Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: April 2018

Monday, April 9, 2018

We Are Published!

We received our books, Our Trip To The Moon, back from the publisher. They turned out so neat! Be sure to find a child and check them out.

Forestry

Mr. Brad Johnson from the DNR came to talk to our students about forestry, forest fires, and more! We were super engaged and loved all the cool equipment!

Invention Convention

We hosted the Invention Convention on Friday, April 23rd. We had a blast designing, problem solving, and creating our inventions. We also loved showing them off. All students did a wonderful job!

Twin Day!

As an all school reward, we got to have a dress up day. Third grade decided to dress up as twins and triplets.

We'll Miss You Ms. Traci!

Ms. Traci is leaving us for a few weeks to recover from surgery. We'll miss her. She is an important part of our classroom!

Tundra and Taiga

Mrs. Ruth King came to talk to us about the tundra, taiga, and about her trip to Alaska. She brought with her dog, Taiga. We loved learning lots of new facts!

Pizza Reward

In March we filled up our whole behavior bead jar for being safe, responsible, and respectful. We got pizza, fruit, and juice and had lunch in the classroom. It was great! Awesome job Smith students!

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.