Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: January 2017

Monday, January 23, 2017

In the News - This Week

To view the full PDF Newsletter, click here: January 23rd Newsletter

Friday, January 20, 2017

Our Biographies

Click here to see our class biographies. Smith Biographies 2017

Have your child show and present their biography to you!

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Today students tried out Mo, the Osmos Monster. We finished our math test early and had a few extra minutes! We loved it. If we earn more than 62 PBIS tickets (the number we had 2 weeks ago) we will get to have a one hour Osmos party where we use our Osmo Monster, Osmo Coding, Osmo Numbers, and Osmo Tangrams apps.

We received Mo from wonderful donors on DonorsChoose.org. If you want to see our current projects or share with your friends or family, visit our classroom site here: https://www.donorschoose.org/mrssmith121

Monday, January 16, 2017

A Wonderful Week

You can view the full newsletter by clicking here: 1-16-17 Newsletter

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Maker Space Fridays

Lots of problem solving, teamwork, design, and creativity happens every Friday in our classroom during Maker Space. It's definitely a highlight of the week! This week we tried out Cubelets for the first time! (http://www.modrobotics.com/)

Monday, January 9, 2017

January 9th, 2017 News

You can find the full version of this week's newsletter here: January 9th, 2017 News

Sunday, January 8, 2017

We Love Maker Space!

Today we started a new set of Maker Space stations! We love Maker Space and exploring, designing, and creating!

Thanks to donors on DonorsChoose.org we were able to get new Osmos games for our Maker Space stations. Osmos interacts with our iPads and brings our iPads to life. Check out the DonorsChoose.org project here: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/creatively-design-and-learn-with-osmos/2267396/?rf=link-siteshare-2017-01-teacher-teacher_1537949&challengeid=251476

Monday, January 2, 2017

It's 2017!

Welcome back! To view a full page view of this week's newsletter click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4B6qqBRN5ifeXE3Z2tvQ0NQaHM/view?usp=sharing

Lunch and Specialist schedules for January can be found on the right side bar.

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.