Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: May 2013

Monday, May 20, 2013

12 Days Left of School

Newsletter May 20th-24th

End of the year spelling words are on a previous post. Keep practicing!

Here are pictures of Junior Achievement from last week! We made donuts and learned about assembly lines.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Our potted plants!

On Tuesday we delivered 16 potted plants to:

iplay, Bank of the West, Alley Cats, Spooner Bake Shoppe, Northwood Book and Fiber, Dental Clinic on Front Street, Tim Reedy - State Farm, City Hall, Pillars, Vitamin Shop, Cats Meow, Nick's Restaurant, Bank Mutual, Eichorst Eye Clinic, and the Spooner Advocate. Feel free to stop in and check them out!

Loving the spring weather!

At Bank of the West

Ice cream to cool us down!

Monday, May 6, 2013

A Spring Week!

It looks like spring this week!

Be sure to check out the newsletter for many important dates. Zoo field trip forms are being sent home tonight and should be returned by Friday, May 10th.

End of Year Spelling Words

May 6-10 Newsletter

Green Week

Honey Bee Presentation

Junior Achievement with Sam Smith

Books we received from our March book fair

Student Resources

Raz-Kids: Download the app. My teacher username is mrssmith124. Students know their password.

DreamBox & Prodigy: Please contact me for login information.

Google Drive (homework and in class activities): https://drive.google.com/

Math Playground, fun math games for practice: http://www.mathplayground.com/grade_3_games.html

https://www.gonoodle.com/ and sign up for free as a parent.

www.flocabulary.com/join-class Please ask for the home code to join and use at home.

Apps we use on a regular basis:
Book Creator
QR Code Reader
Seesaw

All about me

About Mrs. Smith: Mrs. Smith grew up in Barron, Wisconsin where she graduated from Barron Senior High School. She got married shortly after high school to her husband, Sam. They moved to Superior, Wisconsin where Mrs. Smith began college at the University of Minnesota Duluth. There Mrs. Smith began studying elementary education right away. She worked in multiple classrooms from Kindergarten to 8th grade. Mrs. Smith had her first son, Noah during college and her daughter, Isabelle, shortly after graduating college. For a year after college she substitute taught in local schools in the Duluth and Superior area and worked at a restaurant. When she was hired at Spooner Elementary her family bought a house in Wascott and moved. In 2011-2012 Mrs. Smith taught her first year as a Spooner 3rd grade teacher. In 2012-2013 Mrs. Smith was a 2nd grade teacher. She started teaching 3rd grade again in the 2013-2014 school year. Mrs. Smith had her 3rd child, Jonah, in December of 2013. She also coached volleyball. Her family moved to Sarona in 2014. In October of 2016 Mrs. Smith had Annabelle! She is now starting her 7th year at Spooner Elementary School. She loves teaching 3rd grade! She has a passion for teaching and her students.

Mrs. Smith has a large family. She has three brothers, six sister-in-laws, and a brother-in-law. She has seven nephews and seven nieces. Her parents and in-laws still reside in Barron, Wisconsin.

Besides teaching Mrs. Smith enjoys scrapbooking, being involved in her church, enjoying the outdoors, being with family, playing board games, volleyball, and flavored coffee.