Daily Report for Friday January 30th 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Very Cold….

LOW : -14°C                          HIGH : -9°C                  P.O.P. : 10%

In Class Today:

Period 1: Ms. Benyarko was off sick today so we had a new staff member to cover for her, Miss M a C.Y.W. While Ralph and Jaran went to co-op at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre the rest of the class went to the computer lab where we worked on various educational programs. 

Period 2: In this period we used the whiteboard to do some language activities. We went to a web site that helped us to create three different types of stories. We wrote a fairy story, a horror story and a science fiction story. Then we did a Word Search puzzle.

Period 3: After returning to our classroom to do our dental hygiene we went to our first cooking class of the new term. Our teacher is Ms. Seccareccia and she spoke to us about the rules in the kitchen. Then we were given our uniforms and hats. We took the dishes from today’s lunch  into the dish room to be washed. We also got a treat as today was French Fry day we got to eat the left over fries.

Period 4: We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We ran out of time so for homework we will all do a sitting some time this weekend.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA on Monday. Students will need swim wear and towel as well as gym wear.

Daily Report for Thursday January 29th 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Snowy

LOW : -6°C                          HIGH : 0°C                             P.O.P. : 100%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We prepared the food for our Lunch Program lunch. Laven, Robert , Jaran and Aaron cut up the vegetables for the Garden Salad. Kabilan washed and spun dried the lettuce. Ibby and Stafhan set the table.

Period 2: Once we had finished with the lunch prep we worked on writing sentence’s using words from our weekly spelling list.

Period 3: In art today we finished off our multimedia Valentine’s Day posters. We used acrylic paint to accent the drawings we made using  pastel crayons.

Period 4: We ate our dessert of Strawberry Jello and fresh baked Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Then we finished cleaning up from lunch. We then did our classroom jobs and filled in the daily report. Unfortunately we did not have time for a sitting as today was a special schedule day with a Dance for the ISP community.

Note to Parents: Tomorrow is the first day of Term 3.

Daily Report for Wednesday January 28th. 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Cold…

LOW : -15°C                          HIGH : -2°C                  P.O.P.: 0%

In Class Today:

Period 1: This morning we walked to No Frills to buy the groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Hamburgers and French Fries as well as a Garden Salad. It was quite cold but we walked quickly and so did not get too cold.

Period 2: After returning from our trip to No Frills we put away the groceries. We then did our Current Event activity. When we had finished filling in our Current Event worksheets we presented our findings to the class.

Period 3: In art class today we continued work on our Valentine’s Day posters. The posters are a multimedia project combining the use of pastels and acrylic paint.

Period 4: We started out the period by creating our list of spelling words for this week. This week’s words are different animals. We then did our classroom  jobs, filled in the daily report and had our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents:  Lunch Program tomorrow. Send no lunch.

Daily Report for Tuesday January 27th 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Cold.

Low:  -12°C                         High: - 5°C                P.O.P 20%:

In Class Today: Mr. Wilkens is at a teachers meeting; today so we have a supply teacher named Mr. Eng.

Period 1: We began class with money math work sheets. Then we reviewed the food spelling words.

Period 2: Ms. Benyarko set up for the teacher’s lunch today while the students were doing the spelling test. Then after that we did drama. We played musical chairs then we the circle dance activity. Then we read the newspaper.

Period 3: We went to the art room to make valentine’s hearts for the beginning of art class then we went to yoga with Mr. Tipoff’s class.

Period 4: We went to the gym to return the yoga mats in the gym. Then we got back to do our class room jobs. Afterwards we did the daily report then Ralph led the class in soft, sweet sitting mediation.

Note to Parents:  dress warmly for tomorrow we are going shopping. Mr. Wilkens will be back tomorrow.  This report was written by Aaron Rohit.

Daily Report for Monday January 26th 2015

The Weather Today was: Overcast and Very Cold

LOW : -16°C                          HIGH : - 7°C

In Class Today:

Since today was a Short / Staff meeting Day we got to watch a movie in class. Today we watched the movie “I am Sam “, a movie about a man with an intellectual disability who is fighting to keep his child from being taken away by Family Services. It was a very good movie and we all enjoyed watching it.

Daily Report for Friday January 23rd 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny with a few clouds…

LOW : -3°C                                      HIGH : 0°C                             P.O.P. : 10%

In Class Today:

Period 1: We went to the Computer Lab where we worked on various educational programs.

Period 2: We reviewed this week’s spelling words by filling in a worksheet that provided clues about the words. This week’s words are all about  food. When we finished our word review we worked on filling in our personal information. We wrote out our names, addresses and other important information that we need to know.

Period 3: After returning to our classroom to do our dental hygiene we went to the art room. We were all able to finish our Melted Crayon art project. We also got watch a DVD about the planet Earth.  

Period 4 : We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. Then we did a guided meditation .

Note to Parents: Monday is a short day. 12:15 Bus pick up.

Daily Report for Thursday January 22nd 2015

The Weather Today was: Sunny and Cold…

LOW : -12°C                          HIGH : -1°C                  P.O.P. : 20%

In Class Today:

Period 1: Today we prepared our Lunch Program meal. We made a big pot of Chili Con Carne. Shagge grated the carrots for the Cole Slaw. Kabilan and Stafhan had the tear inducing job of cutting up the onions for the Chili. Robert, Laven, Jaran and Ralph cut up the green peppers and celery. Ibby set the table. The class worked so efficiently that we were done all the prep work in record time! We got to watch a movie called Radio.

Period 2: This period we got to go to a Winter Carnival in the gym. It was put on by the leadership MID students. We got to play various games such as bowling, Frisbee toss and Throw the Chicken thru the Hoop. It was a lot of fun.

Period 3: In art class today we started on the final steps of the Crayon Art Project. We used a hair dryer and a heat gun to melt the crayons, which dripped onto the white boards we had glued the crayons to. Here are some pictures of our amazing art work…..

Aaron melting the Crayons

Ibby and his Masterpiece

Jaran shows off his Work of Art

Stafhan and his Great Work !

Period 4 : We had our dessert of Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with Ice Cream. We filled in the daily report. We had our daily meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: