Rockwood Library – Winter 2018

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  • #9769
    Kalin Johnson
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: All about DACA
    Date of Class: 2/26/2018
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6:00-7:30
    MC: Sara
    DJ: Kalin
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Education and Government
    How Many Learners: 5
    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) = 5
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
    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) = 6

    Total Score: 31

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alphabet listen and point, we also did a string of 3 or 4 letter combinations. This part was challenging for the students but it was equally engaging. We did dictations, first with single words and then we moved onto full sentences. Next we did a document search, and continued with full sentence dictations. then we did a round robin with an official document, and then we watched a video about DACA. The class was really engaged with one another, we had varying language abilities but Sara did a good job for the preparation and had sentences already written out. We used this for a low level learner it allowed the class to continue on at a smooth pace. The video was a little rushed but it was a good transition to pass out the cards. Overall the class went very smoothly and everyone seemed engaged with the content as well as the instructors.

    #9774
    Lucas Dodge
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Let’s go for a Walk
    Date of Class: 2/27/2018
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Izzy
    DJ: Lucas
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Prevention & Wellness
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): only 2 blank loyalty cards

    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) = 7

    Total Score: 40

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): There was one new learner and one on their 2nd visit in a group of 7. They seemed to get the flow of class well and fit in with a group that was otherwise pretty familiar with each other. The difference in proficiency level was stark, but didn’t cause any connection problems that I noticed; they were helping each other in English and Spanish. We did a round-robin, Vision Zero document search, this is…a safety light (and gave everybody a safety light to take home), and dictation progression with walking safety tips.

    #9775
    Sara Mulliner
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: A Nation of Immigrants
    Date of Class: 2/26/2018
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 2:00pm
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Sara
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: N/A
    Module: DACA – Immigration History
    How Many Learners: 12
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Running low on loyalty cards. Good on alphabet sheets, self-eval forms, and attendance records. (Thank you to whoever restocked them!)

    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) = 5
    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) = 7 (-1 point for this blurb being late) = 6

    Total Score: 37

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Our group was mostly “regulars” plus one newcomer who was relatively low-proficiency. It was remarkable to see how the learners seated around him rose to the occasion and provided support throughout the class.

    Patrik led the group through the usual first three activities followed by a document search of the “Percent of People Who Are Foreign Born” map. He did a slight variation on the activity by calling out state names even though they were not explicitly written. The learners seemed to enjoy the task and it was interesting to see which they knew: for example, several learners mixed up Arizona and Texas. We then did a round of dictation related to the document which gave learners an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the map. We concluded class with a document search of the poem “The New Colossus”, followed by a choral response reading of it bit-by-bit.

    A notable moment: towards the end of class while we transitioned between activities, learners broke out into several side conversations. I got to see first-hand a “low engagement, high connection” moment!

    #9785
    Maureen Riggs
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Portland’s Community Gardens
    Date of Class: 2/28/2018
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 2-3:30
    MC: Maureen
    DJ: Maureen
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: n/a
    Module: Community Agriculture
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    We need loyalty cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = n/a 6?

    Total Score: 41

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I dictated sentences about Portland’s community gardens that were varied in length and difficulty with several repeating words and phrases. During the RR, I asked the learners about their own gardens. They really loved talking about their gardens and I was surprised at the ones who said ”Yes, I enjoy gardening!” We played gardening bingo and a few of them giggled when I said “WEED!” as one of the bingo words. Oh humans!….what’re ya’ gonna do!? :)

    #9790

    Lesson Title: Using A Map And Following Directions
    Date of Class: 3/1/2018
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 2-3.30 pm
    MC: Herbert
    DJ: May
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Julia
    Module: Famous Artists
    How Many Learners: 10
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): loyalty cards

    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 8
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 45

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    Today, learners were a lot, so we could go slow in class. Some learners were slow to do dictation but Herbert could handle it very well. Moreover, Julia also helped a lot. In addition, the lesson also made them engaged and they enjoyed to talk to each other about the direction.

    #9792
    Cecilia Smith
    Spectator

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    Lesson Title: Coming to America
    Date of Class: 3/5/18
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 2:00PM
    MC: Sara
    DJ: Cecilia
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: DACA/Immigration History
    How Many Learners: 12
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need loyalty cards please!

    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) = 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: 33

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started the lesson with the standard listen and point, yelling and spelling or names, and the title of the day’s lesson. We then dictated some key words that we would use in the lesson; Sara built on last week’s lesson by continuing to use “Colossus” and using it as listen and point material, which we then read aloud together, line by line. We did a round robin for the Statue of Liberty, and then wrote down some facts about immigration to the United States from a video Sara had prepared. This culminated the lesson.

    #9794

    Lesson Title: The History of Immigration in the United States
    Date of Class: 03/05/2018
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6:00 PM
    MC: Sara
    DJ: Christina
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: N/A
    Module: DACA – Immigration History
    How Many Learners: 11
    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) = 7
    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 37

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was a large group of learners with one new student. The students really connected with one another and helped each other along with the tasks that were given to them. We did a round robin, “This is the Statue of Liberty…..” and then dictated immigration fact history. There was dictation of simple vocabulary words which helped students with the next task in forming sentences. Students struggled with the difficulty of the sentences, but Sara was able to adjust them without taking away from the facts.

    #9800
    Maureen Riggs
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: How much physical activity do you need?
    Date of Class: 3/6/2018
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 2-3:30
    MC: Maureen
    DJ: Maureen
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Judy and new(ish) shadower, Brian.
    Module: Prevention & Wellness
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    We desperately need loyalty cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    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): We dictated sentences having to do with physical activity to stay well and to ward off diseases. During the round robin, we asked each other what we enjoyed doing for physical activity. There were many different responses including yoga, swimming and in-line skating (guess who? ;) ). We then acted out several different types of exercise including rowing, bowling and Frisbee throwing. I held up signs with those activities written on them to see if learners could recognize the words and mime the activity. It was funny to see who was looking to whom to give it a try. Very chatty lively class! Brian was a great shadower and gave meaningful and indiscriminate help.

    #9801
    Izzy Armenta
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Don’t Wait, Vaccinate
    Date of Class: 3/6/2018
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6:00pm
    MC:Lucas
    DJ:Izzy
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Health& Social Services
    How Many Learners: 9
    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) =6
    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) =8
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =7

    Total Score:41

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Lucas played a CDC PSA and had the class write down the PSA in segments and then repeat it out loud, and that seemed to work well.

    #9803
    Amy Rose
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: What a beautiful garden!
    Date of Class: 03/07/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 02:00pm – 03:30pm
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Amy
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Community Agriculture
    How Many Learners: 16
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Good

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
    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) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 32

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

    This home garden themed lesson included a round robin about home gardens, a listen’n’point from a gardening book and a question/answer about the students who do have gardens. Two new learners joined us today and there was good connection over people’s gardening habits.

    #9816
    Sara Mulliner
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Facts about Immigration in the United States
    Date of Class: 3/12/2018
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 2:00pm
    MC: Cecilia
    DJ: Sara
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: N/A
    Module: DACA – Immigration
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): One full sheet of blank loyalty cards (uncut)… thank you to whoever printed these out! :)

    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) = 6

    Total Score: 37

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Today we had the usual number of learners with a few new faces mixed in. As always with this group, learners were excellent about helping one another and often got into side conversations related to the content.

    Cecilia showed a cool video that featured maps of the United States changing across time to reflect the different countries of origin of immigrants in each state. We dictated three sentences from the video (along with choral progressions of each) followed by a re-watching of the clip.

    We finished class with a brief dialogue asking if we have ever travelled to other places. Overall a good class!

    #9818

    Lesson Title: A Nation of Immigrants
    Date of Class: 03/12/18
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6:00 pm
    MC: Sara
    DJ: Ben C.
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Alondra V.
    Module: DACA Immigration History
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    Lots of good information, documents, video etc.
    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
    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) = 5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

    Total Score: 33
    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had a great class, her voice is very strong witch makes the students pay attencion and i could see that they like her. The only issue i saw was that Sara started using the board and saying ”repeat after me” witch i ussually dont apply this methods at my classes. We talked about this at the end of class so everything was perfect.
    Great class!

    #9822
    Maureen Riggs
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: What do you need in a first aid kit?
    Date of Class: 3/13/18
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 2-3:30
    MC: Maureen
    DJ: Maureen
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Judy
    Module: Prevention & Wellness
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    I forgot to check, but assume there are now enough loyalty cards since I saw new ones (cut) in the little box.
    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 39

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I dictated a few short sentences, then had them write down a bunch of items one would find in a first aid kit. We passed around each item after the word was written so that they could see what it was and get another chance to practice their reading/pronunciation. I deliberately used alternating plural and singular nouns so they could practice that as well–ie. THIS ointment and THESE bandageS. Didn’t get through the entire list as there were a small handful of low level learners, but they seemed to enjoy passing around the items. After I put the items back inside the kit, I showed them the complete FAK and we practiced saying it. Very chatty class with everyone helping each other as usual! :)

    #9826
    Herbert Geregg
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Portland’s Farmers Market
    Date of Class: 03/14/2018
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 2:00 pm
    MC: May
    DJ: Herb
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Community Agriculture
    How Many Learners: nine
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): good

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 9
    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) = 8

    Total Score: 48

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The class wasn’t as big as most classes. May was quite organized. There was an old Hispanic man that recently started to attend. He slowed down the group writing process, but May adapted and the class moved also okay. First, she pointed out some words from a written page about farmers markets. Then from another page, she had the class find names of vegetables and fruits that were matched with pictures.

    #9831
    Izzy Armenta
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Planting Trees
    Date of Class: 03/14/2018
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6:00pm
    MC:Brian Muck
    DJ:Izzy
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:Ivy
    Module:Community Agriculture
    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) =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) =5
    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): Brian facilitated the class about the Friends of Trees excursion learning opportunity. It was a great subject and the class had fun with the round robin, which involved actual tools.

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