Daily Report for Thursday March 31st 2016

Weather for Today: Rainy and Warm…

HIGH : 12°C                 LOW : 10°C                  P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Courtney  used the Shop Vac to vacuum up some sawdust. Romi and Jerron finished their name plaques. Michelle, Mindy and Atshaya did some coloring of spring flowers.

Period B: We started out by watching a video about raising beef cattle. We then prepared our lunch. Courtney and Atshaya set the table. Mindy washed the lettuce. Jerron made the fruit punch. Michelle placed the hamburger patties on a baking sheet so Mr. Wilkens could cook them in the oven.

Period C: We cleaned up the classroom from lunch. We all had a chance to help with the dishes and clean the tables and counters. We then had our dessert of Macaroons and sugar doughnuts. We then read a couple of stories using the Whiteboard. Mr. Wilkens read the stories out loud and asked us questions about the stories. At the end of the period we got to enjoy some unstructured time.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday March 30th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cool…

HIGH : 7°C                             LOW : 1°C                    P.O.P. : 40%      

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Romi worked on a collage. Jerron worked on his Key Fob. Courtney used the Shop Vac to do some cleaning. Michelle did some coloring. Atshaya was using the adding machine to add up sums from a catalog.

We went to the YMCA. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the LRT to McCowan station. We walked to the Y. We walked around the track for two miles ! We then went downstairs to use the treadmills. We went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre and ate our lunch. We did not have to go grocery shopping today as we still have the food from last week when the ice storm cancelled the buses. We visited the Disney store and then went to the Body Shop to buy some soap as a get well present for Ms. Kiyonaga. We then took the TTC back to school. We got back just in time for the buses.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow. Students do not need to bring a lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday March 29th 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cool…

HIGH : 6°C                             LOW : -2°C             P.O.P. : 0%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Atshaya and Michelle did some coloring of spring flowers. Mindy had a busy day. She helped Jerron and Romi with their name plaques as well as sanding pieces of plastic we will be using to make key fobs. Jerron and Romi worked on their name plaques.

Period B: We had our Mindfulness Minutes. We then had a class discussion about what we had done over the long weekend. We then went to S-6 where we set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. When we got back to class we filled in our Weekend Journal worksheets.

Period C: We started out with a money math activity. We used plastic money to identify the different value and types of coins. We then went back to S-6 to wash the dishes. While we were there we had some visitors. Caitlyn came to visit with her sister Courtney and her Mom and Dad. Caitlyn is doing very well recovering from her surgery and hopefully will be able to come back to school some time in May. We then came back to our classroom where we did a money math activity using the Whiteboard.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure students have running shoes and gym clothes.

Daily Report for Wednesday March 23rd 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool….

HIGH : 4°C                   LOW : 3°C          P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. We all did different activities and left class 29 minutes early so we could go to the YMCA.

We went to the YMCA. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the LRT to McCowan station. We walked to the Y. We walked around the track for two miles ! We then went downstairs to the gym and played some Badminton. We  went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre and ate our lunch. After eating lunch we walked to the local Freshco to buy the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Cheeseburgers, French Fries and Coleslaw. When we had finished shopping we took the TTC back to school. We were running a little late so we had to drop off the groceries and go right to the School bus.

Note to Parents: Lunch program tomorrow. Students do not need to bring a lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday March 22nd 2016

                 

Weather for Today: Light Snow and Cold…

HIGH : 4°C                   LOW : -2.5°C                         P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Today the whole class did an activity together. We traced out some bunny rabbits and then cut them out of construction paper. We then colored them in and added some stickers. When we are finished with the Easter rabbits we will put them on our classroom door.

Period B: We started out by watching a short video on the whiteboard. The video was about breath meditation. We then had our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to Room S-6 to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Meditation Community lunch. We all had a chance to practice our life skill of setting the table. Unfortunately, one of our classmates was having a bad day so we were unable to continue with our program.  

Period C: We did the daily report in this period because we will be going to the library in Period D to do an activity with Elena and Jacinda. When we had finished the daily report we went back to S-6 to clean up. Everybody got the chance to wash and dry the dishes. We then returned to our classroom for a short mindfulness meditation sitting.

Period D: We went to the library for an activity with Jacinda and Elena. Elena read us a story called The Easter Bunny Blues. It was a great story. We then all got to do a craft activity where we made an Eater Egg from different materials. We got to bring our Easter Eggs home.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure students have running shoes and gym wear.

Daily Report for Monday March 21st 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cool…

HIGH : 4°C                             LOW : -3°C               P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Courtney used the Shop Vac to vacuum around the class. Atshaya worked with the adding machine. Mindy painted some particle boards. Michelle worked with plasticine and also helped Courtney with the vacuuming. Jerron did some bead work. Romi used plasticine to make a necklace.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then had a class discussion about what we did over the March Break. Courtney went to a park. Atshaya went to Cederbrae Mall. We then wrote in our weekend journals.

Period C: We went to the Art Room where we glazed our Clay pots. Mr. Wilkens put the finished pots into the kiln and we will be bringing them home on Thursday. We finished up a little early so when we got back to our class we had some unstructured time.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday March 11th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cool…

HIGH : 7°C                             LOW : 2°C                    P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Atshaya and Michelle made name plaques out of wood and fibreboard. Mindy did some coloring. Jerron used Lego to build a bus.

Period B: We went to the Computer lab where we all worked on various educational programs.

At Lunch time we went to Ms. Appleton’s classroom to celebrate ( a little early ) St. Patrick’s Day. We got to eat some Baked potatoes, Chili, Salad and for dessert, some Lucky Charms Squares.

Period C: We used the Whiteboard to work on money math and addition problems. Atshaya did very well with the problems !

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Note to Parents: No school next week due to March Break. Have a safe and happy holiday !

Daily Report for Thursday March 10th 2016

Weather for Today: Light rain and warm…

HIGH : 10°                    LOW : 5°C                    P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Atshaya used the adding machine to add up different numbers and then she did some Easter coloring. Mindy had a busy period. She hammered some nails, did some coloring and even made a decorative plaque out of wood and fibreboard. Michelle used the Lego to construct some shapes. Jerron worked with blocks and beads as well as playing with wooden cars. Romi fooled around with old newspapers.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then prepared our lunch. Atshaya grated the cheddar cheese. Romi made the fruit punch and washed the lettuce. Mindy and Michelle set the table. Jerron helped to keep things clean. When Jennifer got here at 11:30 we sat down and ate our lunch of Taco’s, Burrito’s and Mexican Rice. It was delicious ! After we had eaten lunch we went to the library where Jennifer read us a story.

Period C: We started off by cleaning the dishes and the Kitchen/classroom. Everybody helped out by taking turns washing, rinsing and drying the dishes. We then read some stories using the Whiteboard . One of the stories was about a young man with Down Syndrome who was teased. In the end though, it all worked out.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday March 9th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm…

HIGH : 16°C                 LOW : 8°C          P.O.P.: 20%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Mindy and Jerron helped Mr. Watson work on the name plaques. Michelle worked with Lego. Atshaya did some coloring. Romi worked on a collage.

We finally got to go to the YMCA today. We took the Scarborough 86 bus to Kennedy Station. We got on the LRT to McCowan station. We walked to the Y. We walked around the track for two miles ! We then went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre and ate our lunch. After eating lunch we walked to the local Freshco to buy the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Tacos and Burritos and Mexican Rice.

When we got back to school we just had enough time to do the daily report.

Note to Parents: Lunch program tomorrow. Students do not need to bring a lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday March 8th 2016

Weather for Today: A mix of Sun and Clouds, cool

HIGH : 9°C          LOW : 4°C                    P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Mindy made a name plaque out of wood. She also worked on a word search. Atshaya was using an adding machine to add up numbers. Romi made another collage. Michelle also made a collage. She also began work on her name plaque. Jerron, as usual, did some bead work.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then read a story about feelings using the whiteboard. The story talked about different feelings like being mad or sad or happy. We then spoke a bit about how we can deal with our feelings. We then went to S-6 to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. Everybody helped to set the table. When we had finished we came back to our classroom and read another story. We then had some unstructured time.

Period C: We started out by going back to S-6 to wash the dishes from  the Community lunch. Everybody had a chance to wash, rinse and dry the dishes. We then came back to our classroom where we filled in the daily report. We did the daily report in this period because we will be going to the library in Period D to do an activity with Elena and Jacinda.

Period D: We went to the library where we did an activity about monsters ! We listened to a story about monsters in space. We then did a arts and crafts activity where we made some three eyed monsters out of tissue paper and paper plates.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure students have running shoes and gym wear.

Daily Report for Monday March 7th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloud….

HIGH : 9°C                   LOW : 3°C          P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Mindy did some colouring. She also cut out wooden letters of her name and painted them.  Michelle did some cutting and pasting and Jerron did some beading.  Romi also did some cutting and pasting and played with some battery operated Lego.  Atshaya did some adding on an electronic calculator that printed out the calculations on a receipt.

Period B: We did the calendar and weather and completed our Weekend Journals.  We shared what we wrote with each other.  We had some unstructured time.  Atshaya listened to some music, Mindy played with Dominoes, Jerron put together a puzzle and Michelle worked with the Pattern Blocks.  Romi wasn’t here this period because she was at an appointment.  

We finished the period listening to the story: I Just Forgot.

Period C: We did some Money Math activities using the Smart Board. We then had a special treat.  Jennifer brought in cupcakes with bright pink icing because it was her birthday.  We all sang Happy Birthday to Jennifer.

     

Period D: We sat together and wrote our Daily Report and then we finished the day with doing our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday March 4th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold….

HIGH : -1°C                  LOW : - 5°C                  P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Courtney and Michelle cleaned up using the Shop Vac. Mindy colored some pictures of dinosaurs. Jerron did some bead work. Romi worked on a collage and did some coloring. Atshaya did some coloring as well.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went upstairs to the computer lab where we worked on various educational programs such as Starfall and Jigzone. We then came back to the classroom where we used some worksheets to practice our printing skills.

Period C: We began by using an online program on the Whiteboard to write some stories. We wrote a Fairy Tale about a Sad Princess whose name was Sandy who was cheered up by a funny rabbit. We also wrote a Science Fiction Story about a trip to the planet Cheesapaloza. Because we are going to the Library next period to work on an Arts and Crafts activity, we filled in the daily report. We then got to have some free time.

Period D: We went to the library where we did an Arts And Crafts activity where we made a flying saucer out of a paper plate. We then came back to class and had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday March 3rd 2016

Weather for Today: Snow Flurries, cloudy and Cold.,..

HIGH : -5°C                  LOW : -10°C                 P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Mindy and Michelle helped Mr. Watson sand down a chair. Romi worked on a collage. Courtney used the Shop Vac to vacuum up sawdust. Jerron did some beading and some sanding. Atshaya did some coloring.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then prepared our lunch of Chicken Burgers and French Fries. Jerron helped to prep the fries and Chicken burgers. Atshaya washed the lettuce. Mindy and Courtney set the table. Michelle helped to prep the buns for the burgers. When we had finished our lunch we all went to the Karaoke Club. Romi made the Fruit Punch.

Period C: We all helped to wash the dishes and clean up the classroom. We then went for a hall walk to make up for us missing our weekly YMCA trip yesterday. We walked around the school halls for a mile ! ( 1.6 Km. ) When we got back to class we had our dessert of Chocolate Chip Cookies. We then listened to a couple of stories by using the Whiteboard. After we watched/read the stories we answered questions about them.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Daily Report for Tuesday March 1st 2016

Weather for Today: Mostly cloudy and Cold…

HIGH : -6°C                            LOW : -10.5°C             P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We went to the wood shop with Mr. Watson. Mindy did some painting as well as some coloring. Atshaya colored some butterfly pictures. Michelle was working on a collage. Jerron did some beadwork and played with some wooden cars. Romi worked with the Lego and plasticine.

Period B: We learned about butterflies by watching a flipchart on the Whiteboard. We then went to S-6 to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community Lunch. Everybody helped to set the table. When we got back to our class we all got to enjoy a little “Free Time”.  

Period C: We went back to S-6 to clean the dishes from the lunch. We all had a chance to practice our dish washing and drying skills. When we went back to our classroom we did a money math activity on the Whiteboard.

Period D: We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.

Note to Parents: Once again, weather permitting, we will be going to the YMCA tomorrow. Please ensure students have running shoes and gym wear.