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!

 

 

Lots of Great Stuff!

This week's newsletter: March 3rd

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Last week's newsletter: February 24th

The week before: February 17th

While Mrs. Focht was here there were a lot of pictures taken. Feel free to click this link to see all the wonderful photos: December-February photos



Valentine's Day!



Our Inventions!

Yesterday I sent home a letter about Donors Choose. You can find that letter here: Donors Choose letter. I also sent home the permission form. You can find that permission form here: Permission Form

You can find our current Donors Choose projects here:

Project 1 for classroom supplies: Rat a Tat Tat - http://www.donorschoose.org/project/rat-a-tat-splash-squeeze-and-whoosh-w/1184065/?rf=link_siteshare_2014_03_teacherid_1537949&challengeid=251476

Project 2 for a 3D MakerBot printer: To 3D and Beyond - http://www.donorschoose.org/project/to-3d-and-beyond/1179886/?rf=link_siteshare_2014_03_teacherid_1537949&challengeid=251476