Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: May 2016

Friday, May 27, 2016

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Picasso!

We created Picassos in art. We love clay!

Yesterday we had our final day of Junior Achievement. We have learned a lot about business, money, communities, and more. Be sure to ask your child all about it. Students were given a certificate and a fun gift from Mrs. Heather our Junior Achievement volunteer!

Fun Busy Events Coming Up!

Friday, May 20, 2016

It's a...

GIRL!

As promised, Mrs. Smith brought freeze pops for all third grade to celebrate finding out the gender of her baby!

A few weeks ago students took a guess at whether baby was a girl or a boy:

Virtual Field Trip

We took a virtual field trip today and learned a lot about renewable energy. You can watch using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5SZywTo6Do. We asked and answered questions all throughout the field trip. It's a pretty neat experience!

Junior Achievment

Mrs. Heather Hestad has been coming in twice a week and teaching our class using a program called Junior Achievement. We are learning more about wants, needs, money, cities, business, saving, banks, goods, services, and more! We've learned a lot!

Monday, May 16, 2016

Punch and Poetry Party

Click to watch our Punch and Poetry Party.

It's Going to Be A Fabulous Week

Our lap desk project also posted on DonorsChoose.org. Check it out here: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/flexible-seating-needs-workspace/1990259/?rf=link-siteshare-2016-05-teacher-teacher_1537949&challengeid=208861

Friday, May 13, 2016

WIN Robots

In WIN class we read The Iron Giant and learned about robots. Students got to work with Dash and Dot, BB-8 Sphero, and Lego Mindstorms - Everstorm. Today we had a little robot race. (There's a video at the bottom of this post)

Video of one of our races:

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Harlem Wizards Rails Rally!

Mom's Are The Best!

We hope all our mothers enjoyed our modge podge vases and painted flowers. We loved making them and so appreciate our moms!

Tie Dye Adventures

Through a program called DonorsChoose.org we were able to get screen-printed t-shirts for every student in 3rd grade. A special thank you to 37 People, the Lily Sarah Grace Foundation, and Sam Smith of Sam's Resale for helping us get these t-shirts fully funded and printed. Students were able to then choose a tie dye design and roll, twist, and rubber band their choice. We then put them in our dye mixture for a day and there they were, our tie dye t-shirts! If you want to know more about DonorsChoose.org or see the project, visit www.donorschoose.org/mrssmith121

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.