Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: October 2016

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

November Information

You can always find these on the right side bar, but posting here today for easy access. Enjoy!

November Lunch and Breakfast Menu

November Specialist Schedule

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Mrs. Smith Comes For a Visit

Mrs. Smith, Jonah and Annabelle came for a visit. It was fun to see everyone!

Dictionaries From Spooner/Trego Lions Club

So thankful for our new dictionaries!

Saying Goodbye is Hard!

Today was Elle's last day. We had a farewell party complete with pickles and caramel apples.

Friday, October 14, 2016

The Great Apple Crunch

On Thursday our school held the Great Apple Crunch. Our apples were very delicious!

Our apples were provided by our food service. Don't we look great in all our red?

Go Noodle Fun

We've been loving Go Noodle in the classroom for brain breaks. This fall we were able to get Go Noodle Plus for all our middle school and elementary school thanks to a grant through DonorsChoose.org and Target. You can see those projects by going to these links: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/go-noodle-keeps-us-on-target/2103585/?rf=link-siteshare-2016-10-teacher-teacher_1537949&challengeid=251476 and https://www.donorschoose.org/project/kid-inspired-brain-breaks-keep-us-active/2207027/?rf=link-siteshare-2016-10-teacher-teacher_1537949&challengeid=251476

Here are some fun pictures of us using Go Noodle!

Thursday, October 13, 2016

We use Go Noodle for brain breaks at school. You are welcome to sign up for FREE and use them to dance and sign at home. Simply go to https://www.gonoodle.com/ and sign up for free as a parent.

Also, we use Flocabulary to learn key academic concepts through song. Sign up for our class using these steps:

Visit www.flocabulary.com/join-class
Enter the class code 9XN95W
Select that you are new to Flocabulary.
Fill in additional information as prompted to join the class.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

DonorsChoose.org

We have a new project posted on DonorsChoose.org. It's for Osmos Creative and Coding sets. Please share with family and friends. We'll use for MakerSpace.

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/creatively-design-and-learn-with-osmos/2267396/?rf=link-siteshare-2016-10-teacher-teacher_1537949&challengeid=332533

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Hunt Hill

We had a great field trip today! We learned about invasive species, water chemistry, shorelines, and being great stewards. Click here for all our photos from today: Hunt Hill Field Trip

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Stuffed Animal Reward Day

We filled our marble jar for great behavior and chose to have a stuffed animal day!

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.