Daily Report for Friday November 25th 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…..

HIGH : 6°C                            LOW : 2°C            P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: Emily and Joel went to their Co-op placement at Dollarama. They stacked shelves with merchandise.  We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did our Current Event activity. We choose an article with a picture from the 24 Hour newspaper. We cut out the picture and used it fill in our worksheets. When we had all finished our worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We had our first session in the Computer Lab in Room 205. We got new passwords and signed on to the network. We then worked on various educational programs.

  

Period C: Mr. Watson was absent again today and will be away all of next week. We have Mr. Sikorski as our teacher. Today we watched a movie.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We did a Mindfulness Body Scan exercise.

Note to Parents: Short Day on Monday. Bus P/U at 12:30.

Daily Report for Thursday November 24th 2016

Weather for Today: Rainy and Cold…

HIGH : 5°C                            LOW : 1°C            P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Joel and Mark set the table and made the apple juice.  Ahmed and Shakur cleaned and sliced the mushrooms. Fahim and Rebeca cut up the carrots and the Bok Choy. Matthew, Nerissa and Emily cut up the celery, sweet peppers and onions.

Period B: We continued with our lunch prep. Today’s meal of Stir Fry Chicken and Vegetables required a lot of prep! We helped Mr. Wilkens to make the Chocolate Icing and ice the chocolate cake. We then watched Mr. Wilkens cook the Stir Fry, the Chow Mein Noodles and the rice. We began eating our lunch a little early so that we had time to start the clean up.

After we finished our lunch and did a little cleaning we went to the Free Style Singing Club where we practiced singing “Jingle Bells”.

  

Period C: Mr. Watson was away again today and we had Mr. Sikorski as our Occasional Teacher. We met him in S-18 and then went back to the ME Kitchen where we finished cleaning up and then had our dessert of Chocolate Cake and Vanilla Ice Cream. We also sang “Happy Birthday to Matthew. We went back to S-18 where we played with robots, Lego and Checkers and tried to watch a movie, but there was a problem with the TV.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday November 23rd 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cold….

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

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We finished off working on our Weekend Journals. We presented our journals to the class. We came up with a menu and shopping list for tomorrows Lunch Program. At 9:45 we left school to go to No Frills. We bought the ingredients for Stir Fry Chicken and Vegetables, Chow Mein Noodles and rice which we will be making for lunch tomorrow.

Period B: For the first part of the period we continued our shopping trip. When we got back to school we went to the ME Kitchen to put away the groceries. We had just enough time to make the Chocolate Cake for Matthew’s birthday celebration.

  

Period C: Mr. Watson was away today so we had Mr. Sullivan as our teacher. Some of us watched a movie about robots. Some of us played with robots. Some of us played checkers or Lego.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We went to the Gym to watch a special Volleyball game that pits the Boys Tier 1 Volleyball Team against the staff Mo Bro’s team. 

Daily Report for Tuesday November 22nd 2016

               

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold….

HIGH : 2°C                            LOW : -3°C           P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We had Circle Time where we spoke about what we had done over the weekend  Mr. Wilkens made notes on the blackboard for us to use in writing our Weekend Journals. We then began to write in our journals.

Period B: We went to the Art room to work on our ceramics projects. We began a new project today, a Christmas Candle Holder. We also glazed the Christmas Ornaments that we made last week.

  

Period C: We met Mr. Watson in S-18. Some of  us watched  a movie about robots. Some of us played with robots. Some of us played checkers.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday November 21st 2016

Weather for Today:  Overcast, Flurries and Cold…

HIGH : 1°C                            LOW : - 4°C                   P.O.P. : 60%

 We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took the 86 Scarborough bus to Kennedy Station. We took the LRT to McCowan Station and then walked to the YMCA. When we got there we changed into our gym clothes and went upstairs and walked around the indoor track. Today we walked two miles ( 3.2 K ). We then got changed into our swim wear and went swimming in the pool. After a refreshing swim we got changed back into our street clothes. We then walked to the Scarborough Town Center where we ate lunch at the Food Court. After lunch walked around the mall before taking the TTC back to school. When we got back to school we filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Thursday November 17th. 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny with a few Clouds..

HIGH : 11°C                  LOW :1°C           P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch Emily and  Rebeca cut  the peppers. Matthew and Ahmed cut up the celery. Fahim cut up the onions. Joel and Mark set the table and prepped the lettuce.

Period B: We continued with lunch prep. When we had finished we helped Mr. Wilkens make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. We then went back to our classroom  where we worked on our Foods of the  World flipchart.

  

Period C: We met Mr. Watson in the ME Kitchen where we all helped to do the dishes and clean the kitchen. We then had our Oatmeal Raisin Cookies for dessert.  We then went to S-18 where we helped to clean the woodshop. We also did some art work.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk.  We tried to fill in the Daily Report, but the computer was acting up and we were unable to complete the task. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday November 16th 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool….

HIGH : 12°C                         LOW : 6°C            P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We began by coming up with a Menu and Shopping List for our Lunch program. We will be having Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce, Caesar Salad and Garlic Bread. We then did our Current Events Activity. We chose an article from the 24 Hour Newspaper and used it to fill in our worksheets.

Period B: We walked to No Frills to buy the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. When we got back to school we went to the ME Kitchen to put away the groceries. We then went back to our classroom where we presented our Current Events work to the class.

 At lunch we went to Dance Club where we practiced dancing to a Justin Timberlake song.

Period C: We met Mr. Watson in S-18. We worked on drawing a still life of an Apple. We drew the apple by hand and then used glue and glitter to color it.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Tuesday November 15th 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cool….

HIGH : 13°C                         LOW : 0°C            P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We began with Circle Time where we spoke about what we had done over the weekend. We then wrote in our Weekend Journals.

Period B: We went to the Art Room S-16 to begin  working with ceramics. Today Mr. Wilkens  gave a short review of the tools and procedures we will be using when we work with clay. We then made a ceramic Christmas Ornament. When we had thoroughly cleaned up we went  back to our classroom where we presented our Journal’s to the class.

  

Period C: We met our new teacher, Mr. Watson, in S-18. He brought us to S-7 to do some dishes. We then went back to S-18 where Mr. Watson told us about  what we will learning.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday November 14th 2016

          

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cool….

HIGH : 12°C                  LOW : 4°C                   P.O.P. : 10%

We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then left school for our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took the Scarborough 86 Bus to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT to McCowan Station. We walked to the Y. We changed into our gym clothes and went upstairs to the indoor track where we walked for 2.5 miles ( 4.2 K ) We then went to one of the gym’s where we played some badminton. To finish off our PE exercise’s we went on the treadmill machines for 10 minutes. After changing back into our street clothes we walked to the Scarborough Town Centre to eat our lunch at the Food Court. We walked around the mall for a while and then took the TTC back to school.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday November 11th 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold…..

HIGH : 6°C                            LOW : 5°C            P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We began with a money math activity on the Promethean Board. At 9:20 we all went to the cafeteria for a final practice of the song Imagine which will be performed at the Remembrance Day Assembly.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23 for our final class with him. Once again we played the Kahoot game to learn about directions.

  

Period C: We went to the Remembrance Day Assembly. Most of the class was in the Singing Club which performed the John Lennon song Imagine .

Here’s a video of the performance…

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA on Monday.

Daily Report for Thursday November 10th 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny with a few Clouds and Warm….

HIGH : 16°C                         LOW : 1°C            P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Emily and Rebeca cut up the garish for the salad. Joel and Mark set the table, Mark also made the Fruit Punch. Matthew, Shakur and Ahmed peeled the potatoes. Keyur prepped the lettuce. Fahim breaded the chicken pieces.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. For the last time we played the Kahoot game where we learned about directions.

  

Period C: Fahim and Keyur went to their last day of Co-op at Dollarama. They stocked the shelves with merchandise. We met in the ME Kitchen to clean up and do the dishes. When we were done we had some Vanilla pudding for dessert. We then went back to our classroom where we worked on a Foods f the World flipchart.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday November 9th 2016

Weather for Today: Mostly Sunny with a few clouds and Cool…

HIGH : 8°C                            LOW : 5°C            P.O.P. :  10%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. Mr. Wilkens used the Promethean Board to demonstrate how to fill in the Current Events worksheet. We then did our Current Event activity. We choose an article with a picture from the 24 Hour newspaper. We cut out the picture and used it fill in our worksheets. When we had all finished our worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. We once again played the computer game called Kahoot . The game Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages! We have been using the game to learn about  directions and the TTC system.

  

Period C: We began by making a menu for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Oven Baked Fried Chicken with Mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables as well as Garden Salad. We then walked to No Frills to buy the groceries for our lunch. When we got back to our classroom we watched a couple of videos about Remembrance Day.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow, students will not need a lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday November 8th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm..

HIGH : 16°C                  LOW : 2°C                   P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to S-6 to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. We then came back to our classroom where we did Circle Time. We spoke about what we had done over the weekend.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Once again we played a computer game that taught us about directions.

  

Period C: Mark and Keyur went with Ms. J. McDonald to S-6 to wash the dishes from the Maplewood Mindfulness Community lunch. The rest of us began to write in our Weekend Journals. We also cut out some shapes which we will be using to make Poppies for the Remembrance Day Assembly. When everyone had finished their Journals we presented our Journals to the class.

Period D:  We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting. We worked on a Money Math Activity on the Promethean Board.

Daily Report for Monday November 7th 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny and Warm…..

HIGH : 16°C                         LOW : 0°C            P.O.P. : 0%

We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went on our weekly trip to the YMCA. We took the 86 Scarborough bus to Kennedy Station. We took the LRT to McCowan Station and then walked to the YMCA. When we got there we changed into our gym clothes and went upstairs and walked around the indoor track. Today we walked one and a half miles ( 2.4 K ). We then got changed into our swim wear and went swimming in the pool. After a refreshing swim we got changed back into our street clothes. We then walked to the Scarborough Town Center where we ate lunch at the Food Court. After lunch we walked around the mall before taking the TTC back to school. When we got back to school we filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Friday November 4th 2016

                 

Weather for Today:  Partly Cloudy and Cool…

HIGH : 10°C                         LOW : 3°C            P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: Emily went to her co-op placement at Dollarama. She used a pricing gun to put prices on merchandise. Ahmed, Rebeca and Nerissa went with Ms. McDonald’s class to deliver the Bluffs Monitor community newspaper. The rest of us went to the ME Kitchen where we made a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies. When we got back to our classroom we used a money math program on the Promethean Board.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Once gain we played a computer game that taught us about directions. We also had some time to work on individual educational programs.

  

Period C: We began by watching a short video about meditation. Then Mr. Wilkens led us in some Yoga exercises. We then did a Body Scan mindfulness exercise.

Period D:  We went for a Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We used the Promethean Board to do some money math.

Note to Parents: We will be going swimming at the YMCA on Monday. Students will need swim wear and a towel.

Daily Report for Thursday November 3rd 2016

Weather for Today: Rainy, then Partly Cloudy and Cool..

HIGH : 13°C                  LOW : 9°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Matthew and  Fahim grated the cheese. Emily and Rebeca cut up the green peppers. Ahmed sliced the mushrooms. Mark and Joel set the table. Keyur made the Mango Punch. Nerissa prepped  the lettuce for the salad. When everything was ready we all made our own pizza's.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Once again we used a computer game to learn about directions. We also had some time  to work on individual educational programs.

After we had eaten our lunch in the ME Kitchen we went to the Free Style Singing  Club where we practiced a John Lennon song “Imagine” which we will be performing at the Remembrance Day Assembly on Nov. 11^th.

  

Period C: Keyur and Fahim went to their co-op placement at Dollarama. They stocked  the shelves with merchandise. The rest of us met in the ME Kitchen where we all helped to wash the dishes and clean the kitchen. We then had our dessert of Vanilla Ice Cream. We then went back to our classroom  where we got use the Food Guide Sorting program that we created.

Period D: We went for a short Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday November 2nd 2016

Weather for Today : Partly Cloudy and  Warm…

HIGH : 19°C                         LOW : 10°C         P.O.P. : 60%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We did our Current Events activity. We chose an article from the 24 Hour newspaper and cut it out and pasted it onto the worksheet. We then filled in the 4 W questions on the worksheet. When we had all finished our worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. We all logged on to the computers and played a game that was about directions.

  

Period C: Joel joined Ms.Hargraft’s class for  the period. The rest of us went on our weekly trip to No Frills. We bought  the ingredients for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having personal Pizza’s and Caesar Salad.

Period D:We began work on a new Promethean Board program. This one is about making a Pizza. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

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

Daily Report for Tuesday November 1st 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…..

HIGH : 16°C                  LOW : 4°C                   P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We filled in the Daily Report for Monday  as we did not have a chance to do it yesterday because of the Halloween Dance. We then took down the Halloween decorations in our classroom. We then had Circle Time. We spoke about what we had done over the weekend.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. We used Google Earth to look at different lakes and ocean’s. We learned about the difference between salt water and fresh water. We also had some time to work on individual educational programs.

  

Period C: We wrote in our Weekend Journals. When we had finished writing we presented our Journal’s to the class. We then had our weekly drama activity. We only had time for two games of Musical Chairs. Rebeca won the first game and Keyur won the second.

Period D: We continued to work on the Food Group sorting program we began last week. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday October 31st 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cool….

HIGH : 8°C                            LOW : 1°C                      P.O.P. : 20%

Today we had our weekly trip to the Scarborough YMCA.  Before we went to the Y, we had our Mindfulness Minutes. At 9:30 we left or the Y. We took the 86 Scarborough bus to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT to McCowan station. Then we walked to the YMCA.  We went upstairs to the indoor  track where we walked 42 laps which is 3 miles or 3.8 K ! We then went to the gym where we played some badminton. We then went downstairs  to use the treadmill machines. We then went to the Scarborough Town Centre where we ate lunch in the Food Court. After lunch we took the TTC back to school. We got back just in time for the Halloween Dance. We did not have time to do the daily report or a sit.