Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: More Earth Day Fun With 37 People

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

More Earth Day Fun With 37 People

In December, I reached out to 37 people (http://www.donorschoose.org/people37) after a call out for them to come to Wisconsin and support a non-profit. We made plans and $1,500 was donated to Spooner Elementary School for community service. This money was then used to reduce the cost of the Earth Day t-shirts, plant sunflowers, allow 3rd grade students to travel to downtown Spooner and tear out and plant new flowers (which will continue to be completed in the coming weeks), and it allowed our class to paint ceramic pots and plant flowers in them for local businesses. Here is part 1 of our adventure. This week we will be heading downtown on Thursday or Friday again to deliver more pots and do some planting. A huge thank you to 37 People. We had such a great time and our students have learned so much about giving back and keeping our Earth safe and healthy! You can read a wonderful blog post from 37 People here: https://37people.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/wisconsin/

PAINTING:

PLANTING:

PLANTING FOR CITY PARK & BOWLING ALLEY:

You can find our new Donors Choose projects at: www.donorschoose.org/mrssmith121

We also picked up garbage with our Kindergarten buddies in Ms. Schmidt's class. We went out before the sprinkles came.

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.