Welcome!

Thank you for visiting our classroom blog. We want to share with our friends and family all that is happening in our classroom through the use of this blog. You will find our agenda messages as well as stories about what we have been doing at school. We hope you enjoy the examples of our work and photos from our day! Please check back often for updates from Mrs. Ball and the students!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Happy St Patricks Day!!

Remember cardboard for your instruement for MONDAY!

Happy St. Patrick's Day. (see our blog for a green picture!)

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

March 14 Agenda Message

Friday will be a spirit day. We will dress in green for St. Patrick's Day.
Remember to return your hot lunch form.

Amazing Kite Flying

During our journal time today we watched the beginning of this video. It shows a man in British Columbia flying three kites at the same time. Some students wanted to watch the entire video so I promised to put it on the blog. Here it is!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Movement and Beat

In Phys. Ed. today we were talking about how rythym and beat effect our movements. We practiced moving to the beat as super models and then put our own spin on it! Watch the following video to see how we decided our supermodels would move to the beat.



The Interview schedule is coming home today.
Have a family member help you fill out your family tree.
Remember to check our blog for examples of what we are doing in school. (mrsmball.blogspot.com)

Monday, March 12, 2012

During Daily 3 we often work on fluency and expression by practicing partner poems. These poems are taken out of a Scholastics book that is published for Grade 3-5. The following are examples of some of our favourites!


Baby Talk: Bailey and Spencer




Cleaning Your Room: Dale and Tadyn




Just One More Store: Kaitlin and Austin




We Don't Wanna!: Antenh and Kylie




The Grump: Bany and Shanicia




Brussel Sproats: Ryan and Kelsey




It's So Cold/It's So Warm: Aaron and Kade




Truckaderms: Madison and Rylan




Gym Class: Steven and Cassie




Waking Up Sis: Makayla and Harley