Mrs. Smith's classroom blog

Monday, April 24, 2017

Tie Dying

Through DonorsChoose.org we were able to get green theme (Earth Day) t-shirts printed to tie dye. Our very own 3rd grade students designed the t-shirts too! We then tie dyed them to wear on Earth Day! You can view the fully funded ($680) DonorsChoose.org project here: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/team-third-grade-designs-a-green-theme-t/2392074/?rf=link-siteshare-2017-04-teacher-teacher_1537949&challengeid=251476

We made a shirt for Dan too! Can you find him in the picture?

Our designers:

Rolling the designs. We got our ideas from this website: http://tiedyeyoursummer.com/get-inspired.html

State Testing

We were so impressed at how focused our students were for our WI Forward Assessment. Here are some highlights from the week!

Awesome snacks:

Our motivational walls:

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

April 11th News

To view the full Newsletter, click here: April 11th, 2017 Newsletter

Lots of Adventures

Prodigy Reward!

We hit the next line on our classroom behavior beads, so we got a WHOLE hour of Prodigy. Students battled using their math skills. Awesome job students!

Star of the Week lunch

March Madness comes to an end. Dog Man is the Champion

New Spring door. Ask your child all about it.

Breakout in WIN. Students in my WIN completed a breakout using the story they had read. It took around an hour of combined time, but they BROKE OUT!

Twins Day

Last Tuesday was Twins Day as a 3rd Grade Reward. Check out our classroom twins:

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

This Week's News

For the full newsletter, click here: 4/4/17 Newsletter

April Fools

We had some fun on April Fools. Laughter is the best medicine.

Students taped my mouse as prank on me.

Students took a fake spelling test.

I have the students browni'E's and brownies too!

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.