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Site: David Douglas
Lesson Title: grey garbage, green compost, blue recycle, yellow glass!
Date of Class: Nov 07, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Jess & Charlotte
Module: recycle it!
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): awesome!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 8
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Made little replicas of colored trash receptacles that learners could put cards in that had photos of various recycled and thrown away items after RR of passing them around. Chicken, glass bottles, yogurt containers, etc. I challenged them with the word “poultry” instead of simply saying “chicken.” They were intrigued and a few of the learners looked up poultry on their phones. We talked about our neighborhood and the different trash pick-up days and played Scrabble Scramble–three guys against three gals. Spoiler alert….gals were triumphant (big surprise ;) )
Site: Parklane Elementary
Lesson Title: Hand me a pie or deliver me a dumpling!
Date of Class: Nov 05, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Happy holidays
How Many Learners: 3
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): I brought my own materials. I couldn’t locate the PPT crate and my point person, Andrew, whose desk it was in or near, was not there that day.Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I dictated sentences about the fall spices we use in our food specific to the holidays such as Thanksgiving. We passed around and smelled cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. My mistake was pointed out by one of the learners that the cinnamon sticks I passed around were cinnamon sticks and not cloves. he did a search on his phone and we all looked at what cinnamon and cloves look like on their bushes. I passed around my dumpling maker and we ate apple dumplings while playing Scrabble Scramble where Mexico was the winner almost every time over Russia!
Site: David Douglas
Lesson Title: Food coma
Date of Class: Nov 05, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Charlotte
Module: Fall Holidays
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): great!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was Jess’s Dress Rehearsal and she did a fantastic job being calm and laughing and even ended exactly on time. She passed around items typically prepared for an American Thanksgiving feast such as Stove-top stuffing and a sweet potato casserole (just photos of this). The learners enjoyed learning new vocabulary and passing the photos to their immediate neighbors. Jess ended the class by dictating sentences about how we three facilitators spend our Thanksgivings.
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Site: David Douglas
Lesson Title: Thanksgiving can be a time of reflection and appreciation
Date of Class: Oct 29, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MaureenSeastarTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Jess, Charlotte
Module: Fall Holidays
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): great!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Since I didn’t want to get into why we celebrate Thanksgiving, I concentrated on FOOD, FAMILY and FUN; mostly food. We passed around fall spices that go into pie making–cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and passed around my dumpling maker. We asked each other if we would like an apple dumpling while we ate apple dumplings. The dumpling maker was passed around and we laughed at the fact that it looks like a set of teeth. Ended the class with playing a great game of Scrabble Scramble. The night custodial manager is trying to get us a new room, since ours is like a sauna and there’s not enough room for everyone if the class gets any larger. I’m excited!
Site: David Douglas
Lesson Title: Trimet is all about numbers numbers numbers!
Date of Class: Oct 22, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Jess, Charlotte
Module: Trimet
How Many Learners: 13
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): great!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 9What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I can’t believe I didn’t think of turning the Round Robin survey I made–“How often do you ride the bus?” a) every day b) every week c) every month d) never into a “And the results are…..drumroll…and have them write down: 3 people ride the bus every day, 3 people ride the bus every week, 2 people ride the bus every month, etc. It just sort of died even though I wrote down what their answers were and they were very curious about each others’ answers!!!!!!!!!! UGH!!! I’ll be bringing this teaching fail onto my pillow tonight fo sho!!! The class was very chatty and learners seem to be getting into a nice rhythm with who will help whom and I think they feel comfortable with us teachers and we can laugh and make fun of each other. It’s a dream class and Jess is very excited to try her hand at facilitating.
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Site: David Douglas
Lesson Title: As American as apple pie
Date of Class: Oct 17, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Jess and Charlotte
Module: Fall Orchards
How Many Learners: 13
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): great!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I dictated “10 Easy Tips to Make the Best Pies” and we had a lot of tongue-twisting fun with with word pairs such as ‘crust’s structure’ etc. We closed the class by passing around popular baking apples ie “This is a Granny Smith!” and had to go faster and faster to end the class at exactly 7:30. Learners were almost dropping the apples and it was a lot of fun.
Site: David Douglas
Lesson Title: What’s a Hop Pass all about?
Date of Class: Oct 15, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Jess, Charlotte
Module: Trimet
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): great! We’ll need loyalty cards soon!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): There were fewer learners than last class, however, there were a few very low-level learners, so it took a while to get through the sentences. We celebrated small victories and the learners sitting next to those who struggled were patient, kind and extremely helpful. We asked each other if we had hop cards and passed one around. We laughed when I said I just loaded $30 on the card we passed around and they pretended to put it in their pockets.
Lesson Title: What three apples are hidden in this pie?
Date of Class: 10/10/2010
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Maureen
DJ: Maureen
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: jess, Charlotte, Nicole
Module: Fall Orchard
How Many Learners: 12
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8
Total Score: 44
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Today’s lesson was all about apples! I dictated sentences abut apples and their qualities–crisp, tart, sweet, etc. We passed around apple slices and asked each other if we would like a taste, then had apple pie at the end of class and guessed which three apples, of the six we tasted, we used in the pie. learners got a kick out of guessing, but none of them guessed all three apples (Granny Smith, Fuji and Honeycrisp :) ) One of the learners came up after class and very shyly asked me if he could bring friends to the next class. I told him hells yeah!!!Lesson Title: Help! I lost something on the bus!
Date of Class: 10/8/2019
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Maureen
DJ: Maureen
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Nicole, Jess, Charlotte
Module: Trimet
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8
Total Score: 41
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was the first class at this venue, so I really concentrated on making the procedure very clear–lots of “ready!?” and demonstrating with a pencil. We dictated sentences about what to do when you leave something on the bus, then found streets and phrases on actual bus schedules/maps and passed them around “This is a bus schedule!” Played Trimet BINGO where two winners received “cash prizes” (chocolate coins–to much laughter), then asked “Would you like a cookie?” at the end where we passed around a Tupperware of 5-chip cookies I made for the class while we helped learners fill our their Loyalty cards using Jess’s card for a model. Great first class; lots of enthusiastic and smiling learners!Site: Rockwood Library
Lesson Title: Can you bring the potato salad?
Date of Class: Jul 23, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: July holidays
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): I replenished the alphabet sheets, but we need a few more loyalty cards unless there are uncut ones in the file folder.Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Nick did a great job with his Dress Rehearsal! This was one of the biggest classes we’ve had at Rockwood in a long time–11 learners and five different native languages spoken!!! Nick dictated several sentences pertaining to his fourth of July itinerary which included food and beer. One of the sentences included “washed it down” and those learners who use their translators were tripping over this until we mimed drinking beer to wash down the food, to much laughter. The class had a lot of levels and people from all over the globe who wandered in after class started, but Nick kept his cool and was able to work one-on-one with most of the learners.
Lesson Title: The Hypocrisy of our Founding Fathers
Date of Class: 7/16/19
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Maureen
DJ: Maureen
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Declaration of Independence
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
NEED LOYALTY CARDS!!!
Self EvaluationPreparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 8
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 46
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Learners asked about the word hypocrisy, translated it on their phones and asked about how this manifested itself in the people who settled America. Giggled at the portraits of the stogy old white guys on the flashcards I had and passed around during Round Robin. This was a pretty high-level class, so I challenged them with a couple intricate sentences. There were three different languages spoken in the class of six learners of varied ages and personalities. They enjoyed coloring in the original colonies on blank U.S. maps I passed around. Very fun, very positive class.
Lesson Title: Make your own laundry soap for a penny a load!
Date of Class: 6/17/19
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 11:30 am -1:00 pm
MC: Maureen
DJ: Maureen
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: o
Module: Weights & Measures
How Many Learners: 2
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 43
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I was almost late as I had to go back and re-park my car in the VOZ lot; unsure of whether or not I could, at first. There were only two learners, but we had fun passing around lots of utensils/tools and ingredients needed to make DIY laundry soap. Learners asked poignant questions about pluralizing words and the difference between a measuring cup (Pyrex) and measuring cup(S) or spoons. I forgot all about attendance and didn’t realize class was over since there’s no clock to help me pace and I couldn’t see my sundial from the smallish windows. But…we ate cookies, so all was right with the earth!
Lesson Title: Mothers make families
Date of Class: May 21, 2019
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Matthew
DJ: Maureen
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Sheila
Module: motherhood
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
No more loyalty cards to cut up on cardstock in the folder. There are a few blank ones in the loyalty card box; probably enough to get by as it is the last week.
Self EvaluationPreparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 10
Total Score: 47What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): M. dictated sentences about mothers and families and passed around photos of his own family. Learners were connected to the lesson, wanted to ask questions about our families and reveal things about their own. They also helped each other find success during the sentence dictation and instead of being bored, higher-level learners created their own opportunities to teach those around them. We passed out flyers for alternate classes for learners to take in the summer and they made sure they translated and understood when and where these classes were.
Lesson Title: The New Colossus
Date of Class: 05/20/2019
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Maureen
DJ: Maureen
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Sheila!
Module: Immigrant history
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
good!
Self EvaluationPreparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 8
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 45
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Dictated sentences pertaining to the Statue of Liberty such as ‘Lady Liberty wears a size 879 shoe!’ Asked each other questions such as “Have you ever seen the Statue of Liberty” to much laughter since the learners had a photocopy of the statue in front of them. It was fun to watch which of the learners caught on to the joke. One learner stared at the copy and said “YES!!!” :) Fun class; one new learner who seemed to enjoy herself.
* I passes out flyers for alternative classes learners can attend in the summer.Lesson Title: We are the huddled masses!
Date of Class: 5/13/19
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 2-3:30
MC: Maureen
DJ: Maureen
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: 0
Module: Immigrant history
How Many Learners: 9
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
good!
Self EvaluationPreparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 44
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Dictated lines from the poem “The New Colossus” on the base of the Statue of Liberty after showing them a picture of her. Passed around the library’s giant globe to see from how many different areas of the world our families are from during RR. Drew a diagram on the dry erase to show the difference between “woman’ and ‘women’ and ‘man’ v. ‘men’ after there was much confusion. English sure is crazy with all these seemingly-arbitrary irregular spellings/pronunciations!!! ;)