Mrs. Smith's classroom blog: May 2018

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Visiting the Nursing Home

We had a nice trip to the Maple Ridge Center today. We sang "Gratitude Attitude" and created a wreath craft with the residents. We got rained on, on the way back, but we had a great time. What a wonderful learning experience.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Honey Bees, Junior Achievement and FFA Earth Day

We learned about honey bees!

We've loved learning about money and economics with Mrs. Bullion! This day we planned out our business plan:

FFA teamed up with Americorps to teach us all about Earth Day and share animals and plants with us:

Our walk to the movie theater was beautiful. We loved watching the movie, Wonder, for our positive behavior reward!

Delivering Our Plants

We spent all afternoon Friday, April 20th delivering our pots to local businesses. It is a great way to give back to the community and celebrate Earth Day!

Walking down!

Learning About the Wisconsin Bottom

We learned all about the "Wisconsin Bottom" from Ben and Branda Thwaits. This goes right along with our biomes unit. Thank you for sharing with us!

Painting and Planting Pots

We painted and planted pots to deliver on Earth Day. This is an annual field trip and students always love it! Getting fresh air and meeting community members was awesome!

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.