Mrs. Smith's classroom blog

Monday, December 21, 2015

Third Grade Teacher Blog Links

I've added the other teacher blog links to the right, a little ways down. This way if I ever forget to post WTW words, you'll have them as backup :)

Right Roads Kids

Today we had a Skype session with Paula Phillips from Right Roads Kids (http://rightroadkids.org/) She talked with us about kindness and even did a "No Blue" experiment. It was a great tie in to our Kindness Challenge. We do not want to do anything that makes anyone else feel "blue." We are also going to try to treat others the way we want to be treated. Be sure to ask your child about this awesome presentation!

A short video from one part. You'll need to enter the password, sessmithm: http://www.teachertube.com/video/right-road-kids-kindness-407089

A Very Exciting Three Days

We have a lot to learn and do in three days. Thank you for your support and involvement in all our activities!

A Caroling We Will Go

We had a blast giving out cookies that we had frosted to local businesses and community members. We LOVED singing and sharing joy!

A video of us singing:

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Christmas and Winter Concert 2015

We had a fabulous day filled with a lot of joy. Below you'll find pictures and video. I hope you'll enjoy them all!

To see an individual picture of each student by the balloon tree, click here.

We had to do one silly picture!

To watch a video of the concert, please click the link below, enter the password: thirdgrade, and click the x at the top right. We hope you'll enjoy!

Third Grade Christmas and Winter Concert 2015 Video

Staching Through the Snow

Last week we made our "Staching through the snow" door decoration. We didn't want to post it until you'd had a chance to see it in person. We hope you enjoy! For individual pictures, click here.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Coding With Kindergarten

Today we did Kodable again with Kindergarten. Our students did a fabulous job being the teachers to our younger students. I am very proud of them!

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.