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Lesson Title: Good Things Come in Trees
Date of Class: 2/9/2017
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2-3:30pm
MC: Kellie
DJ: Ashlyn
Assistants:
Module: Tree Hugger
How Many Learners:
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): All good! So beautifully clean!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) = 7Total Score: 40
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We had two new learners, and another fairly new learner with two children in tow too, but everything went super well and smooth. Started with Alphabet, Yell & Spell, and then some dictation before passing around various parts of a tree. Also did a word search, and a document search on information on Douglas Firs. Kellie also brought apple slices to share! Lots of laughter, and learners helped each other a lot.Lesson Title: Wrap It Up
Date of Class: 12/1/2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2-3:30pm
MC: Megan C.
DJ: Ashlyn T.
Assistants: Elizabeth
Module: Sustainable Traditions
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): More loyalty cards needed still I believe! Used the last blank one in the box. Alphabet sheets are good.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) = 9
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8Total Score: 46
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The lesson plan was made by Ashley and Patrik, and well delivered by Megan! We started with Alphabet Listen & Point, Yell and Spell, and then a dictation progression on the steps of how to make wrapping paper from a paper bag. After writing those steps down we handed out paper bags and Megan went back through the steps and the learners did them all together. We had a couple artists in the room! It was a fun class! Lots of laughter and engagement and lots of working together amongst learners. One new learner who seemed comfortable and fit in quickly.
Lesson Title: The President’s Cabinet (I think?)
Date of Class: November 16, 2016
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 2-3:30pm
MC: Patrik
DJ: Ashlyn
Assistants: Barbara, Davey, Julia
Module: Elections
How Many Learners: 9
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Cut some new loyalty cards that are available in the little box, good on alphabet sheetsSelf 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) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
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): Started with Alphabet Listen & Point and then Yell and Spell. Did a variation of Yell and Spell where the learners spelled their names a second time in a sing-songy way, followed by a choral response from the group. Most of the class was then spent doing a doc search on a doc that outlined the different roles in the President’s cabinet, much emphasis on correctly pronouncing many new words and the new definition of “secretary”. Ended class on time with two dictation progressions. Then, special surprise at the end, Trimet came in and filmed the class for about 10 minutes. Patrik asked everyone in the beginning of class if they’d want to stay afterwards to be filmed, and everyone stayed! We had fun doing dictation progressions of the Trimet employees names. Good, fun, engaging class. Had two seeing-impaired assistants in class today and we discovered good ways to allow them to assist learners effectively. In reflection, we discussed maybe even the possibility of getting some braille printed alphabet sheets.