Community & Civic Education
Check-In
Good morning! What have you been thinking about?
High Priority Vocabulary
Objective: read and follow 2-step directions.
Look at “Two-step Directions.” You should have received a printed copy of this.
In this worksheet, we are practicing reading and following directions, so make sure you read the direction on the worksheet so that you know what to do!
PRESENTERS: you know your participants best. Either first give them time to work on the worksheet individually and then review, or share your screen and complete the worksheet as a group. Try to put enough of a pause between prompts and action to give people time to show their skill or knowledge.
If you want, after you complete and review the worksheet, you can practice giving and following directions as a group:
Option #1: Use a white board or draw on a piece of paper.
Option #2: Go around and have different participants take turns giving everyone a direction to follow, such as “put your hands on your head” or “make a silly face.” If you want, try playing a game of Simon Says.
Show & Share
- Do you have a bank account?
- How do you access it?
- What are some security issues with bank accounts?
- Does anyone do online banking?
- Does anyone use a credit union?
Body Break--like get away from the screen break...
How do you like to exercise? Do you like to walk? Do you prefer stretching? Or maybe you love to do push-ups! However you like to move, go ahead and do it!
Life Skills Story: Hotel Treat
Objective: Understand the life skills story for the week. (Reading comprehension)
PRESENTERS: if you didn’t read the whole story on Monday, finish reading it today. If you did finish it, prompt participants to recap the story’s main ideas before you do the quiz.
Here are some questions that you may want to ask: Where do Hannah, Nina, Lana, and Gina decide to go? Why? When do they go there? Where do they stay?
Take the *Story Quiz for this week’s story. You should have received a printed copy of the quiz.
After you finish the quiz, check your answers. The quiz answers are listed at the bottom of this page.
Body Break--go on now... get into the real world for a few minutes. Give your body what it needs, motion!
You know what to do!
Thematic Connection: Evaluating Clothes
Objective: evaluate clothes in terms of weather, formality, occasion, comfort, fit, condition, and style.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at many different ways to evaluate and talk about clothes: weather, formality, occasion, comfort, fit, condition, and style. Do you remember what those all mean?
Today, we are putting it all together to reflect on the different purposes for different clothes.
We wear clothes for many different purposes. For example, if it’s raining, you probably want to wear a jacket that will keep you dry. If you’re going to attend a formal event like a fancy dinner, you may need to wear a suit or nice dress. If you’re going to stay home all day, you may just choose to wear whatever is most comfortable. With friends, people often like to wear graphic t-shirts to show off what they like, and if you’re going swimming, you’ll probably want to wear a swimsuit!
Weather, formality, occasion, comfort, and style are all different reasons why we wear particular clothes. For example, what’s the “purpose” of a winter jacket?
PRESENTERS: open this slide show and then share your screen: Evaluating Clothes. Use this presentation to review the different ways we evaluate clothes and to practice identifying the “purpose” of different articles of clothing.
Next up, we have an activity where you can show what you know!
Grab your favorite clothes or outfits and share them with your group. Talk about them in terms of weather, formality, occasion, comfort, fit, condition, and style. How would you describe the “purpose” of your favorite article of clothing or outfit?
For example, if you favorite thing to wear is a particular t-shirt, what sorts of weather conditions is it appropriate for? What are some activities and events that your shirt is appropriate for? (And what are some events that it wouldn’t be appropriate for?) Is it comfortable? Does it fit you well? Is it in good condition? How would you describe the style of your shirt — what does it communicate about you?
Finally, why is it your favorite? Is it because it’s super comfortable? Is it your favorite because it shows off your favorite movie? Or is it your favorite for another reason?
If you have time, share and talk about your least favorite clothes as well! Do you have any formal clothing (like a dress shirt or a fancy dress) that you don’t like to wear but own because you need it for certain occasions?
OPTIONAL Level Up
Take a look at this itinerary for a vacation. You are going in February and it rains almost every day in Florida in February.
- Airplane flight to Orlando, Florida from San Jose - 4 hours
- Disneyland resort stay for 4 days, visiting Disneyland and Epcot Center
- 4-hour walking tour of Cape Canaveral to learn about the space program and see the Space Shuttle
- Rental car to the Everglades. Stay 3 days at an eco-resort and take boat tours, hikes, and a photo safari in the wetlands
- Rental car to Miami beach at a 4-star hotel for 2 nights
- Surf lessons at cocoa beach for a day
- Attend a fancy dinner at a very upscale restaurant, including dancing
- Spend a day at the spa and lounging by the pool
- 6-hour plane ride home the following day
Pretend you just won $1000 for a new wardrobe for your vacation. What would you buy that is appropriate for all these different activties?
What did we learn today?
Story Quiz Answers
- B: That’s when they have a break from school.
- B: 4
- A: They found a good deal.
- C: maiden name
- A: adventure
- C: When pointing up, the arrow is also pointing North.
- A: 10 minutes
- B: red socks
- C: a non-driving state ID
