Date of Class: 2/24/14
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Colin
DJ: ML
Assistants:
Module: Money!
How Many Learners: 7
Score: 42
What happened: Coin’s first class! And it was great! With two new learners, great interest and participation as well as a relaxed, fun atmosphere. The coin grab was, as always, very engaging and challenged the students appropriately. Surprising to both Colin and I, the counting by twos and fives around the room was a big hit. . .the students just kept going and going. Lots of writing and speaking practice with money and coin values as well. So many possible activities and alterations to activities, so little time. . .

Date of Class: February 25, 2014
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30PM
MC: Lisa
DJ:
Assistants: David
Module: Telephone Etiquette
How Many Learners: 2
Score: 35
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Class today was small, 2 learners, but it worked out with only David and I being there, so there was one-on-one work. We played 2 rounds of Bingo, both which I won (it wasn’t rigged lol), and did a dialogue on calling in to a school for excusing a child. The flow of the class was good despite the size, we went through all the activities I was prepared for and we ended on time. Lots of laughing involving who was going to win or who was the fastest at finding something. Overall, pretty mellow class but the energy was still there.

Date of Class: March 4th 2014
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00
MC: Lisa Cha
DJ: Sam Bones
Assistants: Alisa, David
Module: Emergency preparedness
How Many Learners: 4 regulars, 7 new
Score: 52
We had several new folks today. Lisa brought an emergency kit with her and we went over the Red Cross recommendations for emergencies. Words like “tornado” were fun, since it’s the same in Spanish (everyone was a Spanish-speaker) and “tsunami” was fun also! Everything went smoothly tonight.

Date of Class:2/19/14
Day of Class:Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-2
MC:Sam Bones
DJ:David
Assistants: Barbara
Module: What do you do?
How Many Learners:3
Score: 48
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Small group of higher-level learners meant we went through lessons faster, so on the fly we did a simple storytelling activity.

Date of Class: March 3rd, 2014
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00-7:30 PM
MC: Colin Fjeld
DJ: N/A
Assistants: N/A
Module: Shopping
How Many Learners: 15
Score: 40
What happened:
At 6:05 I had about 3 students and I was concerned that we would run through the lesson too quickly, then 5 minutes later 10 more students showed up! I didn’t have any assistants and the large family of Cubans did not seem to know any English at all as they completely shied away during the Name Spell. Also being in the small room that is usually used for “Homework Club” posed an additional challenge as we used every chair in the room. We ran through the usual beginning activities and aside from the shyness it was successful; I would have liked to have given more attention to the Febles family because I didn’t feel they quite understood the Alphabet, but I felt the other students getting restless so I moved on. The “Shopping” module was a great topic to teach and for them to learn. Working with the Albertson’s coupon flyer wasn’t as useful as I’d hoped but it got them thinking about shopping, different products as well as prices. We spent a lot of time writing down sentences that focused on “bought, buys and buy”. And then wrote down some dialogue between a store employee and a shopper that went over well. Because I didn’t have any assistance I had to utilize the white board and have them copy the sentence (but first I had them spell it to me). Practicing the dialogue between themselves went over well and we ended the evening going over words that dealt with “sales” like “how much”, “percent” and “full price”. Overall the class was a success!

Date of Class: 03-11-14
Day of Class: Weds
Time of Class: 12:00
MC: David
DJ: Sam Bones
Assistants:
Module: In the Neighborhood
How Many Learners 7
Score: 43
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Nice mix of learners today. Most of them were regular attendees, with one new woman brought by a returning student. David had a full plan, and there was lots of dictation. Too much, perhaps, but we discussed many other options to deal with the same material but in a different, more engaging manner. Regardless, our students were total champs today!

Date of Class: 3/17/2014
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: Evening
MC: David R.
DJ: Colin F.
Assistants: Jacob
Module: Shopping
How Many Learners: 9
Score: 47
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): “Shopping” continues to be a fun and useful module. Students practiced a dialogue and practiced conversing back and forth. We worked on a fun word-scramble that implemented words from last weeks’ “shopping-list” activity. We ended the night singing “How much is that doggie in the window”.