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Lesson Title: Pumpkin Pie, but of course!
Date of Class: 14 November, 2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 2-3:30
MC: Katie
DJ: Joseph
Assistants:
Module: Society and Culture – Holidays
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Materials seem fineSelf 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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8Total Score: 33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Started with Alphabet, Yell & Spell, Today’s Lesson, Document Search – Pumpkin Pie Recipe. The next activity was a Round Robin of the question, “Have you ever had pumpkin pie?” After this went around the room, Katie opened the timer app on her phone. She timed how fast the class could go, and then tried again to see how much faster they could go. The class was really engaged with the activity, cheering each other on to do better/faster. The class really enjoyed that activity. Finally, some dictation. We then decompressed some of our post election thoughts and ideas for classes going forward. Great class.
Lesson Title: How to make laundry soap for a penny a load.
Date of Class: 11/1/2016
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 2-3:30
MC: Maureen
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: Kathleen, Anne
Module: Healthy Home
How Many Learners: 8
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) = 7
Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We did: Alphabet, Yell & Spell, Today’s Lesson, Dictation with Choral Response, This is… (Laundry soap ingredients edition), and Document Search, and a tile based word game (two teams compete to see who can make the spoken word from ‘Scrabble’ tiles).
The class went really well. Maureen paced the class very well. The dictation was the recipe for making laundry soap. We talked later about how introducing the real world items might have been better to do before hand. The learners were able to quickly adapt to some difficult new and non-standard terms like “Borax” and “Fels Naptha”. The game really engaged some of the learners competitive drives, but even the non-competitive learners were taking the opportunity to try to spell out the word after one team had gotten it.
Post class feedback went really well. Kathleen was interested in hearing about our experiences.Lesson Title: Making Change
Date of Class: 10 October, 2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 2-3:30
MC: Katie Z
DJ: Joseph L
Assistants: Judie, Barbara (Shadowing)
Module: Money
How Many Learners: 12
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need alphabet sheetsSelf 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) = 5
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): Alphabet, Yell & Spell, This is a … (Coins), Making change in groups, dictation.
Lesson Title: The Whole Enchilada
Date of Class: 9/22/2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2 – 3:30
MC: Chandra
DJ: Joseph L
Assistants:
Module: Nutrition
How Many Learners: 3
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) = 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: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was Chandra’s Dress Rehearsal. We went through Alphabet, Yell & Spell, Today’s Lesson, Document Search.
Lesson Title: Preparing Food Safely
Date of Class: 25 August, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2:00-3:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: Joseph
Assistants:
Module:
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) = 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) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 30
Lesson Title: Stay Healthy with Food Safety
Date of Class: 4 August, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2-3:30
MC: Cheryl L
DJ: Joseph L
Assistants:
Module: Food Handler’s Card
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need 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) = 5
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: 32
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started on time. Alphabet listen & Point, Yell & Spell, Document Search – Hand, Surface, Utensil, & Food Washing, Dictation with Choral Response & Round Robin, Document Search – Word Cloud, Bingo
Class flowed really well. We covered washing hands and cleaning areas. The learners really appreciated the bingo game.
Lesson Title: buying ingredients at the farmer’s market to make a healthy and delicious salad
Date of Class: July 21, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2 – 3:30
MC: Liz M
DJ: Joseph L
Assistants:
Module: Nutrition
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Supplies seemed okaySelf 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) = 5
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) = 7Total Score: 37
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alphabet Listen & Point, Yell & Spell; Today’s Lesson, Dictation names of vegetables, Round Robin – Use of vegetable words in sentences like “I like [insert vegetable here].”
Lesson Title: You’re not fully clean unless you’re zesfully clean.
Date of Class: 23 June, 2016
Day of Class: Thusday
Time of Class: 2-3:30
MC: Marc
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: William
Module: Shopping
How Many Learners: 5
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We 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) = 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) = 6Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Dictation, document search, choral response. All of that happened alongside a puppet show. The puppeteer needed to set up early, so we moved to the small conference room after the first fifteen minutes. Marc adjusted to the changes really well, on top of learning to deal with a class smaller than he is familiar with at Midland.
Lesson Title: Why you should eat blueberries
Date of Class: 16 June, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2:00 -3:30
MC: Joseph
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: Linda
Module: Cherries & Berries
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Rockwood needs more cardstock loyalty cards and self-evaluation forms.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) = 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): Not my best prepared class, but it turned out okay. I led learners through drawing and labeling a food pyramid. Dictation about blueberries and antioxidants.
Lesson Title: American Labor Unions and Cheeseburgers
Date of Class: 12 May, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6:00 – 7:30 PM
MC: Joseph
DJ: Tone
Assistants: Ivy, Cuong (Shadow), Graziella
Module: Labor History
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) = 5
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) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 28
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Ready, Listen & Point, Yell & Spell, Dictation, Dialogue (How many hours do you work?), Purpose of Labor Unions
Lesson Title: How Can I Help You?
Date of Class: 3 May, 2016
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00 – 7:30
MC: Gerardo
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: None
Module: Telephone Ettiquette
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) = 6
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) = 7Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Ready, Listen & Point, Yell & Spell, Dictation, Phone Conversation Round Robin.
Lesson Title: Giving Notice
Date of Class: 28 April, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30
MC: Diana
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: Ivy
Module: Talking to the Boss
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) = 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) = 5Total Score: 33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Listen & Point (Using Scrabble tiles. more tiles needed for the size of class.), Ready, Yell & Spell, Dictation, Minimum Wage Document Search, Round Robin.
Lesson Title: I Stand WIth Her
Date of Class: 18 April, 2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00 – 7:30
MC: Gerardo
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: Tamara
Module: Education & Government
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need 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) = 6
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): Yell & Spell, Listen & Point, Dictation, Choral Response. Gerardo also brought in a poster comparing the stances of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
Lesson Title: How to Talk to the Boss
Date of Class: 14 April, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6:00 – 7:30
MC: Alex
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: Ivy
Module: Talking with the boss
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) = 4
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: 33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alex used the score sheet and minimum wage document. The score card sheet was responded to very well by the learners, but there was some lack of context issues that we had to improvise for. Some learners had difficulty with the minimum wage sheet with the print being small, but it did spawn a lot of little conversations.
Lesson Title: Do you feel the Bern?
Date of Class: April 4, 2016
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00 – 7:30
MC: Gerardo
DJ: Joseph
Assistants: Tamara
Module: Education & Government
How Many Learners: 8
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) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 29
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started late, we had a low initial turnout (two learners at 6:00). More showed up and class proceeded.
Activities: Listen & Point, Yell & Spell, Dictation, Choral Response