Daily Report for Tuesday October 7th. 2014

Today’s Date: Tuesday October 7^th 2014

The Weather Today was: Partly Sunny and Cool

Low: 10°C           High: 17°C          P.O.P.: 40%

In Class Today:

Period 1: Aaron and Laven worked on scooping out pumpkins. Ibrahim , Jaran and Shagee were working on apples. First they peeled the apples and then they used a slicer/corer to cut them up. At the end of the period we all helped to clean up.

Period 2: When we got back to our classroom we all helped to set the table for the Mindfulness Community Lunch. Then we all worked on making sentences with our weekly spelling words. Since we are having a big Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday, and it will involve a lot of prep work Mr. Wilkens thought it would be best to get an early start. So, today we made our shopping list . 

Period 3: At the beginning of the class Aaron and Laven cleaned up from the lunch and loaded the dishwasher. Then we all got our backpacks so we could do our shopping at No Frills. When we walked to the store Jaran was the class leader, and he did a great job. On the way back to school Laven was the leader of the group. We did our shopping and got everything on our list except for canned pumpkin. Hopefully Mr. Wilkens can pick up some so we can make our pie tomorrow.

Period 4: When we got back from No Frills we put away the groceries. Then we started on the Daily Report. The students who were in the Cross Country meet got back while we were writing the report. No one from our class won any medals but they all had a lot of fun at the meet. We finished off our day with a short sitting.

Daily Report Monday October 6, 2014

Today’s Date: Monday October 6, 2014

The Weather Today was:  Sunny and Cloudy

Low 9 c High 15 c  P.O.P 40% 

In Class Today: We have a supply teacher/ Ms. Z and a guest  during our  block  D, a student  named  Rebeca.

Period 1: In baking, the class did different types of pies. Some did scooping pumpkin seeds and some did peeling of the apples.

Period 2:  Talking  about  what we  did on the  weekend  and we put it in  our journal’s  then we had  treats of sliced  apple  and  muffins .

Period 3: We did classroom jobs we did the spelling words for Friday’s  spelling test  We did yoga  with Mr. Tipoff class.

Period 4: We did our daily report then we had our daily meditation.

Note to Parents: 

Daily Report for Friday October 3, 2014

Today’s Date: Friday October 3, 2014

The Weather Today was: Mostly Sunny and warm.

Low: 15°C           High: 21°C          P.O.P.: 90%

In Class Today:

Period 1: In bakeshop today we were quite busy. Ibrahim, Jaran, Kabilan and Shagee grated Cheddar Cheese for Cheese Bread. Aaron, Robert and Devon collected the ingredients for pie pastry. Laven greased some bread pans .

Period 2: We began the period with a lesson on saving images onto our H Drive on the computer. We are going to be making posters to decorate our room for Halloween and Mr. Wilkens showed us how to find and save images that we will print out later. We then went up to the computer lab where we all applied the method we had just learned.   

Period 3: We did our dental hygiene. Then we had our weekly music activity. Today we played on the drums and continued to work on following a beat. Near the end of the period we went for a walk. It was very nice weather outside.

Period 4: When we got back from our walk we filled in the daily report. Then we had our daily meditation.

Note to Parents: Due to Mr. Wilkens absence, we will not be going to the YMCA on Monday.

Daily Report for Thursday October 2nd. 2014

Today’s Date: Thursday October 2, 2014

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Cool (at least it felt cool)

Low: 16°C           High: 20°C          P.O.P. : 20%

      Today we all got to go to the Markham Fair. It was a lot of fun. Devon liked to look around and he got to buy a Pepsi.  Aaron liked seeing a tall Cowboy ( on stilts ) walking around twirling a lasso. Ibrahim liked seeing the horses, especially the black Arabian Stallion. Shagee like the trip best about the trip. Kabilan’s favourite part of the trip was buying a Chocolate Ice Cream Cone. Laven liked the horses as well as the geese. Robert liked the chickens and roosters even though they were very noisy. Jaran really appreciated the Photo Contest Display, especially the photo’s of the chipmunks. Ms. Benyarko really liked the piglets, they were very cute. Mr. Wilkens favourite part of the trip was how amazingly well behaved the class was, they made him very proud !

Here are some pictures of the trip…

Note to Parents: 

Daily Report for Wednesday October 1st. 2014

Today’s Date: Wednesday October 1, 2014

The Weather Today was:  Overcast and Warm

Low: 12°C           High: 18°C          P.O.P.:40%

In Class Today:

Period 1: Aaron, Stafhan, Jaran and another student helped to set up some trays for a catering order. Shagee, Devon, Laven and Robert sliced some buns and added them to the catering order trays. We all helped to clean up at the end of the period.

Period 2:  We went to the Art Room where we did the final step in the creation of our Vases. We all learned how to apply a coat of glaze on our pieces. When there is enough ware to justify a kiln firing Mr. Wilkens will fire our pieces and we will be able to bring them home.

Here are some pictures of us working on our pieces…

Period 3: Today we did our food preparation activity a little early. We all made our own picnic lunch which we  will be bringing to the Markham Fair tomorrow.

Here are some pictures of us making our lunches…

Period 4: We finished cleaning up after the food prep. Then we filled in our daily report. We finished off our day with our usual daily sit.

Note to Parents: Markham Fair trip tomorrow. No lunch needed.

Daily Report for Tuesday September 30th 2014

Today’s Date: Tuesday September 30^th 2014

The Weather Today was:  Overcast and Warm

Low: 15°C           High: 20°C          P.O.P.: 40%

In Class Today:

Period 1: The Bakeshop received a catering order for over a hundred Chocolate Chip Cookies so we all were kept busy portioning out the cookie dough. At the end of the period we all helped to clean up.

Period 2: Because we are going to the Markham Fair on Thursday we are making a picnic lunch to bring with us. We started out the period by creating a menu. We are going to having Tuna and Egg Salad Sandwich’s. We then made a shopping list so we could get the needed ingredients from No Frills. Then we had a shortened Drama Activity. We played two games of musical chairs and Stafhan won both games !

Period 3: We all walked to the local No Frills to buy groceries for the picnic lunch we will be bringing to the Markham Fair on Thursday.

Period 4: Since yesterday was Kabilan’s birthday, and he was away, we celebrated his birthday today with Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream. After the Birthday cake we filled in the daily report. We then had our daily meditation sit.

Note to Parents: 

Daily Report for Monday September 29th. 2014

Today’s Date: Monday September 29, 2014

The Weather Today was: Sunny and  Very Warm

Low: 16°C           High: 24°C          P.O.P. : 10%

In Class Today:

Period 1: Ms. Vorobej was away today and we had Mr. McGregor as a supply teacher. We did some worksheets on how to set up the sinks and identify different equipment in the kitchen. Then we explored the kitchen to see the different types of equipment.

When we finished Baking it was time for us to go on our first trip to the YMCA. We took the TTC to the Y, which is located at the Scarborough Town Centre. We got changed into our gym clothes then walked around the walking Track upstairs. We walked almost one mile ! After we finished walking the track we went downstairs where we worked out on the treadmills.

When we had finished at the YMCA we walked over to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre where we ate our lunch. After lunch we explored the mall for a while before getting back on the LRT to go back to school.

After we got back to school we did our Daily Report but we did not have time for our daily sit. Too bad !

Note to Parents: Check Communication Book for note re: Parent’s Night this upcoming Thursday Oct. 2^nd