Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: June 2017

Thursday, June 8, 2017

The Final Day

Tuesday was our last day. It is bittersweet to end the school year, but I am so proud of each student and can't wait to see how they grow in the years to come.

Staff vs. 4th grade basketball. Click to find all the pictures from this fun event.

Click this link to view our Last Day of 3rd Grade Photos!

Each student also got to take an I Survived 3rd Grade Photo with me. Click here to view those.

We love Maker Space too, so we had to add some Maker Space time to our last day!

3rd and 4th Grade Track and Field

We had a beautiful afternoon at Spooner High School on Monday! We ran 100, 200, and 400 meters, threw softball and did the long jump. We also had a four person relay race. You can find all pictures from this day by clicking here: Track and Field Day 2017

Tony was our awesome TA for the final quarter of school! The kids LOVED him!

Smith Classroom Family Picnic

We had a fabulous picnic on a gorgeous day. Thank you all for coming! You can find all the pictures from our picnic by clicking here: Smith Classroom Picnic 2017

Econ Fair

We had a blast learning about needs, wants, services, goods, money, and much more. Together we set up our stores, decided on costs, jobs, and more. Students created ads promoting Smith Necklaces to hang in the hall. To view all pictures from the Econ Fair, click this folder. Enjoy! Econ Fair 2017

Mrs. Sunderland came and showed us a little bit about making necklaces.

Showing off our money!

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Our Bucket List

We had a bucket list of things we wanted to do before school was out. Here are a few of the things we completed.

Bead Art

Last Show and Tell

Nature Walk and Scavenger Hunt

Monday, June 5, 2017

Farm to School Garden Planting

We got to plant in the garden last week, mix up compost, AND race worms. How fun are the outdoors?

Class of 2017

On Friday, May 26th we welcomed SHS seniors into our hallways. We had fun celebrating with them!

You can view the full video of our high fives with them here. SHS Seniors 2017

Pets Visit

We had fabulous visitors these past two weeks! Mags and Edward stopped in!

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.