Vlahos, Maria / Welcome

WELCOME BACK TO OUR

2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR!

Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns you may have.

My email address is: mvlahos@jacksonsd.org

SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH @ 7 PM

SCHOOL CLOSED: OCT 3RD, 4TH, & 14TH

Our 5th grade classroom has NO desks, we will be working at tables. I will be providing each student with a bin to keep their essential items such as planners, reading/math books, and binders in. I ask that students to refrain from bringing in other items.

RECOMMENDED SUPPLY LIST

(If you are unable to purchase something, please let me know)

Small pencil case or box, to keep writing materials in

3-5 skinny dry erase markers [preferably black]

Pencils

Pencil sharpener [recommended]

1 inch binder

1 composition notebook

1 folder for homework and take home papers

2-3 colored pens

Wired headphones [preferably earbuds]

Multiplication flashcards (if not fluent in fast facts)

Wish List Items for Classroom

Tissues

Sanitizer

Clorox Wipes

Baby Wipes

Goldfish individual packages

Pretzels individual packages

Lunch: 1:05-1:35

Working Snack: 11:20

SPECIALS

Monday: Media

Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: Gym

Thursday: Computers

Friday:Art

COMMUNICATION IS KEY!

Parents/Guardians please join our class dojo. Click HERE to join.

Please make sure to label everything that comes in, from water bottles to even a sweatshirt/jacket. Only WATER will be allowed in classroom. Any other kind of drink, such as juice etc., will only be allowed in the lunchroom. Water bottles will be stored in a special place. Please REFRAIN from sending in large Stanley's (40 oz w/ straw) as they spill SO easily!

Please bring your charged laptop to school with you every day! Our Google Classroom will be set up the 1st day for your learning, and I highly suggest that parents join too, in order to access what is assigned.

Birthday Party Policy
Birthdays will be celebrated at lunchtime in the cafeteria. To be sensitive to allergy concerns, non-edible items (e.g. toys, stickers, pencils) are strongly encouraged for these celebrations so that all children can participate in the celebration.

If you choose to send in a snack, consider a healthy snack. Also please note that all items sent must be in individually wrapped, pre-packaged portions so that the child can easily distribute to classmates. Ice-cream cakes and whole cakes cannot be accommodated by the food service staff. You can deliver your item and/or treat to the receptionist or send it with the birthday child. Visitors are not permitted in the cafeteria. Birthday and/or Party invitations are not handed out in school, under any circumstances. However, parents are invited to join the class “party list” which will be distributed to parents that join the list.

MODULE 1 Week 1

AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT MULTIPLICATION FACTS:

Your child is now in 5th grade. It is IMPERATIVE that they know their multiplication facts if they haven't memorized them yet. Memorization of facts frees up all of your child's working memory so that they can concentrate on the bigger task - solving the real problem before them.

Unit 1- Properties of Matter

Unit 1- Early Europeans

Our school is working towards being a more caring and respectful environment. The philosophy is simple and is this-imagine everyone is born with an invisible bucket. The bucket represents a person's mental and emotional health. You can't see the bucket, but it's there, and it is our responsibility to fill that bucket. When you say nice things, show respect, act in kindness, you are filling each other's buckets and, in turn, filling your OWN bucket.

Switlik Elementary School is working towards keeping our buckets full EVERY DAY, thus resulting in individuals who feel healthy mentally, emotionally, and socially.