day

Thursday, May 21: Patriotic Day

Friday, May 22: Exercise Day

Tuesday, May 26: Love to play at Field Day

Wednesday, May 27: Sunglasses and Sandals Day

Thursday, May 28: Extra Day-Extra Recess!

Friday, May 29: All Ready for summer!

E-Learning Schedule

The E-Learning Schedule can be found under the Links section of my webpage.

Encore Schedule

Students will have P.E. class every morning. Students will also have the opportunity to enrich their learning in the following encore classes:

Quarter 1 Art with Mrs. Maney

Quarter 2 Spanish with Mrs. Smerz

Quarter 3 STEM with Mrs. Jozaitis

Quarter 4 Music with Mr. Bertrand

ClassLink at Home

Students can access ClassLink from their home computers! Directions for how to access the ClassLink launchpad from home are in the Links section of this page. In order for students to not have to reenter usernames and passwords they will need to add an extension to their web browser. Directions for how to do that are also linked to this page. If the extension is not added then login credentials will have to be entered each time.

This information can also be found on the district website under "Student/Parent Technology Tutorials."

Library on Tuesday

My ELA classes will be going to the library on Tuesdays. My homeroom class will be going from 10:30-10:555 and the afternoon ELA Block 2 will be from 2:25-2:45.

Every year our school librarian, Mrs. Schubert, has the opportunity to add new books! We can always ask her for book recommendations. There are even audio books! We always look forward to this time period to grab a book and read to our heart's content! We are so fortunate to have an abundance of books to choose from in our school library.

Volunteers needed! Parents are invited to volunteer in the library this school year! If you are interested in volunteering, then please contact [email protected] to schedule a time to come in.

Erin's Law Presentations

Governor Pat Quinn signed Erin's Law in January of 2013, which requires all schools in the state of Illinois to provide age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education programs for students in grades Pre-K through 12. The Chelsea Intermediate School social workers will be teaching each lesson in the child’s classroom. The "Think First and Stay Safe" program will be the curriculum utilized for these lessons with a focus on Child Lures.

Communication

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