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MRS. VEGA's TEACHER PAGE 2025- 2026

Thank you for checking this page. I will be teaching your child Math, Science, and Social Studies. Your child will also have an ELA/Writing teacher for the other half of the day. 5th Graders have a Block 1 (homeroom) teacher and a Block 2 teacher.

Please use this webpage as a resource and check the Weekly Plan section for the learning focus each week. I will update it each Monday before leaving school. The "Math Help & Websites" page has homework links and videos to help students by lesson.

Students will be using their school supplied assignment notebook to write down the assignments daily. I will also send out homework and class reminders via Remind app so my parents/guardians will be informed.

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Classroom and School News- May

Fastbridge -Spring window

amath- Tuesday May 5

Fast Track Redaing- May 6

Please see the Weekly Plan page for what is happening this week.

Band & Orchestra: 5th Grade Students will have the opportunity to explore and sample the instruments during encore time. More information will be sent home during the exploration week. Look for additional information (flyer and email) after our explorations the week of September 8.

Here are the calendar links:

Doug Adams

HCMS BAND CALENDAR

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=157cinstrumentalmusic%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FChicago

Shannon Shanahan

CHELSEA BAND CALENDAR

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cbqc8vvaqk7c6rj6mjcaivgoqk%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FChicago

Spring Reading Challenge: Class vs Class

Reading Challenge is back: 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!

Family Shout Outs

We are offering parents the opportunity to complete a "Shout Out" form to celebrate students' accomplishments outside of the school day that can include events such as team competitions, recitals, etc.

This form is linked to the Chelsea e-newsletter. It is also posted on our Chelsea page. Depending on the number of "shout outs" we receive, we will recognize students either on the morning announcements or on the monitors throughout the school. We are looking forward to acknowledging achievements by our students!

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.

Important Dates

Friday, May 1st-School Improvement Day 12:05 Dismissal

Thursday, May 14th-Fith Grade Step-Up Day at Hickory Creek Middle School

Thursday, May 14th-Fifth Grade End of Year Party

Monday, May 25th-Memorial Day Holiday No School

Tuesday, May 26th-Chelsea's Field Day 2026

Thursday, May 28th-Tug of War

Friday, May 29th-Last Day of School 12:05 Dismissal

Encore Schedule

Quarter 1 STEM with Mrs. Jozaitis

Quarter 2 Music with Mr. Bertrand

Quarter 3 Art with Mrs. Maney

Quarter 4 Spanish with Mrs. Smerz

Theme Thursdays at Chelsea

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

April 9th: Character Day-Wear a shirt with your favorite movie, TV show, or cartoon character.

April 16th: Almost Earth Day! Let's wear green or blue in honor of Earth Day on April 22nd.

April 23rd: Spring has sprung! Wear your favorite spring colors

ClassLink at Home

Students can access ClassLink from their home computers! Directions for how to access the ClassLink launchpad from home are in the downloads section. 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."

ELearning Schedule

In case of inclement weather, our school will utilize Microsoft Teams. 5th Grade students will know how to access assignments and announcements. In the event of an E-Learning Day, students will be expected to follow the schedule- coming soon. In addition, students will have a hard copy of the schedule. It can also be found in my downloads section when available. Students will be sent home with their district laptops prior to an e-learning day.

Classroom Wish List Items:

We greatly appreciate any supplies throughout the year, especially dry erase markers and pre-sharpened pencils. We also welcome gift cards to 5 Below to replenish our fidgets and flexible seating. Additionally, any gift cards to local businesses and companies that 5th graders frequent (Raffy's, Kernel Sweetooth, Creamery, Chipotle, Target, Amazon, etc.) for class prize bucket, raffles, and giveaways are also welcome. Please label it as class raffle! Thank you for considering a contribution to the classroom!

Feel free to view our classroom Amazon wish list- View our classroom Amazon wish list.

Follow our class on:

Instagram: @teach_fifth_fam

Follow Chelsea School on Instagram: @Chelsea_Tigers

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5th Grade E-Learning Schedule 25-26

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