Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: September 2017

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

This Week's News

Click to get this month's Lunch and Breakfast menu.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Friday, September 15, 2017

This week we've been learning about hurricanes. While our staff at SES collected items, (a few things from us too) we made cards to send. We were happy to send a little kindness their way after the recent hurricanes

Grandparents Day

We had a great Grandparents Day lunch!

Tops And Bottoms

Today we had a healthy garden snack because this week we read Tops and Bottoms!

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Our First MakerSpace

Every Friday we have MakerSpace during our science time. This is a time for us to design, create, problem solve, build, and be future engineers. Check it ou!

A Special Guest!

Mrs. MaryLou Smith (A 36 year retired teacher) was visiting from Appleton, MN. She stopped in to read Irma Sleeps Over.

Show and Share

Last Friday we had our first Show and Share time. Students liked seeing all the treasures and asking questions of their classmates' treasures!

LUNCH!

Everyday we eat our lunch together as a class. It's great!

Math Centers during Math Workshop!

We've learned Bam, Addition War, Power Tower, Prodigy, and Counting Collections to use during our Math Centers! We're loving math!

Outside Recess

We've been enjoying outside recess!

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Inside RECESS!

Yesterday it was rainy and cold outside so we decided to stay inside during out schedul recess and try out the inside recess games and activities. We are all one family!

Our 1st Day

On our first day we had four stations where we learned expectations for the hallway, playground, lunchroom, and bus. It was a good learning experience!

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Our 1st Day

2017-2018 is off to a GREAT start. Here are some fun 1st day pictures!

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.