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Lesson Title: Don’t Buy it New, Instead Buy it Used!
Date of Class: 10/17/2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Estefania
DJ: Ashley L.
Assistants: Monica, Sara
Module: Shopping
How Many Learners: 9
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) = 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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8Total Score: 43
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): ABC sheets, yell and spell with our names, then the title of today’s lesson which we did as a round robin.
Then we watched a video about fast fashion and dictated some terms from the video. We then worked on a document search and ended with some dialogue.Lesson Title: My Daughter Can’t Make It Today
Date of Class: 9/19/2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00 -7:30 PM
MC: Patrik
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Tamara, Monica, Ashley
Module: Back to School
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We could use some pencilsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
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) = 6Total Score: 37
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We started with ABC’s and yell and spell names. We then spent the rest of the class doing a round robin dialogue about whether or not any of us had kids, if so how old, etc. We were able to practice the same phrases multiple times while adding dialogue each round.Lesson Title: Guns, Walls and Political Brawls
Date of Class: August 15th, 2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Maureen
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Tamara
Module: Meet the Candidates
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We could use more loyalty cardsSelf 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) = 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) = 5Total Score: 30
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We started with alphabet sheets, yell and spell names and the title of today’s lesson. We then wrote down a couple of sentences and used them for the next activity for round robin with pictures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Then, we listened to speech excerpts from both candidates. We then dictated selected portions of what they said, practiced saying them, then listened to the video again. We ended with a word search that had information for both candidates on there.
Ramin sat in to observe this class.Lesson Title: America is a Melting Pot
Date of Class: July 25, 2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Maureen
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Linda, Monica, Tamara, Benjamin
Module: Race in America
How Many Learners: 14
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty CardsSelf 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) = 5
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) = 5Total Score: 30
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We did the alphabet sheets, yell and spelled our names, and then did the title of today’s lesson. Maureen brought in a globe that we used for a dialogue activity to show where our families were from. We then did a sentence dictation and did dialogue with this as well. We then did a word search with a word cloud and finished up with a fun word making game using scrabble pieces and relevant words we had practiced throughout the class.Lesson Title: Race in America
Date of Class: 7/11/2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30 PM
MC: Ramin
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Tamara, Monica and Linda
Module: Race in America
How Many Learners: 14
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We need more pencils/ pensSelf 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) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
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 started with the alphabet, yell and spell with our names, and the title of today’s lesson with a dialogue using the title. We did some dictation with words relevant to the module and a couple of MLK quotes. We followed this up with some listen and do and then ended with a listen and point word cloud.
Lesson Title: Constitutional Amendments
Date of Class: 6/27/2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Ramin
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Tamara
Module: Amendments
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty cardsSelf 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) = 5
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 with ABC sheets and yell and spell names. Then we did the name of today’s lesson as a question and answer. We then did some more dictation and dialogue followed by listen and do. We finished up with a listen and point activity.Copy 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: Exploring Oxbow Regional Park
Date of Class: 6/1/2016
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Alex
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Ivy
Module: Not sure
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): N/ASelf 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) = 7
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 began with alphabet sheets and yell and spell names. We followed this with the title of today’s lesson and modeled a dialogue for them. They wrote this down, then practiced with each other. We then got different pictures of places of nature features present at Oxbow and did the, “This is a _” activity. We also did a word search and a short dictation at the end.Lesson Title: Hold the Phone
Date of Class: May 23,2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Diana
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Tamara, Monica
Module: Telephone Etiquette
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) = 6
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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5Total Score: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with ABC sheets, names, and the title of the lesson, followed by dictation. We then did some listen and do and different dialogue scripts with different phone scenarios. We also filled out some similar scripts and filled out a sheet after listening to a voicemail. We ended by reading a phone dialogue.
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Lesson Title: Is This Safe to Take With Aspirin?
Date of Class: 5/14/2016
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00-3:30 PM
MC: Jessica U.
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Liana and Luke
Module: Pharmacy
How Many Learners: 5
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) =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) =5Total Score: 28
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We began with ABC sheets, yell and spell names and the title of today’s lesson. We were then introduced to a number of different items that were used in a later activity. Then we did dictation. We also did a word search followed by a game where we matched the items to different sections of the word search. The teacher showed them a carton of milk, they had to find the label that matched: Ex. Do not drink milk or eat dairy products while taking this medication. Then they each got their own item and had to read the corresponding section. We also did an activity where we had to do different actions if we liked or didn’t like certain foods. We ended with some open conversation.
Lesson Title: Sending A Message
Date of Class: 5/9/2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Diana
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Tamara
Module: Telephone Etiquette
How Many Learners: 15
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): N/ASelf 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) =5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =5Total Score: 30
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with ABC sheets and yell & spell names. We then moved on to dialogue practice with a hair salon appointment where they had to fill in the blanks for certain sections, then practiced the conversation with each other. We then did an activity reading and practicing dialogue with different 911 emergency situations. We ended with some dictation and round robin of a, “Can You Hear Me Now” dialogue.
Lesson Title: I’d Like A Refill Please
Date of Class: Saturday
Day of Class: May 7, 2016
Time of Class: 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM
MC: Estefania (Jessica’s Dress Rehearsal)
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Liana
Module: Pharmacy
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty cardsSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 3
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 3
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score:
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was Jessica’s dress rehearsal. We started off with alphabet sheets, then moved on to yell and spell names and the title of today’s lesson. We then did round robin with different types of medicines, and then did dictation.
Lesson Title: Nutrition In A Nutshell
Date of Class: 4/30/2016
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM
MC: Estefania
DJ: N/A
Assistants: Katie, Liana, Jessica
Module: Nutrition
How Many Learners: 12
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need more loyalty cardsSelf 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) = 3
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 3
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 25
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with alphabet sheets, then moved on to yell and spell names and the title of today’s lesson. We then moved on to a sheet that listed different vitamins and minerals and wrote down their benefits. Then we did a word search, round robin with different food items and finished up with open conversation.
Lesson Title: A Trip to the Grocery Store
Date of Class: March 19, 2016
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00- 3:30 PM
MC: Priya
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: None
Module: In the Kitchen
How Many Learners: 9
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) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with alphabet sheets then we spelled out some relevant words and wrote some numbers down. Then we reviewed each others names and practiced the title of today’s lesson. We then did a word search with a recipe for apple pie, and read little cards with descriptions of food on them. We ended with a listen and do activity.
Lesson Title: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup
Date of Class: 3/5/2016
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2-3:30 PM
MC: Zadok
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: None
Module: In the Kitchen
How Many Learners: 13
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Alphabet Sheets, Loyalty CardsSelf 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) = 6.5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5Total Score: 36.5
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with alphabet sheets, then moved on to names. We then wrote down the title of today’s lesson. After that we named different kitchen objects that Zadok had brought in and practiced a little dialogue with those. We then watched a video about how to make the perfect hard boiled egg and they wrote down pieces from it. We finished up with a listen and do activity.
Lesson Title: Welp, Let’s Hope This Works!
Date of Class: 2/13/2016
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00-3:30 PM
MC: Zadok
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Priya, Alex, Janice, Diana, Zezo, Halle, Hannah, Reya, Zach, Sally, Alma, Lucy, Noni, Elaina, Keily & Jackie
Module: At the Doctor
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): 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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
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):
Coming into the class, we had not only several student assistants help out today, but we had 4 additional assistants in a class of just 4 learners! The class was very high energy and lively. We started off by introducing ourselves to each other, then did choral response with the names. We did the storm activity which got everyone laughing. We also did the round robin activity with asking people if they had ever broken a bone or had stitches. We also did the body parts listen and do and wrote these down towards the end.