Mar 10th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
On today’s episode of the Marchionda Minutes Podcast we hear from Noah. He tells us of an up coming vacation that quickly becomes a discussion about a dream field trip with our class. We also discuss math, and Noah describes me as the coolest flavor of ice cream! Also, we have a discussion about getting sponsorships for our podcast. I apologize for calling this the 15 episode when it really is the 6th. Didn’t want to fix that in post! 
Enjoy:
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Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, PodCast.
Mar 9th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Here is a great example of what to do on your blog post, kids. This is Brianna taking our lesson and project from this afternoon and turning it into a blog post to publish it to the world. Great work. Click on the image to view the post.
Posted in: Classroom News, Site News.
Mar 9th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Today, as a part of our short chapter on government and government symbols, we explored the Pledge of Allegiance. We took some of the larger words in the Pledge and found definitions for them. Then we replaced those words with our definitions. Tomorrow we are going to read our new pledges to get a deeper understanding into what we are saying every morning.
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News.
Mar 8th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
In social studies we are learning about how our government works and the different symbols our country uses. In math we are continuing working with geometry, focusing on
Posted in: Classroom News.
Mar 4th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
I hope you enjoy your extended weekend. Make a snowman,
read a book with a friend,
or do a dance.
http://www.marchionda.org/mediafolder/video/nadiadancing_conv.flv
Whatever you do, have fun and be good! I know I am going to enjoy my day tomorrow with my little girl.I will see you all on Monday!
For Parents: I just want to take a moment and thank you for coming in and meeting with me. It has been a really nice year with your children, and with your support. I want you to know that I appreciate all that you do for me and for your children. You go have yourself a great weekend, too!
Also, thanks for your support with the student blogs. It has been really fun to see what they write about. Take a peek by using the links in the sidebar to view our student blogs.
Posted in: Classroom News, For Parents, Movies, Pictures, Site News.
Mar 3rd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
On this week’s episode of the Marchionda Minutes podcast we hear from Emaan. Emaan is from Pakistan and is here at our school for the first year. She shares with us a bit about her language and the struggles with learning English in school. She also shares with us about some time she spent in Sydney, Australia. We also learn that Emaan and I share the same favorite food!
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Remember, kids, that there is a spelling test tomorrow and a reading test. Feel free to read along with the story below:
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Lastly, remember that tomorrow is a half day of school, and dismissal is at 11:50.
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, PodCast.
Mar 2nd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Gregg Jennings of the Green Bay Packers! Don’t I look tall??
Posted in: Classroom News.
Mar 2nd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Today I was awarded a gold medal by Richard, our class math tutor, and the rest of the class for my amazing feet of jumping a 540 degree turn in class yesterday! Yes, it is true. I jumped a full turn and a half as a demonstration of angles. Ahh, the things I do for my job. Here is a picture of my award. Thanks, kids, you made my day.
And in other news . . . We have been working with triangles and other polygons to discover translations, rotations, reflections, and perimeter. We have just begun, but it is a lot of fun. Below is a fun discovery activity using congruent triangles to make different polygons. What a blast!
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, Pictures.
Mar 2nd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
I have fixed all the links in our video area and our photo gallery area. I have also got the email page working again.
Posted in: For Parents, Site News.
Mar 1st, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Over the weekend I began an upgrade to Marchionda.org’s software that runs the site. This upgrade allows for students in my class to have their own mini site off of mine with a domain name of firstnamelastinitial.marchionda.org. Last year some students really got into making a site and running their own online journal. If you would like your child to have a site for the rest of the year, click here, or in the side bar where it says “register”. Follow the on screen directions and you are all set. All posts will be seen by me. The kids know that they are to write about anything in school or any interests they have. Pictures and movies can also be posted, too. I do reserve the right to edit and delete any content I feel is inappropriate.
In the past students have used their sites to publish their writing from class or do any creative writing that interests them. Some students have used their site as a way to communicate about what we did in school or as a review of content in science and social studies. Some students have used their site to practice spelling words. Which ever way a student chooses to use a site, it will be honored in class.
You will be asked to create a username. I have asked that all student use their first name and the first letter (only) of their last name. For example I would be “roccom” without the quotes. Other than that, all you would need is an email address to verify that you registered for the site to be created. Enjoy! (and remember, I see all posts! )
If you have any questions, please email me.
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, Site News.
On today’s episode of the Marchionda Minutes Podcast we hear from Noah. He tells us of an up coming vacation that quickly becomes a discussion about a dream field trip with our class. We also discuss math, and Noah describes me as the coolest flavor of ice cream! Also, we have a discussion about getting sponsorships for our podcast. I apologize for calling this the 15 episode when it really is the 6th. Didn’t want to fix that in post! 
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