The completed program follows.
Here is the complete program, suitable to copy to a file and to run with SPIM. When you run it, set the PC to 0x400000 (as usual) and also use the set value menu to set R2 to a temperature. Run the program with different temperatures and check that $3 is set correctly.
## tempRange.asm
##
## Check that 30 <= temp <= 55
## Set flag to 1 if in range, to 0 if out of range
##
## Registers:
## $2 --- temperature
## $3 --- in/out range indicator flag
## $8 --- scratch
.text
.globl main
# Set range indicator to 1
main: ori $3,$0,1 # set to 1
# Test 30 <= temp <= 55
sltiu $8,$2,56 # $8=1 if temp <= 55
beq $8,$0,out # 0? out of range
sll $0,$0,0 # delay
sltiu $8,$2,30 # $8=1 if temp < 30
beq $8,$0,cont # 0? in range
sll $0,$0,0 # delay
# Out of Range: set range indicator to 0
out: ori $3,$0,0 # clear to 0
cont: sll $0,$0,0 # target for the jump
## End of file