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Lesson Title: Apples come from trees
Date of Class: October 18
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Ashley
DJ: None
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Tim, Rachel
Module: Fall Orchards
How Many Learners: 20
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Printed some Self evaluationsSelf 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) = 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) = 6Total Score: 40
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Alphabet Sheets
Names: yell and spell
Dictated 3 sentences about apples
Dictated 6 words
Listen & point with tree species card: Douglas fir
Round Robin: Do you know what Oregon’s state tree is?
This is A: set of needles, leaf, cone, twigCopy the text below and paste into a comment, then fill it out! Please do not use your last name, or any learner names.
Lesson Title: When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall
Date of Class: 9/27/18
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6- 7:30pm
MC: Erin
DJ: Ashley
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Rachel, Laura, Marisol
Module: Happy Holidays
How Many Learners: 19
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 9
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) =8
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 9Total Score: 47
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
– Alphabet listen & point
– Names yell and spell
– Wrote down title of the lesson
– Viewed handout of images of the seasons
– Dictation with 8 words/phrases
– Listen & do with 7 actions
– Dictation progress with 2 sentences
– Round robin with question and response
– Listen & point with Word cloud
– Ate cookies and drank apple ciderLesson Title: A History of the United States; How it Began
Date of Class: 7/11/17
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Cam
DJ: Ashley
Assistants:
Module: Declaration of Independence
How Many Learners: 3
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): GoodSelf 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) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Started class with 15 minutes of the alphabet
Did yell & spell with names
Listened to an audio clip about the 4th of July
Had learners fill in the blank on a document with audio clip’s paragraphs
Watched a video about the Declaration of Independence
Dictated the title of the lesson and 2 sentences
Did “This is A” with pictures of past presidents
Discussed facts about the 3 presidents
Talked about what we did for 4th of JulyLesson Title: Let’s go on an adventure
Date of Class: 7/5/17
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Whiley
DJ: Ashley
Assistants: Julie, Ivy
Module: Exercise
How Many Learners: 18
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 1
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5Total Score: 23
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
While thought Izzy was doing his dress rehearsal and did not have a lesson. We started the class with alphabet listen and point. Names yell and spell. I created a lesson plan for her to use. We dictated the title of the lesson. Did listen and point with a sheet about camping in Portland. We dictated a couple of sentences. We did listen & point with Portland geography cloth maps. We did round robin questions. We ended class by dictating 3 more sentences.Lesson Title: Health care is a human right
Date of Class: 6/21/17
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Colleen
DJ: Ashley L
Assistants: Allan
Module: The American Health Care Act
How Many Learners: 12
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
Need card stock
Pencils
ErasersSelf 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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Opened class with alphabet listen & point. Did learners names during yell and spell. Dictated the title of the lesson. We did listen and point with 10 different words and phrases. We watched a video about health care being a human right. We then dictated 6 sentences from the video and did progressive dictation. We did round robin with question, “Do you believe that health care is a human right?” We dictated our round robin conversation and then did another round robin about the Healthy California Act, SB 562.
Lesson Title: Places To Explore
Date of Class: 06/01/2017
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2:00 pm
MC: Ashlyn
DJ: Ben
Assistants: Maureen
Module: In the Neighborhood
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Yes.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) = 7Total Score: 37
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We started class with the alphabet sheet with listen and point. We did yell and spell with names. We dictated the title the lesson along with two other sentences about federal budget cuts. We did round robin with question “What is a budget cut?” We did listen and point using a graph of the 2018 federal budget. Learners compared spending of the military compared to spending on education. We dictated 3 sentences about budget cuts. We did listen & point with a chart of every program with an expense change. We dictated 3 more sentences. We watched a video from USA Today of every program experiencing cuts, I read the words on the screen since there was no audio. We did a round robin “Would the budget proposal change education spending?” We ended class with Listen & Do.Lesson Title: The Affordable Health Care Act
Date of Class: 6/7/17
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Ben
DJ: Ashley
Assistants: Ivy
Module: The Affordable Health Care Act
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): need stock paper to print new cards, in need of 4 cards right nowSelf 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) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 3
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 27
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We did alphabet sheet listen and point for the first fifteen minutes. We went around the room doing names yell and spell. We dictated the title of the lesson “The American Health Care Act.” We dictated a long sentence about the act. Ben pulled learner’s cards from the pile of attendance and chose learners to read the sentence. We dictated another long sentence. Ben had the class repeat difficult words aloud. We listened to an NPR audio clip about the AHCA and learners read along with the transcript. We did listen & point using the audio transcript. Ben passed out a sheet with extra resources about the AHCA.
Lesson Title:
Date of Excursion: 5/20/17
Day of Excursion: Sat
Time of Excursion: 9:30AM – 1:30PM
Location of Excursion: PSU Park Blocks
MC: Marc
DJ: Ashley
Assistants: Patrik, Svetlana, Judy
Module: N/A
How Many Learners: 13
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) = 8
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) = 6Total Score: 40
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Patrik and I arrived at Midland library at 9:15am, Svetlana was already there with the city van. Marc arrived about 5 minutes later in a city car. Learners trickled in around 9:15am and continued until around 9:35am. We waited until 9:40-9:45am, and then took off. We had 3 learners with Marc in the city car and 10 learners in the van with Svetlana.
We arrived at PSU Park Blocks around 10:15am and we walked to the beginning location: SW Park & Main. We circled up into one huge group and did yell & spell of our names. We had learners count off into 4 groups and count off into 4 groups. It was difficult to have learners remember their number after the whole group went. Possibly next time we could have each facilitator stand off to the side holding up their number with their fingers, and learners can go directly to their facilitator when they find out their number.
We split up into 4 groups and Marc would read aloud a sentence a few times and then the facilitators broke down that sentence with their group of 3 learners. We recited sentences with facts about the park blocks. We walked over to the Abraham Lincoln statue and recited sentences about it. We walked over to the Teddy statue and recited sentences about it. We took a bathroom break in the Portland Art Museum.
We regrouped and recited sentences about the different types of trees we were passing. After we practiced sentences about a few trees, Svetlana took on the major MC role for the stormwater management section.
We walked over to a bioswale on a main street and recited a few sentences about its function. We walked over to the eco-roof on top of the bike shed and talked about eco-roofs. We then recited a sentence about the rain spout that releases water into the planters. After that, we walked to PSU Farmer’s Market. Marc left to pick up the donated food at this point.We walked through the market to get to the cob structures. We recited sentences about the eco-roof, the cob structure, and the cob oven. We had a worker from Portland Farmers Market do call and response with a few sentences about the farmers market. We ate lunch at the market. We walked back to the vans and drove home. We made it back in time around 1:27pm.
HIGH-FIVES
– AMAZING turnout!
– Very engaged group
– Smal breakout groups proved to be very successful
– Providing lunch for participants
– Seeing folks really make the connection to natural stormwater management methods, as well as asking about trees we were seeing along the way!Challenges
– Short on time/planned for too much
– Marc didn’t know he would be leading the group, and that caught him off guard. So, he would prefer clearer communication on roles the next time around.
– Probably should have ordered a few extra burritos
– It worked out okay, but could have planned for a morning bathroom break
– Not all of the facilitators had a lesson plan, which made it difficult
– Some of my learners wish they had the words in front of them to read because they couldn’t learn verbally
– People getting lost/disconnected from the group (maybe colored flags, shirts for next time)Lesson Title: Earth Day Event
Date of Excursion: 4/22/17
Day of Excursion: Sat
Time of Excursion: 9am – 12PM
Location of Excursion: Nadaka Nature Park
MC: Ashlyn
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: N/A
How Many Learners: 4 (1 adult + 3 children)
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) = 7
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) = 6Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Trash for Peace and PPT tried to coordinate for a combined excursion on this day. Ashlyn was a team leader at the Earth Day event at Nadaka Nature Park and I set-out to join her and her team to do a service project.
It was pouring rain this morning! I had kids sign up on a sheet the week before with their apartment number so I could knock on heir doors and collect them for the field trip. I only got 6/7 kids to sign-up so I coordinated with Rockwood’s Resident Services Coordinator to go door-to-door the morning of this event to recruit more kids. When I arrived, the RSC was not there. I went and knocked on everyone’s door who signed up, but only got one answer. We got one TfP student to join us that morning. Ashlyn had learners meet her at Rockwood library, where she had a charter van (Blue star) take her and her one learner to Nadaka.
We took a Lyft to Nadaka Nature Park and arrived around 10am. We had a bit of trouble finding Ashlyn because there are so many trees and she was in a back corner. After ~15 minutes, we finally connected! Ashlyn was our team leader and we followed her lead and switched projects when she told us to. I had the chance to talk to her PPT learner and she had the chance to talk to my TfP student, but we did not have our students interact.
We participated in the project until ~11:50am. We took a huge group photo with everyone who went out to help. Then we took a Lyft home and Ashlyn took her learner back to Rockwood.
HIGH-FIVES
– Ashlyn got to be our group’s team leader
– We got transportationCHALLENGES
– Finding the PPT group at the parkLesson Title: Welcome Back Vulture Day
Date of Excursion: 3/18/17
Day of Excursion: Sat
Time of Excursion: 12PM – 3PM
Location of Excursion: Nadaka Nature Park
MC: Ashlyn
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: Birds of the Wing
How Many Learners: 4 (1 adult + 3 children)
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) = 7
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) = 6Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Trash for Peace and PPT tried to coordinate for a combined excursion on this day. Trash for Peace students walked to Nadaka Nature Park, while PPT learners bad option of meeting at Rockwood Library and then Lyfting to Nadaka. It was pouring rain that morning. Only 2 TfP learners were able to go on the walking field trip. One PPT learner met up with PPT at Nadaka Nature Park with her 3 children.
TfP thought the Welcome Back Vulture Day was at Nadaka Nature Park, so our group got a little lost in the park. We later realized it was actually in the church, next to the park. We finally arrive at 1pm, after 45 minutes of walking from Madrona Place Apartments. TfP students had fun playing in the church, doing all of the different bird activities. After they completed all the activities within an hour, they were ready to go home. PPT learners were enjoying themselves and stayed later than us, TfP group left around 2:15pm.
HIGH-FIVES
– Got people to come out even though it was pouring rain
– All of the activities at the church were funCHALLENGES
– Didn’t get to connect PPT learners with TfP students
– Too far of a walk for my 5/6 year old TfP kids (1 mile)Lesson Title: Great libraries build communities
Date of Class: 5/22/17
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00pm
MC: Estefania
DJ: Ashley L
Assistants: N/A
Module:
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) = 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) = 6Total Score: 34
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We did alphabet listen & point followed by yell and spell. We dictated the title of the lesson. We dictated phrases on the library’s website. We did a listen & point using a sheet about Multnomah County Library Priorities. We did a “This is A” with different types of library books. We 2 dialogue road robins about the different types of books
Lesson Title: Working people gonna rise
Date of Class: 5/17/17
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6PM
MC: Marc
DJ: Ashley
Assistants: Ivy
Module: Labor Unions
How Many Learners: 19
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) = 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) = 5Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Marc was MC and started the class with alphabet for the first 15 minutes of class. We moved to the large room because we were over max capacity in the small room. We did yell & spell names. We dictation the title of the lesson, “Working people gonna rise.” We dictated 4 more sentences about PCUN. We did “This is A” activity using a picture of a nursery and a picture of crops. Marc made a fill-in the blank worksheet with pictures, “What’s grown in Oregon?” Each picture had a number (#1-5) and he asked the class what each picture represented, we then went on as a class to fill in all the blanks. We did a document search using the ELA flyer. We did a round robin with a sign-up sheet and the question, “Can you go this Saturday?” Learners either said, “No I can’t” and asked the next person, or, “Yes I can,” and filled out the sign up sheet. It was a great turn out and we got about 8/9 people to sign up!
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Lesson Title: The people united, will never be defeated
Date of Class: 5/3/17
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Marc
DJ: Ashley
Assistants: Terri
Module: Labor Unions
How Many Learners: 16
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) = 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) = 5Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started the class doing the alphabet listen and point. We went around the room and did yell & spell names. We dictated the title of the lesson, “The people united, will never be defeated.” We dictated 3 sentences about Cesar Chavez: 1) Cesar Chavez was a labor leader and civil rights activist 2) He was born in 1927 3) He co-founded a union with Dolores Huerta. We then did This is A activity using a picture of Cesar Chavez and a picture of Dolores Huerta. We did a document search using a Cesar Chavez Parade Poster. We dictated two more sentences to end the class: 1)Cesar Chavez became very influential 8) He has his own holiday on March 31st.
Lesson Title: Hauntings Happen Here
Date of Class: 4/25/17
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00pm
MC: Cecilia
DJ: Ashley L
Assistants: Cameron
Module: Maps & Addresses
How Many Learners: 11
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) = 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) = 6Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We started class with listen and point with the alphabet sheet. We went around the room doing yell and spell with names. We dictated the title of the lesson, “Today’s lesson is called, hauntings happen here.” We did a listen & point using a map of neighborhoods in Portland. We then dictated the addresses of several hunted addresses: Pittock Mansion, Crystal Hotel Ballroom, and Shanghai Tunnels. We dictated 2 Portland Fun Facts, “In its early years, Portland was a lawless frontier town.” “The government was corrupt.”
Lesson Title: Taxes and Governments
Date of Class: 4/24/17
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00pm
MC: Daniel
DJ: Ashley L
Assistants: Estefania, Cameron
Module: Taxes
How Many Learners: 5
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) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8Total Score: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We did alphabet listen & point followed by names yell and spell. We dictated the title of the lesson followed by 4 sentences related to taxes. We did a “this is an apple” activity, using a mapped a graph of GDP’s for various countries. We used the list of countries on the graph and labeled the map provided. We did round robin, Q: What percentage of GDP is taxed in the United States? A: 26% We did listen and point with a small paragraph about GDP’s. We then took turns reading sentences off the sheet.