Mrs. Smith's classroom blog

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Super Hero Day

Today was Super Hero Day because tonight is a super hero themed Reading and Math Night! We had a wonderful day and ended the day with our school-wide PBIS reward of a show by Tom Pease!

100th Day

We celebrated the 100th day with an awesome trail mix and also had hot chocolate as our class earned PBIS reward. We're 100 days smarter!

Cool Events!

Voting for Duck or Grace (Duck won!)

Lunch in the Classroom

Maker Space

Maker Space is a great time each week to work on problem solving, teamwork, and more. Be sure to ask your child about it!

Cubelets

Osmos Coding

Osmos Numbers

Lego Wall!

Lego Mindstorms

WIN Projects

Students in WIN completed projects of their choice on circus characters after reading the book, Class Clown!

Click here to see all projects: Class Clown Circus Projects

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

We're 100 Days Smarter!

There is a lot of important information on this week's newsletter. You can check out the full newsletter by clicking here: January 7th, 2017 Newsletter

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

VISITORS

Mrs. Bob Wanek came to talk to us about the stars and constellations. He also gave us a "chocolate" Sirius!

Mr. Gary Cuskey came to talk to us about being mayor. He also read Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor!

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.