Feb 8th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Just a reminder about our Valentine’s Day Party at 2:00 on Friday. Please be sure to have a mailbox and your Valentines all set to go. I know mine will be. All parents are welcomed to attend.
You will notice that there is not a lot of work on our planner below.The reason for this is that we took some of our school’s SMART Goal assessments and mid year language arts assessments. We will continue assessing the mid year material until we are finished. In the afternoon we did science, math, and social studies. We will be taking a test on square numbers and factors of 6, 7,and 8. Head on over here to practice some facts.
Also, here is a movie from our last counseling class with Mrs. Lehman. We were practicing following directions and listening attentively using a fun dance. Enjoy!
Posted in: Classroom News, Coming Events, For Parents, Movies, Subject News.
Feb 4th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
This post will stay at the top for a week so that you can download these two items.
Class List 2009-10 (41)
PTO Minutes January (11)
Posted in: Announcement Sticky, Downloads, For Parents.
Feb 4th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
As I was browsing around this evening I noticed that I didn’t finish publishing our online grade book yesterday. That is all fixed and ready to go.
Nadia is doing well enough to go to day car tomorrow, so I will see you bright and early in the morning, kids. Can’t wait to see all of the hard work you did today in class. I would like to hang up the plant cells!
See you soon!
Class List Download for Valentine’s Day: Class List 2009-10 (41)
Posted in: Site News.
Feb 3rd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Just to let all you students and parents know, I will be out tomorrow taking care of Nadia. When I picked her up from daycare today she was wheezing and did not want to play. She also has had a cough for a few days. When we got home she was crying and definitly not doing well. So, I will be taking care of her. Our substitute will be leading you through
- discovering onomatopoeia in reading
- our last spelling activity for the week before our test
- doing our last English review on adjectives and adverbs
- discovering missing factors in multiplication problems
- reading about cities
- diagraming a plant cell
Do your best work, kids. I will be looking at all the work you have done on Friday morning.
P.S. Here is a funny picture of Nadia from a few weeks ago when she discovered a gum ball machine with fake teeth inside. Of course I had to buy them! See you soon. 
Posted in: Classroom News, For Parents.
Feb 3rd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
On today’s episode of the Marchionda Minutes podcast we hear from Brooke. she shares with us about her favorite vacation, and up and coming family reunion, her favorite hamburger toppings, and whale dogs. Yup, that’s right, WHALE DOGS!! Enjoy the show. Click here to view her episode.
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Feel free to download the PTO minutes for January here: PTO Minutes January (11)
You can also download a class list for our Valentine’s Day party here: Class List 2009-10 (41)
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, PodCast.
Feb 2nd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
I just added two new games to our Language Arts section. Both are fun typing games:
Have fun!
Posted in: Site News.
Feb 2nd, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Our Valentine’s Day party will be next week Friday at 2:00 pm. All parents are invited to help us celebrate. Mark your calendars! Our party will consist of some treats and a game or two but will mostly be handing out our Valentines to our classmates.
So, I am asking all of you to make a shoebox sized Valentine’s Day mailbox to bring in next Friday, along with a little Valentine card for each of us in the classroom. You can download a class list of first names here. If you have any questions, feel free to email me!
Download by clicking the link here: Class List 2009-10 (41)
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Classroom News, Coming Events, For Parents.
Feb 1st, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
News on our Valentine’s Party to come tomorrow!
Posted in: Subject News.
Jan 29th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
Today’s reading test went very well. As a class 20 of us got A’s, and our class average was a 95%. We did equally well on our spelling test on homophones. Great work, kids!
The only other comment I have is for parents. If you log into the grade book you can see whether I have a record of you returning the parent/teacher conference form. Please take a moment to make sure that my records are right. Thanks for your time on this matter. As of now I have 19 or 25 appointments all set to go.
That’s about all for now, I’m off to find some fish tacos! Have a great weekend!
Posted in: Classroom News, For Parents, Subject News.
Jan 28th, 2010
by Mr. Marchionda.
We will behaving an open book science test tomorrow on forces and motion. We will also be having a reading test. Below is our book for the week (Coyote Places the Stars), feel free to read along.
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As we were walking between buildings yesterday, I heard behind me one of the funniest things I have heard as a teacher. Some of my students were singing the infamous American Idol hit of season 10 “Pants on the Ground”. It was one of those moments where I had to stop and shoot a video of it. Lot’s of fun!
Here is the work for the day:
Posted in: Coming Events, For Parents, Movies, Subject News.
Just a reminder about our Valentine’s Day Party at 2:00 on Friday. Please be sure to have a mailbox and your Valentines all set to go. I know mine will be. All parents are welcomed to attend.
