Kelly Elementary – Winter 2018

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  • #9738
    Cara Finlayson
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: At the Doctor
    Date of Class: 2/13/18
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 9:00 am
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Ian
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Amanda, Hong, Traci (Ian’s mom was visiting), Cara
    Module: Health and Social Services
    How Many Learners: 17
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
    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) = 7

    Total Score: 39

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Ian’s mom Traci was visiting and was an awesome guest shadower. Class had a moment of great hilarity. And was pretty upbeat throughout. MC tried an interesting phone related exercise that was fun but because the resource being accessed had changed formats, the exercise became less health related, but still of value as everyone had fun and followed Patrik’s directions. Great engagement between students and alot of smiling occurred. It is hoped that the table configuration at Kelly will be updated to allow shadowers to be able to walk around each table to better assist all of the learners. Excellent class.

    #9742
    Melissa Stocking
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Stormwater/Valentine’s Day
    Date of Class: 2/14/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6PM
    MC: Christina
    DJ: Melissa
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Stormwater
    How Many Learners: 5
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): all good

    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 34

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The lesson began with the Stormwater module but then shifted into Valentine’s Day specific activities. We noted great connection and engagement amongst the learners , with lots of mutual helping

    #9754

    Lesson Title: Can’t remember
    Date of Class: 2/6/18
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-730
    MC: patrik
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Christina
    Module: Health & Social Services
    How Many Learners: 6
    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) = 5
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 2

    Total Score: 30

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This report is being posted 13 days after the class happened. I remember one higher skill level Chinese speaker coming from Vancouver. We had one learner who really only ended up with us accidentally, which was kind of awkward, though she did ok. We worked with disease names and hospital experiences

    #9759
    Cara Finlayson
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: At the Doctor
    Date of Class: 02/20/2018
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 9:00am
    MC: Ian Connelly
    DJ: Cara Finlayson
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: None
    Module: Health & Social Science
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    Looked Good
    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
    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) = 7

    Total Score: 40

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Despite the snow, attendance was good. Weather did not dampen spirits and Ian was a great and Fun MC. There were no shadowers but the class was manageable none the less.

    #9772
    Ian Connelly
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Bodies in Motion
    Date of Class: 2/27/2018
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 9 am
    MC: Ian
    DJ: IanLanky Lobo
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Prevention and Wellness
    How Many Learners: 13
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    Need new copies of EVAL sheets
    Need new LOYALTY cards for transferring names over

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) =5
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) =5
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =5
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =7
    34
    Total Score: 34

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    Amanda’s Dress Rehearsal! It went great and she showed excellent poise. There was a fire alarm right at the beginning of class but it was handled well. Learners were engaged, and loved getting up and doing the Say and Do physical activity.

    #9773
    Ian Connelly
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Vitamins and Minerals
    Date of Class: 2/27/18
    Day of Class: Tues
    Time of Class: 6 pm
    MC: Christina creative traveller
    DJ:Ian lanky lobo
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Cara, Alexis
    Module: Wellness and Prevention
    How Many Learners: 8
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    Need new Loyalty cards to transfer names over

    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) =7
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =6

    Total Score:38

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):

    Christina led a great class, we had two new learners and the class was very engaged with the material. There was good laughter and banter. Hoping new learners will return!

    #9776
    Ian Connelly
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Make it rain!
    Date of Class: 2/28/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 9:00AM
    MC: Na’ama
    DJ: Amanda
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Joann
    Module: Community Agriculture
    How Many Learners: 6
    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) = 6
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 38

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Na’ama brought the watershed model which worked great! We started by doing choral response on the parts of the watershed (farm, houses, river, roads, etc). We then passed around the pollutants “this is fertilizer” and then spread them on the model. Then we passed all of the items together “These are pollutants” “What?” “Pollutants!” Finally, we made it rain and watched all the pollutants run into the river and lake. After the model we did dictation: 1) People put fertilizer on their lawns. 2) Golf courses and farms use pesticides. 3) Construction sites create loose dirt. 4) Cows poop on the farm. Overall this was a very fun and visually rich lesson.

    #9781

    Lesson Title: Lents International Farmer’s Market
    Date of Class: 02/28/2018
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6:00 PM
    MC: Melissa
    DJ: Christina
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: N/A
    Module: Community Agriculture
    How Many Learners: 6
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need more loyalty cards

    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 34

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was a small group, one of the new learners struggled to understand the yell and spell portion, but with enough support was able to grab hold of the activity. We did a round robin “This is a……” with different vegetables. The learners were very engaged, connected well with each other, and laughed a lot.

    #9796
    Amanda Greenvoss
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Eat Your Vitamins
    Date of Class: 3/6/18
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 9AM
    MC: Ian
    DJ: Amanda
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Prevention and Wellness
    How Many Learners: 15
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    Self Evaluation
    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7
    Total Score: 38
    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): A good sized group with a lot of variety in language levels. Ian led a very hands-on class, passing lots of food around (“This is Mac and Cheese”) with multiple foods being passed at the same time, which was fun and full of laughter. The document search consisted of an infographic with pictures and words of which foods provide which nutrients, a second infographic about which vitamins effect which part of your body, and then we document searched a nutrition label. After the document search, we put our hands in or out of the table when Ian asked about foods we like (“Do you like avocados?”). We didn’t do quite as much dictation as usual, and on reflection we thought perhaps we would have cut out the second infographic. Everyone seems like they had a good time today!

    #9799
    Ian Connelly
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Living an Active Lifestyle
    Date of Class: 3/06
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Christina Creative Traveler
    DJ: Ian Lanky Lobo
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Health and Social Services
    How Many Learners: 9
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    good
    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) =6
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) =6
    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) =7

    Total Score:38

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    There was initial confusion between Christina and myself about who was MCing, but fortunately she had prepped a plan so MCed away, I filled in with another activity for the last 15 minutes. We had one new learner, a parent I’m really glad to see making the class. the rest are regulars and its a good sized class. We talked about different activities for exercise, then did a Listen and Do for them, and I think that was fun for learners

    #9805
    Melissa Stocking
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Community Gardening
    Date of Class: 3/7/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6PM
    MC: Christina
    DJ: Melissa
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: None
    Module: Science, Nature, Technology
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) =6
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) =6
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =7
    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) =6

    Total Score: 38

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Community agriculture lesson. A highlight was playing a bingo game in the middle of class that the learners engaged with and enjoyed.

    #9808

    Lesson Title: The right tools for the job
    Date of Class: 3/7/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 9:00 am
    MC: Amanda
    DJ: Na’ama
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Joann, Cara, Hong, Spencer (guest!)
    Module: Community Agriculture
    How Many Learners: 9
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): looks good

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 37

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Spencer from the Lent’s tool library came as a guest speaker for this class, which worked out great! He brought tools with him, and we did some dictation about the Lent’s tool library and the tools. We all got up to stand in a circle for passing around the different tools with “this is a shovel. a what. a shovel” activity, which was a fun break from the norm. Some of the higher skilled learners definitely connected with the material and understood the possiblity of getting tools from the library, which was exciting!

    #9819
    Amanda Greenvoss
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Shopping on a budget
    Date of Class: 3/13/18
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 9:00AM
    MC: Ian
    DJ: Amanda
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Hong
    Module: Prevention & Wellness
    How Many Learners: 10
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 30

    What happened: Today we tried something a little different. After a long time doing a document search on a page of the “top 14 vegetables”, we did a dictation “Is it a cauliflower?” “Yes it is” “No it isn’t”. Then Ian would pick a vegetable on the sheet and describe it using words on the sheet. “It is high in fiber” and a learner would ask “Is it spinach?” and Ian would say “no it isn’t” then he would go on to give more clues until a learner guessed it right. This was really fun for the higher learners, but we think it might have gone over some of the lower learners’ heads. By the end, some of the higher learners were giving the clues for other learners to guess. Another dictation and dialogue we practiced was: “Excuse me” “How can I help you?” “I am looking for vinegar” “Vinegar is on aisle 5”. We did a document search on another page about retail price versus unit price.

    #9821
    Cara Finlayson
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Health and Human Services
    Date of Class: 03/13/2018
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6:00pm
    MC: Christina
    DJ: Cara
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: none
    Module: Vaccinations
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    Need more attendance records and evaluation sheets but everything else is good
    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 35

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class had two new learners. Challenging due to the higher percentage of lower level learners. MC handled this class with grace in spite of this challenge. Learners were supportive of each other and the newcomers. Good class overall.

    #9825

    Lesson Title: Bugs in the Garden
    Date of Class: 3/14/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 9:00 am
    MC: Amanda
    DJ: Na’ama
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Comminuty Agriculture
    How Many Learners: 5
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): low on eval sheets but otherwise good

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 35

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Smaller class today because of no head start. We did a listen and point with a sheet of beneficial bugs and pests, then some dictation, and then MC used that dictation to ask learners “Is this a good bug?” We weren’t sure how well that would go, but most of the learners really seemed to get it! Having a small class allowed us to engage each person with direct questions. We had pretty extreme difference in ability levels but everyone worked together well and seemed engaged. We then looked at the other side of the page which had different foods pollinated by bees, with another listen and point.

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