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Aug 31

August 31, 2016

Parent Surveys for the New School Year

Hello, families!  Our first day is off to a terrific start, and I’m excited to get to know your kids better.  Would you please take a few moments to complete TWO surveys for me?  These help me to better target instruction to meet your child’s needs and to best address your goals.  The first survey is a general survey that helps me to learn about your child.  The second survey focuses on technology and will help me to understand more about your child’s access to and comfort with different forms of technology.  Thank you for completing these at your earliest convenience.  (I’d love to have them by Friday, if possible.)  If you prefer to complete them on paper, please email me or send in a note, and I’ll print them for you.)  The surveys are embedded below this paragraph. You do not need to complete both of them at once.

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Aug 30

August 30, 2016

Welcome to Room 209!

 

Hello! Welcome to the online home of PGS Room 209. During the school year, I will update this web site regularly with information about activities happening in Room 209, bulletins and news items, current events related to what we’re studying in social studies, online assignments, and much more.

It’s going to be a great year in fourth grade. There are so many new things to learn, and there are some really interesting activities coming up!

About Me

I asked my son (who is starting first grade) what I should tell you about myself.  Here’s his report:

  • I have two kids: Charlie and Caroline
  • I help Charlie to bike.
  • I like to build stuff with Charlie, like a wooden bank.
  • I like to cook hot dogs for them.  (I didn’t know this was a special stand out!)
  • I love Star Trek!
  • I watch SeaQuest DSV with Charlie and Caroline.  (Bonus points to anyone who has heard of this obscure 1990’s science fiction show.
  • I like to ride the CT FastTrack bus to visit the Connecticut Science Center with Charlie and Caroline.
  • I take Charlie and Caroline to the dentist.

Caroline (age 3) would also like you to know that she had her birthday recently.

I live locally with my wife, my son (Charlie), our daughter (Caroline), and our dog (Rimley).  In my spare time, I like working on home improvement projects, making things in my woodworking shop, especially using my new lathe, finding “good eats” at local farmers’ markets, or just relaxing by cooking, listening to old time radio shows from the 1940s and 50s, reading comic books, or watching the news. I collect old reel to-reel tapes of music, antique or unusual telephones, submarine paraphernalia, and all things related to Star Trek.  This summer, I spent a lot of time working at a local summer camp, setting up my classroom, and traveling with my family.

I enjoy tinkering with my computer and coming up with interesting ways in which I can use technology in the classroom. (You can definitely expect to use computers a lot in Room 209!   I enjoy using Chromebooks, our class’ SMART Board, and other technologies while teaching.) Of course, I also love cheering on my favorite sports teams, the Boston Red Sox (Don’t worry Yankees fans, I promise not to be mean!) and the New Britain Bees!

Click “more” to learn more about me!

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