June 25 Agenda Message

Our classroom is looking bare! We will have a party on Monday. Bring a snack for yourself for the afternoon!

There is no need to bring your agenda on Monday!

June 23 Agenda Message

The Awards Assembly is tomorrow afternoon.

We will be sending a lot of our supplies home tomorrow afternoon so make sure you have a book bag at school!

June 21 Agenda Message

There are NO new home reading sheets coming home. Please return ALL home reading sheets before Wednesday.

Mrs. Ball will be away tomorrow at a medical appointment. Mrs. Klus will be here.

June 18 Agenda Message

Miller's Grade 4 students came to visit us today!

Do something nice for a dad this weekend.

June 16 Agenda Message

All library books need to returned to the libary tomorrow.

We had an awesome field trip yesterday. See our blog for part 1 of 2. There will be more pictures tomorrow!

Exploring the Science Center

The Science Center was a blast. After the Legislative Building we traveled by bus to the Science Center and had a picnic lunch. After we all ate, we gathered around for a read aloud. We played at the park at the Science Center and it was awesome. It was a very busy playground because there were lots of other schools there! When we were there, we broke up into groups to explore the Science Center. We learned lots of new stuff and there was a lot of things to play with. One of the displays had us make our own energy. Pedaling a bike to 50 Watts was hard work! We went to a bubble display and got to make a big bubble around us. Some of us almost made the hot air balloon touch the roof! We thought playing the 3D hockey was fun. We got to see a stage show. The stage show was all about static electricity. A lot of people got to feel a shock. A lot of people had their hair go all crazy and stand up. If you wanted to you could shake your hair to make it go higher! There was also another stage show about tasting but we were having to leave when it was going on. One display tested our reaction speed. Some of us were good at it but it was pretty hard for most! The parents who volunteered were Mrs. Hilts, Mrs. Kurtz, Mrs. Kreiser, Mrs. Rathgeber and Mr. Schick. One exhibit let you climb really high up! One exhibit took a picture of our shadow. Another one showed your shadow as different colours. Did you know that light is not just white? It is made up of different colours. In the bubble station when you held the bubble up you could see a lot of different colours in it. There was a creatures exhibit with bats, frogs, salamanders, and snakes. One exhibit showed us tornado and lightning storms. We got to see all of the exhibits. There were so many exhibits it is hard to remember them all! At the end we were all sad that we had to go because it was soooooo much fun! It is a place worth checking out.


Exploring the Science Center

Legislative Building Tour

Yesterday we went to Regina on our field trip. Our first stop was the Legislative Building. We thought that the building was really cool. We learned that some of the marble used in the building is now extinct! Some of the pillars in the building weighed as much as 6.3 tons which is the same as an adult African Elephant. Before our tour we posed for some pictures pretending to be the Speaker. Our tour guided showed us the library. There are so many books and magazines there that they can't keep them all in one building. There were newspapers from all the small towns in Saskatchewan. There were more than half a million books! We saw old electric clocks that cost three thousand dollars when they were bought. There used to be 6 but one was lost and one was stolen. We saw some old paintings. One on the north wall was a painting of Saskatchewan's north and the one on the south wall was for Saskatchewan's south! One was faded because people used to smoke there. The only way it could be cleaned off was with human spit! They couldn't use soap and water because it was smearing the picture. We saw the assembly room where they make the laws. The mace was there too! We got to go to a boardroom where the government has meetings. That is where our MLA met us! We even had our picture taken with him on the grand staircase. The carpet on the staircase was green because the government was not in session. When it is in session it is red! We had a great time visiting this building! You should check it out!



Legislative Building Tour

June 14 Agenda Message

Our field trip is tomorrow! Our bus leaves at 9:00 and returns at 4:45.

There is a new home reading sheet coming home.

June 11 Agenda Message

There is a note about our field trip coming home.

We will attempt to do track and field races at 9:15 on Monday. If the weather cooperates, meet us on the track if you want to come watch!

May 27 Agenda Message

We had a ton of fun at the Sock Hop at Miller School!

Tomorrow afternoon we are going to learn about Farm Safety.

May 26 Agenda Message

Please return field trip permission slip and $6.00 as soon as possible.

Tomorrow is our Sock Hop at Miller School in the afternoon!

May 21 Agenda Message

Please see 2 notes (one about our field trip and another about next week)

There is no school until Wednesday, May 26! Enjoy the long weekend!

There is a home reading sheet coming home today.

May 19 Agenda Message

We began math pods for fractions today!

There is a dance performance at our school tomorrow after lunch.

TALENT SHOW !!!!!!!

This year we had our TALENT SHOW!!!!!! There was lots of talents. There were so many awesome talents all of the students enjoyed it. Mrs. Kitch performed her wedding song she sang at HER wedding it was called....INNOCENCE. Here are some pics of the talent show! LA LA LA LA!!!!!




Talent Show on PhotoPeach

May 18 Agenda Message

There is a candy sale tomorrow.

Book orders are due tomorrow.

May 17 Agenda Message

A new home reading sheet and the schedule for track are coming home.

May 14 Agenda Message

The kids who had their agenda signed every day in April had extra recess today.

It was the talent show today.

May 13 Agenda Message

Tomorrow is a cookie sale and the talent show!

Please return the parent portion of the track and field note. We need volunteers!

May 12 Agenda Message

Tomorrow is early dismissal (11:45).

We have started to learn about fractions in math.

May 11 Agenda Message

Has your Mom or Dad done the survey for Mrs. Ball? It is linked on our blog.

Scholastic book orders are due May 19th.

May 10 Agenda Message

There is a new home reading sheet coming home.

A track and field note will come home with the oldest.

Pattern Puzzles

Yesterday in Math we learned how to play sudoko. Some people thought that it was hard but it got easier after a while. We got to do ones that went up to 4, 6, and 9. The ones that went up to four were the the easiest. The ones that went up to six were pretty hard until people got used to them.
To play sudoko, you needed to make sure that the numbers were not lined up if they were the same numbers. It was awesome playing sudoko! I hope we do it again!! Sudoko is pretty hard when you first play. We also figured out how to solve math patterns using pattern blocks. These ones were pretty easy too. Math is always fun Mrs. Ball!



Patterns in Math on PhotoPeach

May 7 Agenda Message

Kid's Homework- Do something nice for your mom this weekend.

Parent's Homework- Fill out the survey Mrs. Ball emailed to you. If you didn't get the survey, see our classroom blog.

Help Mrs. Ball By Filling Out This Survey!

Hi Parents!

At the March interviews, I had asked you if you would be willing to fill out a short survey for me. This survey is the same as the one that was sent out in November. It is 20 multiple choice answers that relate to your child and the communication you feel that you have with our classroom. Your answers are anonymous. The survey will help me to make changes to the way I communicate between the school and home. This year our class had focused on using our classroom blog as one tool that would allow communication.

Please follow this survey link to the survey. If you have any problems with the survey, please let me know and I will make sure that it gets working for you!

Thanks again for filling this out!

May 7 Agenda Message

Tomorrow is the last day to bring April home reading sheets!

We finished making our Mother's Day Gifts. Shhhh....don't tell your moms!

May 6 Agenda Message

A poster about the Talent Show is coming home with the oldest.

Tori won a writing contest!

May 3 Agenda Message

There is a new home reading sheet. Please return ALL of April's home reading sheets.

We chose our events for track and field which will happen in June.

We began guided reading today.

April 30 Agenda Message

We are bringing home our Jump Rope prizes AND a prize from an energy contest we entered in February.

We moved our desks around today.

Awards Assembly

Today we had an awards assembly. Two of our classmates got an award. J.H got the people respecting others award. S.M got the in motion award. We all thought they did really good! Keep up the good work!

Saskatchewan's First People Slideshow

In Social Studies, we were studying Saskatchewan's First People. We created a slideshow based on the information we studied. This is our PowerPoint presentation on Saskatchewan's First People.

Saskatchewan's First People

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April 27 Agenda Message

Everyone needs a copy of one of their favourite recipes for Friday, April 30th. It can be photocopied or copied out by hand.

Davison's new newspaper

Davison has a new newspaper called the Davison Star. It costs 50 cents each. The editors of the newspaper are Mrs. Ball and Kacey Mathison. The writers club worked on their first issue for a couple of months but our second issue will come out faster. Hope you like our newspaper because we worked really hard.

Mrs. Ball's Reading Conference

Mrs. Ball was away on Thursday and Friday at the Saskatchewan Reading conference. She shared with us some stories about the authors and speakers she got to meet and listen to. One of the authors she got to meet and talk to was Margariet Ruurs. Margariet has written a whole pile of books. One that Mrs. Ball really enjoyed was My Librarian Is a Camel. Margariet talked about different kinds of libraries all over the world that children get books from.Margariet even signed Mrs. Ball's book for her! She must know that Mrs. Ball loves reading and libraries!

April 20 Agenda Message

A track and field note and schedule are coming home for tomorrow.

Have a parent sign both tests and return them to school.

April 19 Agenda Message

Scholastic book order are due on April 23rd.

There is a new home reading sheet coming home.

Remember track is on Wednesday!

Math Class

Math- Collecting Data on PhotoPeach








Today in Math class we had spinners made from the grade 4's and we got to use them today. We got to spin them 100 times and we had to use the data. We did a Bar Graph and most people finished their work today. We had lots of fun today.

Pink Shirt Day!

HR and MF interviewed Ms.Hill about pink shirt day she said "I did not come up with the idea of pink shirt day but I thought it was a good way to promote anti -bulliying. On April 14, 2010 has been declard pink shirt day across Canada as a visable statment against bullying in schools. Students are asked to wear pink shirts to demenstrate thier support in making their schools an emotionally and physically safe environment to learn." We think Ms.Hill exhplained pink shirt day very well! HR says "I think this is a great way to prevent anti-bullying"HR and MF think some boys in our class should have worn pink.

April 14 Agenda Message

Tomorrow is early dismissal at 11:45.
Mrs. Klus will be our teacher tomorrow.

April 13 Agenda Message

Tomorrow is pink shirt day for anti-bullying.

Does anyone in your family know any sayings that help predict the weather?

Jump Rope 4 Heart

Today we had Jump Rope for Heart! We jumped through recess which means we jumped for 2 hours straight! It was so much fun! We did lots of games and contests. SM got 1st place and got the golden soccer ball. There were so many people. There was also lots of music!


Jump Rope For Heart

April 1 Agenda Message

We are bringing home an extra home reading sheet for the Easter Break!

We had Jump Rope for Heart today!

March 31 Agenda Message

Tomorrow is Jump Rope for Heart for people who returned their permission slip. Remember the theme is disco. Bring things to dress up into for the afternoon or come dressed up after lunch.

March 30 Agenda Message

All library books need to be returned to school tomorrow.

The newsletter is coming home today.

Awards

This month GB and JL won awards this month. GB won the in motion award. JL won the Personal Success award. On the in motion award you get a free bike inspection. With the personal success award you get a free fries and rootbeer from A and W.

March 29 Agenda Message

The 100 Club's pizza party is tomorrow at noon.

There is a new home reading sheet coming home.

There is an awards assembly tomorrow right after lunch (12:45).

Our Pizza Party!

We celebrated winning the Penny Challenge for Telemiracle by having a pizza party with room 401. We really loved the pizza party. We could smell the pizzas when they were still inside the boxes. This is all that was all that was left from our party....empty boxes! We think that we deserved the pizza party. What did you think of the Penny Challenge and us winning the pizza party?

March 26 Agenda Message

Your homework for the weekend is to comment on our blog post about the pizza party if you have Internet at home.

March 25 Agenda Message

Our PIZZA PARTY is tomorrow. Plan to stay for lunch!

ALL Jumprope for Heart Envelopes and money are due tomorrow.

March 22 Agenda Message

Scholastic book orders are due March 26.

Mrs. Ball is learning about treaties in Yorkton on Tues and Wed. Mrs. Klus will be in.

I have math homework. (some students)

Saskatchewan's first people

We have been learning about Saskatchewan's First People. We are creating a slideshow as part of this unit. We are hoping to finish it and watch soon! This picture is an example of how we have been drawing on Paint to make our slides.

March 18 Agenda Message

There are more interviews tonight.
Remember to fundraise for Jump Rope for Heart.
Procedural writing can stay at home.
Our classroom is out of Kleenex! Bring 1 box if you can.

St. Patrick's Day

Everyone in our class participated in dressing up to show school spirit. We wore green for St. Patrick's day!
JH and KC brought St. Patrick's Day treats to share with our class. They were yummy!

Student Led Conferences are tonight and tomorrow night.

Please bring your report card with you to the interview.

Return jump rope and track and field permission slips.

Jump Rope Envelopes come home today!

March 15 Agenda Message

Report Cards come home today!

A new home reading sheet is being sent home.

March 11 Agenda Message

The interview schedule for next week is coming home.

March 10 Agenda Message

Tomorrow is early dismissal day (11:45).

March 8 Agenda Message

A new home reading sheet is coming home.

Tomorrow is the last day for the book orders.

February Award Winners

HR was the winner of February's People Respecting People Award. EB won the In Motion Award for Grade 4 in February. Good job HR and EB! Keep up the hard work!

Penny Challenge

We won the penny challenge for Telemiracle for Telemiracle! We were one of only two classes with a positive amount of money in our bucket. We are having problems uploading the video, but once its up you will have to see our reaction!

March 3 Agenda Message

School Skating on PhotoPeach



What's your favourite part about school skating?
GB- Racing with your friends.
EB-Racing with our friends and playing tag.
KC- The thrill of the speed.
JC- You get to go really fast.
MF- Sliding on your butt when you fall down.
BF- Playing tag and racing.
DH- Learning how to do tricks.
SH- Playing with friends.
JH- Doing tricks!
JH*- Trying to figure skate in speed skates.
MK- When you first get on the ice.
CK- Having my own time.
JL- Racing really fast.
SL- Taking pictures.
MP- Taking pictures and playing.
HR- Playing with your friends.
BS- Playing tag.
KS- Racing
TS- When we did our skating routine together!

March 2 Agenda Message

I am bringing home a new home reading log sheet.

We go skating tomorrow at 1:00!

March 1 Agenda Message

Please bring all February home reading logs for tomorrow.

There is a note coming home.

February 25 Agenda Message

Telemiracle Teddy visited today and reminded us about the Dance-a-thon on Friday.

There is a note coming home about next week's penny challenge.

February 23 Agenda Message

We have updated our blog and put Olympic websites on our classroom website!

www.mrsmball.blogspot.com

www.mrsmball.weebly.com

Dancing Popcorn

We did an experiment today to see popcorn dance. Before we could do the experiment we filled out our experiment sheet. We listed our materials, the procedure and then told our hypothesis or prediction for what was going to happen. We talked about our hypothesis before we started the project. The first thing we did is get our materials ready. We mixed water, vinegar and baking soda together in a jar. It created a special gas called carbon dioxide. Because we are learning about forms of energy in Science, we tried to explain how this energy was created. The carbon dioxide created bubbles. The bubbles stuck to the popcorn in the bottom and made them have kinetic energy. This energy and the force of the bubbles moved them to the top. When they got to the top, the bubbles popped and they fell to bottom. After a while there was less carbon dioxide. The bubbles started to get weaker and there was less force to pull them to the top.

February 22 Agenda Message

The poster contest permission slip needs to be returned tomorrow!!

Any old phone books can be brought to school to recycle.

A new home reading sheet is coming home.

Are you bored?

We have some fun multiplication games and spelling games on our website!

www.mrsmball.weebly.com

February 11 Agenda Message

We have updated our blog. www.mrsmball.blogspot.com

Procedural Writing

What is Procedural Writing?
Procedural writing is when we write out the steps of how to do something. We use transition words such as first, next, then and finally to organize our writing and go to the next step. Procedural writing can show you how something works or how to do something. In these pictures we were creating procedural writing to show decorate a tree or make a snowman.

Why Do We Do Procedural Writing?
We know that procedural writing is helpful to teach how to do things. Each grade in Davison School focuses on one kind of writing. The grade 4's focus on procedural writing.

How Often Do We Do Procedural Writing?
We do a procedural writing piece about once a month. Feel free to check out our "How to Make Popcorn" pieces of writing that are in the hallway right now. Mrs. Ball made some popcorn and we watched how it was done before we wrote out the steps. Mrs. Ball told us to watch carefully and not to forget any steps. We also ate the popcorn. YUM!

February 10 Agenda Message

Early dismissal is tomorrow at 11:45.

We will have a small Valentine's Day party on Friday afternoon.

February 8 Agenda Message

We saw Saskatchewan Express today!

There is a new home reading sheet coming home today.

February 4 Agenda Message

Remember tomorrow is 100 Day! Wear 100 of something!

There is a new classroom newsletter coming home with everyone.

There is a new SCC newsletter coming home with the oldest.

February 3 Agenda Message

Start thinking of ideas for 100 Day and how you will dress in one hundred things.

100 Day is this upcoming Friday!

The Olympic Torch Relay

In January, JH and BF ran with a fake Olympic torch that was made by the Arts Council. They were running with Leo the Lion from the RBC, Mr. Lechner, and other students. They ran to St. Henry's School where they recieved the torch from St. Henry's students. Then they ran back to Davison School where they gave the torch to students from Miller School.

The rest of us waited in the gym for them to come. We waved our Olympic flags. Some people won Olympic mittens and one of our classmates won a shirt. We gave everyone a warm welcome when they came in. We had a lot of fun!

We can't wait for the Olympics to start!

Group 5 Christmas Dance

We got dizzy. At the end we did the splits. It was fun doing the hula. We had a lot of fun figuring out what we should do for the performance. We did the back kick on the floor well!

Group 4 Christmas Dance

It was fun sliding. We spun really fast and got dizzy. We had fun figuring out which movements to do. We were sliding at the end to show the end of our performance.

Group 3 Christmas Dance

It was pretty easy to figure out what to do. It was fun rolling like logs. We all helped to pitch ideas. Doing the cartwheels was awesome!

Group 2 Christmas Dance

We danced well. In this group we spun, jumped, and slithered. We had lots and lots of fun. The people in our group listened very well to what we wanted to do.

Group 1 Christmas Dance

We got to do some really cool stuff for our dance. In the dance we had lots of fun doing moves. We split up into groups and we made up a dance. We had fun dancing.