Have a Fun Extended Weekend!
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.flvWhatever 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.
I Did A 540!
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:
Marchionda Minutes Episode 8 – Jack's iPod Touch
Our podcast episode hosts Jack. We learn about his much longed for iPod Touch and who his heros are. We also learn what kind of flavor if ice cream he would be. Does Jack have a love for all things tech? Listen to find out! Enjoy the show! Just press play to listen to the show. Head on over to our PodCast page to see our archives and a picture of Jack when it plays.
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Today our scientists split our class into two groups. One group made a comet using ribbon, sticks, and Styrofoam balls. The other group learned how to capture comet dust. Each child got to participate in both groups. At the end we made ice cream from liquid nitrogen, AND ATE IT! Our ice cream was a model of the materials that make up a comet. Below are some pictures of our day:
Here is the work for the day. Don’t forget to study for your science test on Friday!
All Parents Welcomed To Join Our Holiday Party
All parents are welcomed to attend our holiday party tomorrow at 2:00 pm.Before the party our school will have lights dimmed as we walk around the school voting for the door decorating contest. We will also be having a school sing along in the morning. Should be a fun day!
I also want to thank all of you kids for being absolutely wonderful while I was gone Thursday and Friday. I received an emergency phone call Thursday around 10:30 requiring me to be out of town. We learned that my wife’s sisters became very sick and is on life support. I came back for these two days, but on Tuesday Nadia and I are going back down to be with my wife and her family.
Today when I came to school I was greeted with the greatest door decorating I have ever had. While I was gone you kids must have worked quite hard on it. All three of my doors were decorated in a collage of silly and beautiful art work. In my dim mood from this weekend I stood there for about 10 minutes taking in every little bit of your work. All I could do was smile. Your creativity and humor warmed my heart so much that saying thanks doesn’t quite do my thanks justice. Thought I would share a picture with all of you of our beautiful doors. Click the image to see it larger.
New Photo Gallery Added to Our Gallery Page
Parents and Students,
I have added all the pictures from our field trip to Hartford in our photo gallery page, or head on over here to see the page directly. Thanks, kids, for your wonderful behavior and super representation of our classroom and school on our field trip. You were a great joy to be around, and I am always proud to be your teacher!
~Mr. M
Oh, and here they are too:
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On the Bus, Part Two
It is after the great show now. Our play was about an hour long and was full of toys that came to life. The actors did a great job, and all kids were wonderfully behaved in the audience.
- Posted on the move with an iPhone.
On The Bus, Part One
Here we are, on our way! More pictures to come as our day goes on. Wooooohoooo!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Two Students Recognized/Roller Coaster Science/It Snowed!!
Today at our PRIDE assembly two of our students were recognized for their great behavior and academic growth. Congrats go out to Joe and Anna! You make our class proud!
Thanks to Hannah for letting us use her roller coaster to teach about potential and kinetic energy.
Also . . . It SNOWED!!
Here is the work for the day:
We Had a Visitor in Class Today!!
To my great delight, and the rest of the class, my wife and daughter made an appearance for our writing class. After writing our letters to the marines, we got a chance to hang out and get high fives from my daughter Nadia. Thanks kids for being so nice to her! Hopefully she will return again some day.
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