Daily Report Wednesday March 5 2014

         Today’s Date:
       Wednesday March, 5^th 2014

The Weather Today was: Sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon. Temperature high is -6, low is -13

In Class Today:

Period 1: We have a supply teacher, she is Ms. Arzoo. We had a morning sharing circle, we went upstairs at Yoga. Mr. Tipoff, he taught a good lesson about stretching and Yoga.

Period 2: We did our calendar, we did patterns using starfall. At the end of the period we had Drama. We enjoyed that very much.

Period 3: We did our classroom jobs and grooming. We talked about `Anxiety’ with Ms. Danette and Ms. Arzoo. Now we have familiar with the term ‘Anxiety’ and Stress. We have daily report and finished up with meditation.

Period 4: Today we talked about skills for our resumes, we went through a checklist of skills such as ‘hardworking, honest, careful’ and chose skills that best describe us. Then we played our table top scoring game.

Tomorrow we will:

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Tomorrow in period 4 we will go to the computer lab and work on our resumes. We will add skills to our resumes.

Daily Report Tuesday March, 4 2014

Today’s Date: 
Tuesday, March 4 2014

The Weather Today was: Cold and partly cloudy. Temperature is high-8, low-14

In Class Today:

Period 1: Met Ms. Arzoo- supply teacher for Mr. Willkens

Morning circle and conversation, Calendar, story activities, Daily physical activity with SMART board

Period 2: Taylor and Jessica went to co-op placement

We had a lesson on `Anxiety’, finished work sheet on Stress and Anxiety, We played BINGO together

Period 3: Grooming, Classroom jobs, Drama activity, Music/ karaoke, Meditation

Period 4: We worked on a ‘Would you do this?” sheet, where we reviewed safety pictures and discussed safety ‘hazards’. We continued working on our safety video, starring our class.

Daily Report for Monday March 3rd. 2014

Today’s Date:

Monday March 3^rd.  2014

The Weather Today was:  

Sunny, COLD !  High: -12   Low: -17   P.O.P.: 20%

In Class Today: We went to the YMCA. First we did some laps around the indoor track. Curtis, Taylor and even Julian were all running around the track with a ton of energy. Then we all went to the pool to swim. Megan too, who finally remembered her bathing suit ! After the Y, we went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre to eat lunch. Then we came back to school on the TTC.

Period 4: We worked on our Safety Video using the Promethean Board. Then we went to clean the drinking fountains in the school.

Today’s Date:

Thursday February 27^th  2014

The Weather Today was:  

Partly Cloudy, COLD !  High: -8   Low: -16   P.O.P.: 20%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We prepared our Lunch Program lunch. Taylor and Jessica set the table. Arqum cut up the onions. Julian made the Orange Juice. Curtis and Spencer helped with clean up. We had pirogues with fried onions and bacon as well as Cole Slaw.

Period 2: We continued with the meal prep while some us worked on puzzles on the Promethean Board and regular puzzles as well. Spencer was using the I Pad to take pictures. The whole class helped to make a Thank You card for Ms. Appleton’s class expressing our gratitude for the delicious meal we had on Tuesday. At 11:00 we sat down and ate another delicious meal, one that we made ourselves !

Period 3: We started out by having our dessert, Mr. Wilkens secret recipe Apple Pie. A’la Mode of course, one cannot have Apple Pie without Ice Cream ! We then did our classroom jobs,with an extra job being done by Spencer and Taylor ( otherwise known as Team Red !) who did the recycling. After that we filled in the daily report which left us time for a medium length sit ! 

Period 4: We went to the Computer lab to begin work on our Resume’s. We also began planning our Safety Video project.

Daily Report for Wednesday February 26th. 2014

Today’s Date:

 Wednesday February 26^th  2014

The Weather Today was:  

Overcast, COLD,  High: -11 Low: -14 P.O.P: 20%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We did our Drama Activity. First we had games of Musical Chairs. The Winners were Taylor, Megan and Curtis. After Musical Chairs we did the Circle Dance. Next we played Sports Charades then Animal Charades. After the drama activities we cleaned our desks.

Period 2: We went to the Art Room to start our latest ceramic creation. We are going to be making St. Patrick’s Day Vases.

Period 3: We started out by having Cinnamon buns that Taylor brought in yesterday. We did our classroom jobs. We practiced the song we hope to perform at the Year End Assembly, “King of the Road”. We then filled in the daily report. And lastly, we had a skillful sitting.

Period 4: We began by finishing off our Photo Booth Collage.( Stand by for picture of it ! ) Then we went on a Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt. We finished off by starting to plan our Safety Video.

Tomorrow we will: Be making our Lunch Program Lunch. We will be having Perogies….

Daily Report for Tuesday February 25th. 2014

Today’s Date:

Tuesday February 25^th  2014

The Weather Today was:  

Overcast, Cold  High: -5  Low: -10 P.O.P.: 30%

In Class Today:

Period 1: Taylor and Jessica went to their co-op placement at The Boys and Girls Club. They cleaned the kitchen then had some free time where they were able to use computers. The rest of us made a menu and shopping list for Thursday’s lunch. Then we went to Starfall on the Promethean Board and did some patterning activities.

Period 2: Curtis and Spencer set the table for the  Maplewood Mindfulness Community. After that we did our Current Event activity for the first half of the period then we all went to the Partnership Room where we had a Spaghetti lunch courtesy of Ms. Appleton’s class.

Period 3: We did our classroom jobs. Then we had a little discussion about girlfriend’s, boyfriends and other stuff. We filled in the daily report and had enough time for a short sit.

Period 4: We continued working with the Promethean Board on an workplace safety exercise.

Tomorrow we will: Be walking to No Frills to buy groceries, so we need to dress appropriately for the cold weather.

Daily Report for Monday February 24th. 2014

Today’s Date:

Monday February 24^th  2014

The Weather Today was:  

Overcast, Cold High: -5 Low: -10 P.O.P.: 40%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We had Circle Time where we talked to the class about what we did on the weekend. Since it is a Short Day Monday we then got to watch a movie. The movie we saw was called Akeleah and The Bee. It was about a young girl who won the National Spelling Bee in the USA.

Period 2: Continued with the movie.

Period 3: Continued with the movie.

Period 4: We worked on the Promethean Board on an exercise on workplace safety.

Tomorrow we will: Be having lunch with Ms. Appleton’s class. No need to bring a lunch.