Site: Beach Elementary
Lesson Title: Getting around town
Date of Class: Feb 06, 2020
Time of Class: 9:00 AM
MC: AmandaAdventurousTraveler
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Maps and Addresses
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) = 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) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The three learners who came today all know each other. Two had lower English skills and one was quite high. It felt like maybe he thinks he is too high level for the class, so if he comes back I will work hard to engage and challenge him more. I think it would also help if we had a couple more learners to collaborate with. We talked about how we got to class, and then using pictures of other transportation modes (MAX, bus, bike, plane, etc) did some round robins about getting to class – How did you get to class today? I flew my plane. Oh! You flew your plane! etc etc. We then took a look at the Trimet system map, but it was not very successful, and I need to bring different maps in the future. One of the learners could not read the map at all because her eyesight was not good enough (and she either doesn’t have or didn’t bring glasses). Next time we will use a simpler map of the closer neighborhood. Finally, we had one learner give us directions to walk from her house to the school (When you leave my house, take a right. At the corner, take a left. Walk straight until you get to school).

Site: Beach Elementary
Lesson Title: Where’s that?
Date of Class: Feb 13, 2020
Time of Class: 9:00 AM
MC: AmandaAdventurousTraveler
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Maps and Addresses
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) = 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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We did a listen and point with a map showing the area surrounding Beach elementary. We then round robined asking and answering the address of the school. We then wrote our own addresses in the correct format and round robined those. We went back to the map and asked “Where’s Peninsula Park” and answered “Oh, its on Rosa Parks Way East of I-5” for a few different locations.

Site: Beach Elementary
Lesson Title: Getting to the laundromat
Date of Class: Feb 20, 2020
Time of Class: 9:00 AM
MC: AmandaAdventurousTraveler
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Maps and Addresses
How Many Learners: 1
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) = 6

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We did a listen and point with a sheet I made about where stuff is on a page “It’s next to the star” etc. This gave us lots of time to practice pronunciation – especially with “It’s”. Then we watched a video of the book Knuffle Bunny, which involves a dad and kid walking through town to get to the laundromat. We dictated the directions to the laundromat and then asked each other how they got there: “They ran down the block, and through the park. They zoomed past the school and into the laundromat”. We then had a good discussion about how we do laundry at home. We also talked about our kids and their favorite stuffed animals/toys (which is featured in the story). Overall this lesson worked really well in that we had practice writing (something this learner is lower level at) plus nice conversations (which the learner is quite good at).

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Site: Beach Elementary
Lesson Title: Where do they live?
Date of Class: Feb 27, 2020
Time of Class: 9:00 AM
MC: AmandaAdventurousTraveler
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Maps and Addresses
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) = 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) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): One of the regulars was sick, so it was one regular and one learner who regularly comes to other locations. We looked through a book called “Where Children Sleep” and dictated some information about the child. There is a large photo of each child’s room, so we then took turns identifying things in the kids’ room – soccer ball, baby doll, fan, cabbage etc. We then took turns asking each other about each kid. I also felt very honored by the chance to rock one of the learner’s baby to sleep. He is getting to know me and it is lovely.

Site: Beach Elementary
Lesson Title: Know your candidates
Date of Class: Mar 05, 2020
Time of Class: 9:00 AM
MC: AmandaAdventurousTraveler
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Super Tuesday
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) = 8
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) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 8
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I had planned a lesson for the Thursday module that covered hand washing. I had decided that the lesson was important enough given the current Coronavirus outbreak that I wanted to do it for each of my class locations, so I also did it at Rigler and Rockwood on Wednesday. It turned out that this morning one of my higher level learners from Rockwood came to the class at Beach (which she doesn’t typically do). I didn’t think repeating this information would be as useful to her as it might be to others so I switched gears at the last minute. I had prepared a lesson for the Tuesday class but noone came on Tuesday, so I decided to use that lesson plan instead. We talked about the states that voted on Tuesday and did a listen and point of those states on the map. We then talked about each candidate that was being voted for on Tuesday, and dictated their names, ages, where they were from and something about them. We then went around asking each other questions about the candidates.