5,000 Page Hits in 4 Weeks!

Posted by Mr. Marchionda on Sep 18, 2009 in Classroom News | Comments Off

After reviewing my site stats I have noticed something wonderful that I would like to share with you students and parents. In the four weeks that we have been using Marchionda.org, there have been 5,000 page hits! That means this site has had over 170 many uses a day. Thanks for using this resource as much as you have been! Below is the graph for of hits for the first four weeks.

Great Scores on Our Reading Tests/Grade Book News/Salute!

Posted by Mr. Marchionda on Sep 18, 2009 in Classroom News, Movies, Site News | Comments Off

Last week we started our Friday tradition of a test on our reading story. This week we were much more comfortable earning a class average of over 93%. These tests are a  practice in information finding and inferring. Books are allowed, and the ability to find answers, in the book or in our heads, is a skill that is shared and valued. These are the skills that make a person  re-read sections more carefully, think critically, or “google” something they do not know. Nice work, kids! Improvement is already knocking at our door.

Yes . . . and, well, yesterday I pushed a button and OKed a function that wiped out my grade book. After restarting my heart and picking up my jaw off the floor I realized that all data was backed up on my home network with the help of Apple’s Time Machine. The consequence of this event is that I lost some work. I simply excused any homework or corrections not in and got everyone back to “all set” status.

I will do my best to publish the grade book at least once a week. Be sure to notice the publish date below the password field. That will tell you the last time that I updated the online version of the grade book.

Lastly, enjoy a video of us playing Salute! today in math class. Salute! is a game that practices holding numbers in our heads, math facts, and mental addition/subtraction skills. Sure was a lot of fun!