Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Daily Report for Wednesday February 3rd. 2016



Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm…

HIGH : 13°C                 LOW : 5°C                    P.O.P. : 30%


Period A: We finished off our “ All About Me “ posters. We said good-bye to Ms. Lupo and told her how much fun we had in her class.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We did our Current Event’s activity. We filled in the worksheets and then presented what we had learned to the class.

Period C: We went to a Mental Health workshop in the library. We learned about impulse control and self control.

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



Note to Parents: This will be the last entry for the class. Tomorrow the class will be having a new Core Teacher, Ms. Janice McDonald-Taggert. It has been a real privilege teaching your sons and daughters, and I wish them well with their new teacher and program ! 

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Daily Report for Tuesday February 2nd 2016


Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cold….

HIGH : 3°C                             LOW : 0°C                             P.O.P. : 30%


Period A: We continued to work on our “ All About Me” posters. Some us were gluing on pictures while others were writing out some of the descriptive words we had looked up in the dictionary. Tomorrow we will be finishing our projects.

 Period B: Fahim went to his co-op placement at Giant Tiger. We had our weekly Drama activity. We had three games of Musical Chairs. Keyur, Rebeca and Mirron were all winners. We then had two rounds of our Circle Dance activity.

 Period C: Rebeca, Nerissa and Emily went to their co-op placement at Value Village. The rest of us wrote in our Weekend Journals. We then presented our journals to the class.

 Period D: We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the Daily Report. We had a Mindfulness Meditation sitting.


Monday, February 1, 2016

Daily Report for Monday February 1st. 2016



Weather for Today: Sunny and cold…

HIGH : 6°C                             LOW : 2°C                              P.O.P.: 20%


Period A: We went upstairs and washed our hands and faces. Today we continued gluing pictures on to our “ All About Me “ posters.

After Ms. Lupo’s class we took the TTC to the YMCA. After changing into our gym clothes we went upstairs to the indoor track where we walked and/or ran for one mile. We then went downstairs where we used the treadmill machines for ten minutes. We then went to the Food Court at Scarborough Town Centre to eat lunch.

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



Thursday, January 28, 2016

Daily Report for Thursday January 28th 2016


Weather for Today: Overcast and Cold….

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


Period A: We went upstairs and washed our hands and faces. Today we continued gluing pictures on to our “ All About Me “ posters.

Period B: We prepared our lunch. Scottie and Mirron set the table. Rebeca and Nerissa helped to make the Cole Slaw. Fahim made the Fruit Punch. Mirron grated the cheddar cheese with the Cuisinart.

Period C: We did a money math activity where we learned how to use different coins and bills to come up with various amounts.
Period D: We celebrated Mirron’s 21st. birthday with Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream. We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.



Note to Parents: Free Pizza Lunch tomorrow. Send no lunch.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Daily Report for Wednesday January 27th 2016


Weather for Today: Sunny and Cold….

HIGH : 0°C                   LOW : - 3°C                  P.O.P. : 30%


Period A: We went upstairs and washed our hands and faces. Today we began completing the projects we have been working on for so long. We glued pictures we had previously cut out of magazines on to our “ All About Me “ posters.   
                                     
 Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then walked to the local No Frills to buy groceries for tomorrow’s lunch. We bought cheddar cheese, macaroni noodles, cabbage and carrots as well as some fruit punch.  

 Period C: Mr. Wilkens demonstrated how to bake a cake from a cake mix. We then did our Current Events activity.

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



Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow, send no lunch.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Daily Report for Monday January 26th 2015

                 

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and cold ( though not too cold )…

HIGH : 5°C                   LOW : 3°C                    P.O.P. : 60%


Period A: We went upstairs and washed our hands and faces. We continued to work on using the dictionary to look up descriptive words for use in our projects.

Period B: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then had our weekly Drama activity. We played two games of Musical Chairs and then did the Circle Dance . In the second half of the period we wrote in our Weekend Journals.

Period C: Because of the Fun Fair in Period D we did our usual period D activities this period.  We did our classroom jobs. We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Mediation sitting.


Period D: We went to Fun Fair in the Gym led by Ms. Reid’s Leadership Class. We played games like Bean Bag Toss, bowling, Rubber Chicken Toss and Pin the Nose on the Snowman. It was a lot of fun !

Monday, January 25, 2016

Daily Report for Monday January 25th 2015



Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and cold ( though not too cold )…

HIGH : 3°C                   LOW : 0°C                    P.O.P. : 20%


Period A: We went upstairs and washed our hands and faces. We continued to work on using the dictionary to look up descriptive words for use in our projects.

At 10:00 we left school to go to the YMCA. We took the 86 Scarborough bus to Kennedy Station and then the LRT to McCowan station. When we got to the Y we changed into our swim wear and then went swimming in the pool. After we had finished swimming we changed back into clothes and left the Y. We went to the Food Court and ate our lunch, after which we explored a little around the Town Centre. We then took the TTC back to school.

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