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! 
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If you have any questions, please email me.
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, Site News.
Feb 25th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Tomorrow I will be gone from the classroom at a district training session. Please represent yourself and our class well while our substitute is here. Please be the helpful kids, polite students, and great listeners that I know you are. Have a great weekend, and I will see you on Monday.
We will also be having our reading test on Leah’s Pony, along with a spelling test on our compound words. Below is the audio version of our story and here is a link to our list on SpellingCity.com.
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Posted in: Classroom News.
Feb 24th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Here is the latest episode of the Marchionda Minutes Podcast featuring a duet of Bon Jovi’s ”Living on a Prayer”. We also discuss vacations and family. Enjoy!
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Here is a cute picture of Brianna and Hannah when they were about 4. Made me smile, and I wanted to share it.
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: PodCast.
Feb 23rd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Just a reminder that we will be beginning this round of parent/teacher conferences tomorrow after school. I am pretty booked so I will have to keep our conferences to the 15 minute limit.
As for news from the classroom, we are continuing working on geometry skills and vocabulary. In social studies we are finishing up our work on suburbs. After this chapter we will take a break from communities to learn about government and American symbols for a short unit. In English we are tuning up some fine points about mechanics and integrating these skills into our writing. In reading we are reading a realistic historical fiction piece called Leah’s Pony. Take a listen below:
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Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, Coming Events, For Parents.
Feb 23rd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
And, wow, did this class hit one out of the ballpark! I will hand out your child’s test results at the parent/teacher conferences. All third graders in Wisconsin get tested in the areas of language arts and math. There are four basic score categories: Advanced, Proficient, Basic, and Minimal. We want every child scoring in the advanced and proficient categories. How did we do as a class? Well, out of 50 possible scores, we had 29 scores of Advanced and 18 scores of Proficient!
This is absolutely amazing and wonderful! This basically shows that your children have been getting a wonderful education here at Lakeshore and super support at home! Hug a teacher and high five a parent, this is really a proud day! Makes me wonder how those fourth graders did . . . .
Posted in: Classroom News, For Parents.
Feb 22nd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Just to let everyone know, I have updated our classroom calendar to include parent teacher conferences, our popcorn sale, and the school carnival. Please take a moment to check it out.
Posted in: Classroom News, Coming Events, Site News.
Feb 19th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Today in math class we began a new unit on geometry. In this unit we will be defining 3 and 2 dimensional shapes. We will also be diving into different classifications of triangles and quadrilaterals. Today we build many 3D shapes paying special attention to vertices, faces, and edges. It was quite a fun thing to do! Feel free to download and print off some of our 3D shapes to make at home by clicking the link below.
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On Monday I will take a snapshot of my grade book to make progress graphs for parent teacher conferences. These graphs will show your child’s performance over time relative to themselves, and the graphs will show how your child is performing compared to the typically learning third grader. Our district report card will cover how your child had done achieving curricular benchmarks. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Can’t wait to see you all at conferences!
Posted in: Classroom News, Classroom Procedures, Coming Events, For Parents.
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