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! Remember, I’m hosting a meet & greet on Monday, August 27th, at 3:00pm.

About Me

I asked my son, Charlie, who is starting third grade, what I should tell you about myself.  Here’s his report:

• I have a terrific dog named Rimley.
• I like to go biking and watch Star Trek.
• I hate glitter.
• I’ve been teaching fourth grade for nine years.
• I love taking naps.
• I enjoy reading.
• Charlie and Caroline are both going to be in the same school this year.

Caroline, who is starting kindergarten, would also like you to know:

• I bring her to movies sometimes and took her to Disney on Ice.
• We like to go to the library, and she has her own library card.  (Do you?)

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 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.  I have been hoping to learn to play the guitar for a few years, but I haven’t gotten the time to focus on practicing.  Maybe this is the year!  This summer, I spent a lot of time working at a local summer camp, setting up my classroom, and I had a week to travel with my family.  (We go to Atlantic City each year, which is where I was born.)

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 and fourth grade!

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Posted in Class Updates|By Jon Moss