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Program Days March 1-5

March 1-5, 2021

Theme: What is and What could be – Inventions

Skill Building: Using Features & Categories for Comparisons

PDF of March Curriculum Goals & Objectives

Person-Centered Thinking & Safety

Monday March 1st, 2021

Today happens to be...

National Peanut Butter Lover's Day

FYI Tomorrow is Read Across America Day.

Check In (5 min)

How was your weekend? Did you enjoy the warm weather? Did you go outdoors?

Introduce the Week (3 min)

This week we are going to discuss inventions. Our theme is What is? What could be?

Inventions started with a simple idea someone had. They looked at what they had and thought about ways to make it better.

This week we are going to use categories and features for comparisons.

Show & Share (10-min)

What is something you could not live without? Electricity, cell phones, the internet are all inventions that we now use in our lives almost every day. What invention could you not live without?

Tomorrow's Show & Share: The coolest human-made place I've ever saw. Where in the world have you been that was made by humans that was incredible? Examples could be the golden gate bridge, the St. Louis Arch, or the Eiffel Tower. Share your cool place.

Plan Your Week (10 min)

PRESENTERS: This week we start a new month and compare this week and last week's planner pages using the table that went out. They can mark any changes they would like to see or know they will see this week. Support the activity of comparing.

**IF participants have not yet received their paper pages, that's OK. Share screen of the planner pages and annotate to show things.**

It's a brand new Month. Let's take a look at MARCH's MONTH page*.

Comparing this week and last week

Look into your portfolio planner and find last week's pages. Compare them to this week's pages*

USE THIS TABLE* to write, draw, doodle, stamp, or sticker in things from last week that may be different from this week.

What are some plans that will be different for you this week? Let's record

One task you need to complete this week
One errand that you need to do
One meeting (program meeting counts as a meeting)
Optional: What habit will you try for the next 7 days?

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Comparing Evacuation Plans (10-15 min)

PRESENTERS:

Next we will review safety evacuation plans for a fire or an earthquake. Participants will note at least one difference between the safety evacutation

We are going to review two types of evacuation plans today. One will review steps to take if you are somewhere in which a fire breaks out and the other is in the event of an earthquake.

United States Department of Labor Fire Evacuation Tool

Earthquake Safety & Evacuation Plans - Red Cross

Here are questions to consider once we review each safety evacuation plan:

What are similarities and differences between these evacuations plans?
Why do you think they are similar?
Why do you think they are different?
Why is it important to plan differently (or similarly) for evacuations in buildings?

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Survival Language "Rewind" (5-10 min)

Complete page 29: We did this News Scrolls worksheet a long time ago. Do you recall it? How fast can you complete it? Share the answers with your teams on zoom.

Optional Level-Up

Design your own comparison chart in your portfolio planner. Mark three differences and three similarities that have occured in your life over the last two weeks of program.

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What did we learn today?

What are we doing this afternoon?

Civics & Community Awareness

Tuesday March 2nd, 2021

Today happens to be...

Read Across America Day

Read Across America Information

Check In (5 min)

What are you looking forward to accomplishing this week in your portfolio planner? OR are you reading or listening to any good books currently?

Recap Yesterday (3 min)

How did we use different evacuation plans to identify similarities and differences in the evactuation process depending on the natural disaster?

Show & Share (10-min)

The coolest building I have ever seen! Have you ever been to a place that had a building that left you speechless? The Eiffel Tower, Disneyland castle, or the bridge in Santa Cruz are all examples of buildings (or thing that were built).

Tomorrow's Show & Share: To celebrate World Wildlife day tomorrow, share your favorite wildlife. Animals, plants, anything from wildlife that is your favorite.

Life Skills Stories: Two Winners - Part 1

PRESENTERS: For March we will be revisit a life skills story we read a while back, AND chunking it into two seperate chunks to better dive into the story and explore the story questions and themes more. Click the links below to re-read the story and corresponding questions.

Two Winners Life Skills Story*

Remember that * means the pages were printed and sent home this week.
LSS Questions 1*

Since this is review, use the questions to practice noticing differences. Go to questions 3-6 and COMPARE the answer choices. They are very similar and only slightly different. Can you tell how?

LSS Questions 2*

Same for this set. Questions 4-6 have answer choices that vary only slightly. If they were VERY different the questions would be too easy.

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Building the Future: What is a City Planner? (10-15 min)

PRESENTERS: Use the link to answer the questions.

City planners have a big job for the community's they serve.

Let's SCAN the job description of a city planner

and the predicted future, or "job outlook" of that job. (Scroll down to see the job outlook section)

Answer these questions in your group:

What is a city planner?
How do you become a city planner?
Which types of plans are a city planner responsible for?
What does the future of city plan look like for architects?

Using Non-Traditional Measuring Devices(5-10 min)

PRESENTERS: Complete the worksheet 1-11 in the worksheet packet as a team.

Since we are practicing measuring all sorts of things in all sorts of ways this week, let's review ways to measure items using something other than a ruler.

Remember this worksheet*? Anyone use these alternate methods you learned about last year? What other ways have you INVENTED to measure things?

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Optional Level-Up

Find the city planner from your city and write a synopsis of their city planning background in your portfolio planner.

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What did we learn today?

What are we doing this afternoon?

Well Being and Social Connection

Wednesday March 3, 2021

Today happens to be...

World Wildlife Day

Check In (5 min)

How is your week going? Are you noticing any changes in the length of days?

Recap Yesterday (3 min)

How does a city planner servce their community? Did anyone find thie

Show & Share (10-min)

What is your favorite wild animal? Sloths, Dugongs, or Tigers, oh my! Today is World Wildlife Day, a day dedicated to the wildlife around the world.

Tomorrow's Show & Share: Questions I asked at my annual meeting.

Did you ask something at an annual meeting that helped you with your program plan? This show and share will be dedicated to giving our peers ideas for advocating with questions at their next annual meeting.

My life goal plans– Where will I be in 5 years? (5-10 min)

PRESENTERS: Check in on planner status, update, reward, encourage, report on habits, possibly stickers here. If people haven't received their pages use share screen to remind them of the process.

Portfolio Planner pages for this week in March*

Life Planning

PRESENTERS: Introduce the idea of longer-term life planning with the goal mapping worksheet.

Use the Goal mapping worksheet* to practice imagining further into the future. Where do you see yourself in five years? Write, draw, doodle, or sticker in 5 goals you hope to reach in the next five years.

Fill in your roadmap activity for a brief, 3 step 5-year goal plan.

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Planning for our elder care (10-15 min)

PRESENTERS: Bring up the idea of senior planning and discuss. Creating a plan for our senior years is something everyone in and out of program would be smart to do. Explore different senior planning examples. Be sure to emphasize that everyone ages!

To also think about our life roadmap...

let's talk planning for care as we age.

Here are a few senior care planning examples

Now that we've talked about some different senior life styles, write, draw, doodle, sticker, or describe 2 – 4 care-plan wishes you'd want for yourself.

High Priority Vocabulary: Pg. 53 – Marco’s Inventory (5-10 min)

PRESENTERS: Complete Marco’s Inventory activity as a team

Using Marco's inventory worksheet*, complete which months occur in which folders. If you recognize this worksheet then challenge yourself and do the months BACKWARDS! Start in December and see if you can still do it fast. Share your answers with the team.

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COVID-19 Mitigation Moment(5-10 min)

Every week we are working on understanding the coronavirus, a bit better as a team. Here are a few questions to think about as we near the year anniversary of visiting program virtually. Feel free to describe your answers with your team:

Have you ever had a virus before, like the flu, or a stomach bug? Share about it.
What exactly is the coronavirus? (Feel free to do a search to find this out?
What ways have we learned that we can contain the virus by taking precautions?

Optional Level-Up

Write up a full senior care plan for yourself in your planner portfolio

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What did we learn today?

What are we doing this afternoon?

Rights & Self Advocacy

Thursday March 4, 2021

Today happens to be...

World Obesity Day

Check In (5 min)

What was the building you enjoyed most from yesterday? How is the week going?

Recap Yesterday (3 min)

Elder care planning is something we all must do. We all age! Remember that having a plan in place will help you advocate for yourself in the future.

Show & Share (10-min)

A question (or two) I asked during my annual meeting.

Did you ask something at an annual meeting that helped you advocate for your program plan?

This show and share let's give our peers ideas for advocating with their own questions at their next annual meeting. If your team would like, take notes to create a question bank for individuals to use in the future

Tomorrow's Show & Share: Help inspire us for tomorrow’s playlist plan. Share your favorite musician(s) with us to build our Friday play list.

Questiona to Ask during Annual Meetings (5-10 min)

PRESENTERS: Review the basic format for an ISP meeting for program participants. Feel free to share questions that have helped individuals advocate for themselves in the past. If need be, ask the individual first and DO NOT SHARE any revealing names of those who asked. What are some questions you think participants should ask in their annuals? Share those too!

Everyone in program has an annual meeting. These meetings are used to address your personal goals and for you to get the most out of attending program. You can adovocate for changes and goals you'd like to achieve at these meetings. Start by learning how to ask for what you want.

What are questions that have to be asked during service meetings? What is always covered?
Brainstorm a few advocacy questions as a team, what do you think we should be asking at our annual meetings?
Note them in the ISP Questions Worksheet*

PRESENTERS: Support participants to use the worksheet to note questions they might want to ask at their next meeting.

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Questions for My Annual Meeting(10-15 min)

PRESENTERS: Use the list from the earlier conversation to compare different question themes and examine more questions participants can ask at their annual meetings.

Compare differences between the questions you came up with.

What sort of topic is being discussed?
How can we make sure all participants know what they can advocate for in their annual meetings?

Make a list to reference.

Try out some of the questions in a role play if your group wants to.

Making Sure You Wake Up On Time (5-10 min)

PRESENTERS: Complete the Making Sure You Wake Up On time worksheet in the printable file.

Waking up on time* for program or any other plans is an important part of planning. Complete the worksheet as a team for inclusion in portfolios.

Can we use our planner pages to support waking up on time? How about that habit tracker as an option?

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Optional Level-Up

Create an agenda for your next service meeting that covers any questions you want to have shared at your next service meeting.

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What did we learn today?

What are we doing this afternoon?

Knowledge & Fun

Friday March 5, 2021

Today happens to be...

World Book Day

Check In (5 min)

What's your favorite book? Is there a book you remember from your childhood that made you happy? What are you doing this weekend?

Recap Yesterday (3 min)

Yesterday we discussed advocacy questions to ask at our annual meetings. What are some questions you think you'd like to ask at your next annual meeting? What are some good ideas you got from other team members?

Show & Share (10-min)

Share your favorite musician to help us start building our Friday playlist! If you already started to work on today's portfolio planner worksheet, feel free to share that!

Next Monday's Show & Share:

Me as a kid,Get ready to share a photo as yourself as a kid. Next week we will be exploring how people change and grow over time.

How did the week go?(10-15 min)

PRESENTERS: This is participants time to review the week based on what was planned on Monday (or another day) and compare it to how the week went.

How was your week? At the beginning of the week we looked at Compare how you planned your week with how your week went.

Did your week go as planned?
Did you have to make any changes along the way?
What are one thing you'd like to do to improve next week?
How did writing down your plans help?
Don't forget to RATE your week.

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Build a Friday Party Playlist (10-15 min)

PRESENTERS: The Friday playlist can have songs that you search on youtube or spotify (or any other music streaming service). There is a portfolio planner worksheet that participants can write, mark, doodle, draw their favorite song or muscian in.

In your portfolio planners for this week you will find a playlist outline*. Use this outline to mark down three (or more) of your favorite songs to share with your team.