Daily Report for Thursday November 3rd 2016

Weather for Today: Rainy, then Partly Cloudy and Cool..

HIGH : 13°C                  LOW : 9°C                   P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Matthew and  Fahim grated the cheese. Emily and Rebeca cut up the green peppers. Ahmed sliced the mushrooms. Mark and Joel set the table. Keyur made the Mango Punch. Nerissa prepped  the lettuce for the salad. When everything was ready we all made our own pizza's.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. Once again we used a computer game to learn about directions. We also had some time  to work on individual educational programs.

After we had eaten our lunch in the ME Kitchen we went to the Free Style Singing  Club where we practiced a John Lennon song “Imagine” which we will be performing at the Remembrance Day Assembly on Nov. 11^th.

  

Period C: Keyur and Fahim went to their co-op placement at Dollarama. They stocked  the shelves with merchandise. The rest of us met in the ME Kitchen where we all helped to wash the dishes and clean the kitchen. We then had our dessert of Vanilla Ice Cream. We then went back to our classroom  where we got use the Food Guide Sorting program that we created.

Period D: We went for a short Community Walk. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday November 2nd 2016

Weather for Today : Partly Cloudy and  Warm…

HIGH : 19°C                         LOW : 10°C         P.O.P. : 60%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We did our Current Events activity. We chose an article from the 24 Hour newspaper and cut it out and pasted it onto the worksheet. We then filled in the 4 W questions on the worksheet. When we had all finished our worksheets we presented our work to the class.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. We all logged on to the computers and played a game that was about directions.

  

Period C: Joel joined Ms.Hargraft’s class for  the period. The rest of us went on our weekly trip to No Frills. We bought  the ingredients for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having personal Pizza’s and Caesar Salad.

Period D:We began work on a new Promethean Board program. This one is about making a Pizza. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Note to Parents: Lunch Program tomorrow. Students do not need a lunch

Daily Report for Tuesday November 1st 2016

Weather for Today: Overcast and Cool…..

HIGH : 16°C                  LOW : 4°C                   P.O.P. : 30%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We filled in the Daily Report for Monday  as we did not have a chance to do it yesterday because of the Halloween Dance. We then took down the Halloween decorations in our classroom. We then had Circle Time. We spoke about what we had done over the weekend.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-23. We used Google Earth to look at different lakes and ocean’s. We learned about the difference between salt water and fresh water. We also had some time to work on individual educational programs.

  

Period C: We wrote in our Weekend Journals. When we had finished writing we presented our Journal’s to the class. We then had our weekly drama activity. We only had time for two games of Musical Chairs. Rebeca won the first game and Keyur won the second.

Period D: We continued to work on the Food Group sorting program we began last week. We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Monday October 31st 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and Cool….

HIGH : 8°C                            LOW : 1°C                      P.O.P. : 20%

Today we had our weekly trip to the Scarborough YMCA.  Before we went to the Y, we had our Mindfulness Minutes. At 9:30 we left or the Y. We took the 86 Scarborough bus to Kennedy Station. We then took the LRT to McCowan station. Then we walked to the YMCA.  We went upstairs to the indoor  track where we walked 42 laps which is 3 miles or 3.8 K ! We then went to the gym where we played some badminton. We then went downstairs  to use the treadmill machines. We then went to the Scarborough Town Centre where we ate lunch in the Food Court. After lunch we took the TTC back to school. We got back just in time for the Halloween Dance. We did not have time to do the daily report or a sit.

Daily Report for Friday October 28th 2016

Weather for Today: Sunny with a few clouds and quite cool..

HIGH : 9°C                            LOW : 0°C            P.O.P. : 10%

Period A: Emily and Joel went to their Co-op placement at Dollarama. They stocked shelves with merchandise. The rest of us began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then looked at different Jack O Lantern pictures to give us some ideas for our pumpkins. We came up with five different faces to use. Then we began carving or pumpkins. Here is a picture of our Jack O Lanterns….

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S- 14. We then went to the Gym for a special event. Ms. McDonald’s Leadership class put on a Halloween carnival for the DD Community. It was so much fun ! We played different games and got some prizes. Here are some picture of us playing some games…

                                      Fahim throwing a Rubber Chicken 

                                                 Shakur Bowling

  

Period C: We had our weekly Yoga session. Mr. Wilkens with the help of Ms. J. McDonald led us in some simple poses. After our Yoga we did a Body Scan Mindfulness exercise.

Period D: We went for a short community walk We filled in the Daily Report. We then went  back to work on our Food Group Sorting program.

Note to Parents: We will be going to the YMCA on Monday. Student’s will need gym clothes and a lunch.

Daily Report for Thursday October 27th 2016

Weather for Today: RAIN ! ! and Cold…..

HIGH : 5°C                            LOW : 0 °C                     P.O.P. : 100%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We went to the ME Kitchen to prepare our lunch. Keyur and Emily cut up the green pepper. Shakur peeled and cut up the carrots. Ahmed, Mark and Joel set the table. Nerissa made the Fruit Punch. Matthew and Fahim cut up the celery. Rebeca washed and ripped up the lettuce. We had Chicken Burgers and Garden Salad.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-14. We tried to use the class set of I Pads but some were locked so we had to go to S-23 to use the computers. We continued to use Goggle Earth to work on compass directions.

After we had eaten our lunch we went to Free Style Singing Club.

Period C: Keyur and Fahim went to their co-op placement at Dollarama. They worked with the artificial flowers.  We met in the ME Kitchen where we all helped out doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Then we had our dessert of Vanilla Ice Cream. We went back to our classroom where we did a review of the 4 Food Groups. We then used the Promethean Board to write a sorting activity program. We did not get it all done, but we got a good start.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.

Daily Report for Wednesday October 26th 2016

Weather for Today: Partly Cloudy and  Cold……

HIGH : 4°C               LOW : -1°C                  P.O.P. : 20%

Period A: We began with our Mindfulness Minutes. We then did a review of how to fill in the Current Events worksheet. Following that, we did our weekly Current Event activity. We chose an article/picture from the Metro newspaper and used it to complete the worksheets.

Period B: We met Mr. Infinity in S-14.We used the I Pads to call up Google Maps for a view of the school. We then worked on compass directions We also had some time to work on individual educational programs.   

During the lunch period we went  to Dance Club. We danced to a Justin Timberlake song.

Period C: We walked to No Frills to buy the groceries  for tomorrow’s lunch. We will be having Chicken Burgers, French Fries and Garden Salad.

Period D: We filled in the Daily Report. We had our Mindfulness Meditation sitting.