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."
Important Days
Monday, September 1 - No school - Holiday
Thursday, September 4- Curriculum Night 5:30-7:00
Monday, September 8 - Picture Day
Tuesday, September 9 - Math Fastbridge benchmarking assessment
Wednesday, September 10 - ELA Fastbridge benchmarking assessment: Testing for Reading will be at 10:20 AM for my Homeroom/ELA class and 1:45 for my afternoon Block 2 ELA class. Headphones are needed.
Thursday, September 25 - Jim "Basketball" Jones Assembly
Friday, October 10 - No school - Institute Day
Monday, October 13 - No school - Holiday
Thursday, October 23 - Family Literacy Night & Bookfair at Chelsea 5:30 - 7:00
Friday, October 24 - End of Quarter 1
Theme Thursdays at Chelsea
Show your Chelsea pride and wear our school colors of maroon and gold on Fridays!
September 11: Patriot Day-Wear red, white and blue
September 18: It's Fall, Y'All-Wear your favorite flannel or fall colors (red, yellow, orange, brown)
September 25: College Colors-Represent your favorite college team with their school colors or gear.
October 2: Workout Wear-Choose your favorite exercise clothes for today!
October 9: Superhero Day-Wear clothing that represents your favorite superhero.
October 16: Football Fandom-Rally support for your favorite football team or player by wearing their school jersey or shirt.
October 23: Silly Socks Day-Wear theme, brightly colored or mismatched socks today!
October 30: Red Ribbon Week: Peace Out, No Stress-Wear colorful tie-dye patterns or your favorite pajamas to school to have a stress-free, drug-free life!
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 10:25-10:50 and the afternoon ELA Block 2 will be from 2:15-2:40.
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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