Irvington Elementary – Winter 2016

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  • #7236
    WebMaestrex
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    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class:
    Day of Class:
    Time of Class:
    MC:
    DJ:
    Assistants:
    Module:
    How Many Learners:
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) =
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) =
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =

    Total Score:

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):

    #7237
    WebMaestrex
    Keymaster

    Lesson Title: Maps
    Date of Class: 2/23/16
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Brooke
    DJ: Mark
    Assistants: Mary Byrd, Deshun, Kelly Nordling, Benjamin, Cecilia, Rosa
    Module: Maps
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): new venue–Irvington School

    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) =8
    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) =8

    Total Score:40

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):

    This was the first day at a new venue, Irvington School. There was a lot going on, but Brooke kept the focus on the lesson. Lots of lower proficiency students. Very energetic. Students were recruited by the school and are parents and/or friends of elementary students at Irvington.

    #7244

    Lesson Title: You better shop around
    Date of Class: 02/26/16
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6:00 pm
    MC: Mark
    DJ: Ben
    Assistants:
    Module: Economy/Money
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty Cards, Alphabet Sheet, shopping magazines.

    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) =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) =5

    Total Score: 35

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    Second day of class. I met the students. One guys has a hard time with pronunciation when asking “How much does this cost”. and “It costs 10.99.
    He says How much does this cost is” / It costs is 10.99″. So definitely needs to work on this pronunciation and in the way to says sentences correctly. I saw that the students need to practice more how to use the word “Do and Does”. Most of them.
    Good class! Mark is a very friendly teacher.

    #7254
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 3/1/16
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants: Benjamin
    Module: Family
    How Many Learners: 11
    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) =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) =5

    Total Score:32

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The library door was locked when I got there, and after waiting and trying to call some key people, I finally found the janitor to let us in. There were 2 learners there when we first got in just before 6. We started with the alphabet and by the end of that activity, I think there were 9 or 10 there. And by the end of the class, all of the 11 who came to the first class last week, were there. Good sign! After yell n spell, we worked with some basic family vocabulary, and a dialogue about how many siblings we have. Off to a great start. The SImpsons family tree activity was a little shaky but I think it was mostly me worrying/wondering if it was boring for them, weird, or they were just having a hard time with it. So I didn’t abandon it, I just modified from pronunciation and listen/find to a writing/dictation activity which really helped a lot. We ended with a quick review of the sibling dialogue and a pretty fun TRP. I’m really glad Benjamin was there, as there is 1 learner in particular who really struggles. We will definitely want to have her next to the most advanced learners in the event that there is no DJ/assistants on a given night.. she really wants to learn!

    #7265
    Mary Louise W
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: She works hard for the money
    Date of Class: 3/3/16
    Day of Class: Thurs
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Mark
    DJ: ML
    Assistants:
    Module: What do you do?
    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) = 7
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
    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) = 8

    Total Score: 44

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): A great class, very engaged throughout- students were laughing often, while still staying focused and on task. Dictation/Dialogue of simple sentences/Q&A based off some Deck of Prof cards seemed perfectly challenging. (i.e. What does Maria do? Maria works as a housekeeper.) The sentence “Sacagawea works hard for her money,” got quite a rise out of people and her name alone was an extra little dictation challenge that the students got a kick out of. We did a lot of round robin, so lots of speaking practice. As an interlude, we watched the video/listened to the song “She works hard for her money”, then dictated the chorus.

    #7279
    Mark Griffin
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: We are family
    Date of Class: 3/8/16
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Mark G
    DJ:
    Assistants: Benjamin and Tony
    Module: Family
    How Many Learners: 10
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): OK

    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) =6
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =8
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score:39

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): this is a class that is very connected (family, friends, neighbors) and easy to engage with. this is the 3rd week of class and there has been no drop off of attendance.

    #7291
    Mark Griffin
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Lookin for a Job
    Date of Class: 3/10/16
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Mark G
    Assistants: Tony
    Module: Employment
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): need deck of pros

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
    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) =5

    Total Score:26

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): students have been consistent on Tues and Thursdays. They are connected, sometimes tonight not engaged. Patrik coaching both Mark G. and Tony, who will be entering the program.

    #7309
    Mary Louise W
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: We are Family
    Date of Class: 3/15/16
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Benjamin Lostheart (Dress Rehearsal)
    DJ: ML
    Assistants:
    Module: Family
    How Many Learners: 12
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Could use some attendance sheets and Self Evaluation sheets

    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) = 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) = 5

    Total Score:

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Benjamin did great for his dress rehearsal- and it was a solid class with fantastic energy. Alphabet sheet and names went smoothly, then a lot of dictation and ‘listen and point’ with the Simpson family tree. Mid-way we did a little NSEW TPR to break up the class, which seemed to work well. Ended with focus on the song ‘we are family’- listened and read lyrics, choral response, then dictation and singing along all together.

    #7316
    Joseph Lechuga
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: The Wearing of the green
    Date of Class: March 17, 2016
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6 – 7:30
    MC: Mark
    DJ: Joseph
    Assistants: Keli – Shadowing
    Module: Holiday – St. Patrick’s Day
    How Many Learners: 9
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Everything seemed fine

    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) =6
    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) =6

    Total Score: 31

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Ready, Yell & Spell, Dictation – St. Patrick’s Day Fact, Silly Hats Worn, This is a ____, Bagpip video. Keli shadowed.

    #7368
    Anthony Miller
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: We are family
    Date of Class:3/29/2016
    Day of Class:Tuesday
    Time of Class:6:00
    MC:Benjamin Lostheart
    DJ:Anthony Miller
    Assistants:Mike
    Module:Family
    How Many Learners:7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):ok

    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) =7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =7

    Total Score:26

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had a bit of a slow start with only three learners showing up by the start time. Four came later during names. It was a small class over all, which we attributed to the weather. Regardless, the connection and energy were good. The instructors worked well together and the learners appeared to be having fun.

    #7372
    Megan Corning
    Spectator

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    Lesson Title: Yes We Can
    Date of Class: 3/31/16
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6:00
    MC: Mark
    DJ: Megan
    Assistants: Keli
    Module: Other / Cesar Chavez Day
    How Many Learners: 6
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Ok

    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) = 6
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 37

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was a small group of 6 today, possibly a result of the warm weather. We started with 2 but the others arrived a few minutes into class, and only one arrived after doing names. All the students seemed familiar/knew each other’s names. Some of the dialogue we practiced with was challenging and composed of full sentences, e.g., “Robert Kennedy was President Kennedy’s brother,” and after struggling to say it once and getting the “What?” response, everyone laughed about having to say it again. Good energy/connection throughout.

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