Daily Report for Friday September 30th 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast, Windy and Cool….

HIGH : 18°C                  LOW : 14°C                  P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Today we had Macaroni and Cheese with Garden Salad. Keyur, Shakur and Fahim grated the cheese. Rebeca, Nerissa and Emily cut up the garnish for the salad. Matthew washed and spun dried the lettuce. Joel and Mark set the table. Keyur made up the Apple Juice.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. We played a computer game together where we guessed coordinates on a grid. The game was sort of like Battleship.  We also had some time to work on individual educational programs.

Period C: We met in the ME Kitchen where we had our dessert of Fruit Salad. We then all helped out in cleaning the kitchen and doing the dishes. We then went back to our classroom where we did a special Mindfulness exercise known as a  Body Scan.

Period D: We went for a Community Walk. We came back to class and filled in the Daily Report . We did not have a sit as we did the body scan in period C.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA on Monday. Students need to bring running shoes and gym wear.

Daily Report for Thursday September 29th 2016

Weather for Today: Rainy, Windy and Cool….

HIGH : 17°C                  LOW : 13°C                  P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: Today we are having a special schedule with shortened periods so we can have our Terry Fox Run. We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then watched a video about Sri Lanka. We learned that Sri Lanka was famous for its tea and for having a lot of elephants. Some of the elephants in Sri Lanka are domesticated and used to carry logs.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Once again we were learning how to use Google Earth. We looked up some of our home addresses and also looked at our school.

Period C:  We did a literacy activity on the Promethean Board. We took turns using a program that challenged our spelling skills.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our daily meditation sitting. We then got ready to go on the Terry Fox Run !

Note to Parents : We will be having our Lunch Program tomorrow. Students do not need to bring a lunch.

Daily Report for Wednesday September 28th, 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 21  C                 LOW : 16 C                   P.O.P. : 40%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness  5 Minutes.

                Current Event Activity using 24 Hours  Newspaper with a worksheet outline for students to fill in with a story of their  choice.

Period B: Computer class with Mr.Infinity in S23.

Period C: Numeracy – Math Worksheets

                Promethean Board  numeracy activity

Period D: Exercise Walk around School yard.

                We then filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Tuesday September 27th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Warm….

HIGH : 21°                    LOW : 14°C           P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We started out with some money math. Mr. Wilkens handed out some plastic coins and bills and we worked on identifying different denominations. At 9:30 we went to S-6 to set the table for the Maplewood Mindfulness Meditation Community Lunch. We then went back to our classroom where we continued to work on money math.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Today we worked with Goggle Earth. We looked up some of our address’s and also looked at the route we will be taking on the Terry Fox Run on Thursday.

Period C: Ahmed and Keyur went with Ms. McDonald to wash the dishes in S-6. The rest of us came up with a menu and shopping list for Thursday’s Lunch Program. We will be having Macaroni and Cheese with Garden Salad. When Ahmed and Keyur returned to class we had our weekly Drama activity. We played two games of Musical Chairs and then we did our Circle Dance activity.

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

Daily Report for Monday September 26th 2016

Weather for Today: Cloudy and Cool….

HIGH : 17°C       LOW : 13°C                            P.O.P. : 100%

Period A:Today is a Staff Meeting Day schedule with shortened periods.  We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We had Circle Time where we talked about what we had done over the weekend. We then wrote in our Weekend Journals.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. We then worked on individual educational programs. We used the Lego figure to work on directions. Today instead of a physical grid we used a paper grid.

Period C: We continued work on writing in our Weekend Journals. We then presented our journals to the class

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

Daily Report for Friday, September 23rd 2016

Weather for Today: Cloudy with Rain and Cooler….

HIGH : 18°C                           LOW :11°C                       P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes.  We began by using the Promethean Board to do some patterning activities. Shakur did very well ! At   9 :30 we went to the gym to play Dodge ball. It was a special event to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Today we continued to work on directions by using a Lego person to move around on a physical grid.  We then had time to work on individual educational programs.

Period C: As we did not have time to make our dessert yesterday, today we made some Chocolate Chip Cookies. We learned about measurement and following a recipe. Mr. Wilkens baked the cookies in the ME Kitchen and we got to eat them while we were doing this Daily Report.

Period D: We filled in the daily report.  While we were doing the report there was a “Hold and Secure Drill” . We had our daily Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Monday is a Staff Meeting Short day schedule. Bus p/u at 12:30 PM 

Daily Report for Thursday September 22nd 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny and Hot….

HIGH : 29°C                 LOW : 14°C                            P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our Lunch. Today we had Pizza and Caesar Salad. Emily prepped the lettuce. Rebeca sliced the mushrooms. The Sasitharan brothers and Keyur set the table. Ahmed and Fahim cut up the sweet peppers. Shakur and Matthew grated the mozzarella cheese. Then we all got to make our own personal pizza. 

  

Period B:  We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Once again we learned about using the mouse. We also had time to work on individual educational programs.

Period C: Keyur and Fahim started their co-op placement at Dollarama. They stocked some shelves with different merchandise  The rest of us began by meeting in the ME kitchen to clean up from our lunch. We all got a chance to help with the dishes and general clean up. We then went back to the classroom where we did some literacy activities on the Promethean Board.   

Period D: We went for a walk around the school. We filled in the daily report. We had our daily Mindfulness Meditation sitting.