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Lesson Title: I go bananas for my great-grandmother’s banana bread recipe
Date of Class: September 15, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6-6:30 pm
MC: Maureen
DJ: Mike
Assistants: Ivy, Ashley
Module: My Favorite Recipe
How Many Learners: 17
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Could use some more loyalty cards on the heavy paperSelf 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) = 6Total Score: 35
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Maureen started with the alphabet drill followed by Yell and Spell with names. We did dictation progression with her great grandmother’s recipe, then we did several dialogue round robins identifying different kitchen item. We did a few actions, like stirring, scooping, and kneading. Then we found words in a cooking-related word cloud. We finished up with a sample of the banana bread that Maureen had made.
Lesson Title: It’s Raw
Date of Class: 9/1/16
Day of Class: Thurday
Time of Class: 6-7…30
MC: Cheryl (Class was led by Luke in his dress rehersal)
DJ: Mike W
Assistants: Ivy
Module: Food Safety
How Many Learners: 17
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): completeSelf 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) = 4
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): Luke led the class through Yell and Spell, then through the Alphabet sheet. We did some dictation practice, and then worked through two handouts dealing with food temperatures and safety. We did a brief exercise standing and pointing toward different locations. Then we finished with a couple more dictation sentences.
Lesson Title: Bacteria, bacteria everywhere, so chill the food you eat!
Date of Class: August 25, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6-7:30 pm
MC: Maureen
DJ: Mike
Assistants: Ivy, Whiley
Module: Food Safety
How Many Learners: 20
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): completeSelf 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): Started out normally with Alphabet Listen and Point, and Yell & Spell. We then moved to the bigger room. Then we did sentence dictation and a round robin with a dialogue about a refrigerator. We finished up with a Seek & find with a food safety-related handout.
Lesson Title: I Lost My Poor Meatball When Somebody Sneezed
Date of Class: August 18, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6-7:30 pm
MC: Maureen
DJ: Mike
Assistants: Ivy, Terry
Module: Food Safety
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): complete, but running short of loyalty cards on cardstockSelf 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: 22
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with the alphabet listen and point., then went on to yell and spell with our names. We then did Sentence dictation with several food safety sentences, followed by a round robin where we passed around and identified a meat thermometer. We were missing quite a few of our higher level learners, so sentence dictation took a while, but everyone seemed to learn some things.
Lesson Title: Service Animals
Date of Class: August 11, 2016
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Janet G
DJ: Mike W
Assistants: Ivy, Krisie, Patrik
Module: Animals Adapt
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): completeSelf 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) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 35
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class began with Listen and Point with the alphabet sheet. We had a few students show up during this exercise, so it got a bit crowded. We then went ahead with the Yell & Spell. Everyone did well, and the new students caught on immediately. After doing the dictation progression with the lesson title, Service Animals, we moved onto to a dialogue about guide animals, followed by a round robin with the dialogue. We then worked with handouts Janet brought about ADA Service animals and unusual service animals. Janet then finished up with an active exercise, having everyone stand and point as she called out the cardinal directions.
Lesson Title: When in Doubt, Throw it Out
Date of Class: August 4, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Janet
DJ: Mike W
Assistants: Ivy, Luke
Module: Food Safety
How Many Learners: 19
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): completeSelf 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) = 7Total Score: 34
What happened:
This was Janet’s second silent class, and we were again able to use the bigger room. We did Listen and Point with the alphabet flashcards. The class was able to understand what Janet wanted and had fun. After Yell & Spell, we went through a dialogue with Ivy and Mike speaking the parts. The group then stood up and did a Listen and Do activity acting out food prep words like “wash hands” and “mop.” We then did dictation with some new sentences related to food safety. Janet brought a word search, and the class worked on that in pairs, and we did a choral response with those terms.Lesson Title: Who Lives in the Forest?
Date of Class: August 3, 2016
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Janet – THIS WAS HER SILENT CLASS
DJ: Mike
Assistants: Ivy
Module: Animals Adapt!
How Many Learners: 22
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): completeSelf 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) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 36
What happened: This was Janet’s first silent class. She did not speak while teaching. We started with “Listen” and Point. Janet used flash cards to indicate the letters she wanted and was able to use them to do combinations of letters as well. We then did Yell & Spell, with Janet using sign language (and her DJ’s voice) to do her name. Luckily, after that they library allowed us to move to the bigger room since we had such a large class. We then went through a dictation progression, Janet again signing the dialogue and the DJ speaking it out loud. We worked on a memory game done with animal flashcards.
Lesson Title: Mence to Society
Date of Class: July 27, 2016
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Marc
DJ: Mike
Assistants: Patrick, Matthew, Ramin, Hakima
Module: Native Plants
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): completeSelf 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) = 5Total Score:31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): After the alphabet sheets and Yell and Spell, Marc introduced Patrick from Portland Parks and Rec and Matthew from Urban Forestry, using their names and introductions in a dictation exercise. We then identified words on the Invasive Species handout. This was followed by copying a diagram of a leaf of a Tree of Heaven, an invasive species. We identified the parts of the leaf with choral response. We than did a round robin where we asked each other if we had ever seen the tree.
Lesson Title: Farmers Market Salad
Date of Class: July 22, 2016
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
MC: Janet
DJ: Mike
Assistants: Cheryl
Module: Farmers Markets
How Many Learners: 16
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): CompleteSelf 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) = 7Total Score: 30
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We went through the abc sheet and Yell and Spell. Janet then led the group in dictation identifying items on two recipes she brought. We then did Round Robin passing around some cherry tomatoes that everyone had the option of trying. We ended with a bingo game on cards we filled in with a dictation activity with vegetable names.Lesson Title: Invasive Plants
Date of Class: July 20, 2016
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30 pm
MC: Ramin
DJ: Mike
Assistants: Cheryl
Module: Native Plants
How Many Learners: 21
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): completeSelf 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) = 6Total Score: 37
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was a large class with a four new students. We went to the bigger room. We did spelling and dictation, and were able to look at invasive plants on posters. Ramin broke up some of the dictation with an activity pointing out the cardinal directions. The new students seemed engaged.