Have a Wonderful Break!

This short week's newsletter, click here.

Students created timelines, then they created a book out of their timelines using Book Creator on their iPads. Every book was uploaded to Google Drive and shared with me.
To view timeline books created by each student, click here.

Beautiful Singing

The Christmas Concerts were a huge success. We are so thankful to Mr. Kern for the great job he does with our students. If you'd like to view pictures or video from the concerts, check out the links below:

Kindergarten photos and video

3rd Grade photos and video

**Next week is a busy and important week. Remember these important details:

Monday

Regular Math Time, Simple Machine Scavenger Hunt & Calendar Due, Simple Machine Stations during Language Arts and WIN/WTW time, Simple Machine Assessment, Sing along

Tuesday

Pajama Day, Showing of the movie: Polar Express, Snack time will be a chance to share treats, Early Release at 12:05. If you would like to send a treat, it must be uncut fruit or vegetables. We loved our fruit treats at Thanksgiving time.

If you have any questions about Monday or Tuesday, please give me a call or send an email.

 

A Fast Paced Week

Wow, I can't believe it is already Thursday tomorrow! We have already learned and done so much!

Newsletter 12/15/2014

Tomorrow is the concert at 2:00 pm. You can arrive 30 minutes ahead of time, but please no sooner due to parking. If you are taking your child after the concert, make sure to come back to the classroom to pick up items and then be sure to check them out of the office. We will be doing activities in our classroom after the concert, if they are staying.

A letter is going home tomorrow about Google Drive. This is the letter here.

Monday and Tuesday will be busy days for us. I will send more information home tomorrow.

We're Hard Learners!

We'll be hard at work this week. Some highlights:

Book orders are due on Tuesday.

We will be visiting the Penguin Patch Shoppe on Thursday

Newsletter 12/8/2014 click here.

COMFY DAY!

We earned a LAZY Day as a behavior reward, but it really was a comfy day! We worked hard while bring comfy!

Veteran's Day

We had a wonderful Veteran's Day program today. Here are a few photos from the program:

Coins for Chris

An awesome amount was brought in for Coins for Chris. His family is very appreciative!

K:  $144.35

1:  $120.90

2:  $355.73

3:  $612.96

4:  $173.49

Staff:  $127.61

 

Total:  $1,535.04

A Busy Monday

We had a very busy, but really great Monday!

This week's Newsletter click here.

Tomorrow is LAZY DAY in our classroom. No, we will not be lazy all day, but instead be COMFY! Students can bring in a pillow, blanket, and slippers to have in the classroom. We will still have our normal day, but the class has earned this as a reward. Tomorrow is also our Veteran’s Day program, so students should wear red, white, and blue if they don’t have CAMO to wear for Art class. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Winter Has Arrived!

On Friday we had our Rails Rally! We celebrated students that have turned in their reading calendars and students with perfect attendance. Congratulations to: Hannah, Fernando, Chris, and Peyton. Also, we had 87 hours of activity in the month of October and earned a classroom reward! Peyton read a poem about Courage. Click here to watch it. (Sorry it is sideways!)

More snow is coming down, drive safe!

Newsletter 11/11/2014 click here.

Veterans Day has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, November 18th. Please return the bottom portion of the letter that was sent home today, Tuesday, November 11th.

A Communication letter regarding a program called Remind was sent home. Please complete the bottom and return by Friday.

Lastly, we are collecting COINS for Chris who recently had a brain tumor removed. Thank you for whatever your participation is in this! Coins can be sent in every day, Tuesday-Friday.

It's Feeling Like Winter

Remember that the weather is getting a little chilly. Students should have hats, gloves, and a winter coat handy.

Newsletter for the week, click here.

Last Friday was black and orange day. Here's a picture of our class on the fun day!

We're Off to a Great Week!

Newsletter 10/27/2014 click here.

It's A Great Day To Be In Mrs. Smith's Classroom!

Newsletter 10/20/2014 click here

We went to the 950th send off at the HS last Tuesday. Here we are supporting with our flags:

October is Lovely!

Newsletter October 13th, 2014 click here.

Last week the Smokehouse and Spooner Fire Department visited us and talked about fire safety. Please remember to practice your address and phone number with your child. We also ask that you check your smoke detectors and decide on a meeting place. Click here for more pictures.

 

Last week Mr. Anderson said goodbye. We will miss him and thank him for all his help this year and all the past years. We look forward to Mrs. Peterson starting!

It's a BEAUTIFUL DAY!

Newsletter 10/6/2014

Homecoming pictures coming soon!

PINK DAY PICTURES:

Today's a LOVELY Day!

Newsletter 9/29/2014

 

Last Thursday we went to see the school garden. We had a lot of fun looking at our fruits, vegetables, and herbs.

 

Books, Books, and More Books

We were given $100 in books by a grandmother of one of our classmates. This pictures shows all the books we received with dollars and points!

The Lions Club presented each student with a brand new dictionary! They are fun to use and read!

Another Great Week

We're off! Our third week in third grade is off to an amazing start. Please feel free to ask questions about our classroom at any time.

Newsletter 9/16/2014

We're Off!

We're off to a great start already!

This week's Newsletter: 9/8/2014 Newsletter

**Book orders can still be brought in until Wednesday. We are only $25 away from earning 5,000 bonus points**

First Week

We had a great first week and I'm getting all set for our 2nd week.

Click this link: 1st Day in Third Grade, to see our individual pictures from our first day in third grade. Here's a collage:

Here's our 1st week Newsletter:

Newsletter 9/2/2014

Open House

If you missed open house, or if you'd like to review what we talked about at open house. Click here for our PowerPoint presentation.

I also sent home information regarding Donors Choose. Take a peek at that information here & here.

Welcome to Open House

Take a look at our blog! I'll upload important information from the open house onto the blog later today!

14 days until school. Can't wait! See you soon!

End of the Year Pictures

We've been taking lots of pictures during our Family Picnic, Banana Split Party, Sculpting, Olympics, etc. Click here to see all the pictures.

Our last week of school newsletter, click here.

Pictures from Cable Natural History Museum, click here.

PICTURES!

We've been talking about Economics. Click here to see pictures from our Flower Factory Assembly Line.

To see many other pictures from the last month, click here.

May 27th - Happy Memorial Day.

Newsletter 5/27/2014

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It's Raining, But We're Still Smiling!

The rain is coming down, but it's ok, we're still hard at work.

Newsletter May 19th-23rd

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Our Last Class of Junior Achievement!

Planting Peppers

Planting Peppers

It's Going Too Fast

We cannot believe how fast these last weeks are going. We have so much learning and wonderful classroom things to do. It is going to be a very busy last few weeks.

Newsletter 5/12/2014

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A Rainy Week

Newsletter 5/5/2014

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Yearbooks go on sale 5/8

Coins for Critters runs until Friday, 5/9

We started talking about figurative language this week including puns, idioms, anagrams, oxymorons, and palindromes. You can watch a short clip we watched on puns here: Pun comedy

Our Crystal Cave Adventure

On Wednesday, April 30th we traveled to Spring Valley, Wisconsin for our Crystal Cave field trip. We had a great time! This field trip was funded through wonderful donors on Donors Choose. Please ask your child all about this exciting learning experience!

 

Pictures from Crystal Cave can be found at:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4B6qqBRN5ifblNsSFI1MFhGSWc&usp=sharing

What a fabulous week!

We're off to a fabulous week!

Newsletter 4/28/2014

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Family Math Day was a huge success! If you'd like to see pictures that were taken that day, click this link: FMD Pictures

In the past week we've received a bunch of new items from Donors Choose. Over 351 people from around the world have now donated to our classroom. You can see what's going on with our classroom on Donors Choose by visiting: www.donorschoose.org/mrssmith121. We took a few thank you pictures. You can see those pictures at this link: Donors Choose thank you pictures.

Newsletter 4-16

Newsletter 4/16 

A Spring Week!

It finally looks like Spring outside!

Newsletter 4/7/2014

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Coming soon...

Pictures from our Zoo to You program

Pictures from the Wiley and the Hairy Man play

Pictures using our 3D Printer

Pictures with our new classroom and art supplies

Just some pictures

Wow It's Thursday!

It's Thursday already and I realized I didn't post the newsletter or spelling, so here it is.

3/24/2014 Newsletter

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Exciting news!

Our 3D printer project on Donors Choose was fully funded by a MakerBot match and some generous donors. Thank you so much for helping us! We are very excited for this opportunity. We also have five other projects awaiting funding on my classroom site. (4 will be funded with our gift certificates if need be, but we like to allow others to help too)

To Type or Not to Type, That is the Question: http://www.donorschoose.org/project/to-type-or-not-to-type-that-is-the-ques/1205065/

INSPIRE match code works to double your donation until Saturday, May 29th on the projects below:

Wiggle, Wobble When you Learn: http://www.donorschoose.org/project/wiggle-wobble-when-you-learn/1205404/

Bean Bags, Bean Bags, Read All Day: http://www.donorschoose.org/project/bean-bags-bean-bags-read-all-day/1205411/

Inside Recess Adventure: http://www.donorschoose.org/project/inside-recess-adventure/1205416/

Let’s Mold Our Myths: http://www.donorschoose.org/project/lets-mold-our-myths/1206634/

Posted Today

Today a new classroom project posted on Donors Choose.

Currently we have 3 keyboards in our classroom. Students love using them and they also make Word projects much easier. With this project we are hoping to get 5 more keyboards in our classroom. Thanks for checking it out. INSPIRE match code works from today until March 28th to double your donation.

To Type or Not to Type

Some Excitement Around Here!

If you'd like to digitally save your student's Original Works drawing, you can find them here: Original Works 2014

We earned $1,000 bonus through the Donors Choose Family and Friend Challenge. Thank you to the parents who helped us reach this goal. The students decided to get more bean bag chairs, Wobble stools, and some new board games with this money. Here is a mini movie of me announcing that we made the $1,000 goal:

Through this challenge we also fully funded a summer project and are very close to fully funding our classroom and art supply project. You can still donate to our other classroom projects through Donors Choose at www.donorschoose.org/mrssmith121 Even $1 helps! Currently we have a project for classroom and art supplies and also a project for iPad keyboards will be posting soon.

Also, back in December I applied for a Spooner Education Foundation grant. We were awarded $180 and purchases three iPad keyboards to use in our classroom. Here is a picture of us with the iPads and new keyboards:

Will this Week be Green or White?

Newsletter 3/17/2014

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Just a reminder that the Donors Choose Family and Friend Challenge ends tonight. We are currently only 5 donations of $20 away from earning the bonus $1,000 gift card. Last Thursday we brainstormed what we would get with this gift card. Some of the ideas were wish list books, a few more bean bag chairs, new games for our game cupboard, a scissor rack, and hokki chairs. If you haven’t had a chance to donate and you’re still willing, this would be a great time! Please visit www.donorschoose.org/mrssmith121. It takes about 5 minutes to register and donate. Thanks again for taking a peek! J Mrs. Smith

PTO Original Works

Original Works Artwork was sent home on March 11th. All money and order forms MUST be returned by April 1st. Please make checks to Spooner PTO. You can view a video about Original Works Here: Original Works Video.

Donors Choose Family and Friend Challenge

Instructions on how to give: Step by Step

How the FREE gift cards work!

It's a New Week

What a great week we've started here!

Newsletter 3/11/2014

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More Pictures Click Here!

Green Eggs and GraHam on Monday, March 3rd, Dr. Seuss' birthday!

 

 

All the boxes that we got from DONORS CHOOSE!

Putting our Recycling Bins Together that we got from DONORS CHOOSE!

 

A Fun Concept We Thought of!

 

 Our Checks for our April CRYSTAL CAVE FIELD TRIP received from DONORS CHOOSE!

Sorting our books for our new LIBRARY BINS we got from DONORS CHOOSE!

 

 

Filling our bean bag chairs with our new PACKING PEANUTS from DONORS CHOOSE!