Safety & Person-Centered Focus
Monday, October 19, 2020
Check-In with everyone
Hello all! Today is the 42nd Monday of this year...It’s also the 293rd day of the year! 73 days left in 2020!
PRESENTERS: an * (asterisk) will mean that link goes to a file that people should also have had delivered in their packets. Different programs and districts may make different decisions about what to send. You can lead the group through the online objects and have them follow along on paper at home as appropriate.
High Priority Vocabulary
Read the word in the box, then write the word on the line. After you complete the set of lines in each box, read the sentences out loud.
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Show & Share
Today we will show and share: What's your favorite season? Who loves fall/autumn?
Tomorrow’s show and share: Do you like to watch the leaves change color in fall? Where do you think are the prettiest fall trees?
<Body Break> Get up, look away from the screen.
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Life Skills Story
Tess makes her best time in the 50 freestyle swimming race. Nina is tripped up by Roman Numerals.
Read the entire story today or read half and finish it tomorrow.
(Although Discussion Questions were placed in our packet for today, please do them on Wednesday)
PRESENTERS: Read aloud with your group, or have some readers help. When reading aloud exaggerate tone and emotion somewhat to increase engagement.
Stop reading a few times to prompt participants to VISUALIZE what the words describe. This is an important part of learning to read well which is often challenging.
<Body Break> Get up, look away from the screen.
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Thematic Connection: Choking
Are you prepared and know the steps to help yourself and others when choking?
Before starting the activity, start with a discussion hear from the group:
(Presenter: Encourage Zoom Skills-Raise hand option to share, type in the chat or kindly asked to share their experiences verbally.)
- What is choking?
- Have you ever experienced choking while alone? If yes and you are comfortable, please share your experience with us.
- Have you witness someone choking while at home, in the community or at a job site? If yes and you are comfortable, please share your experience with us.
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Activity 1: What to do if you are alone and start choking?
View this short video from In Home CPR’s YouTube Channel : Video
(Presenter: This video is very short, although it does not have captions, please be sure to pause and describe what the person is doing on the screen.)
- Did you find this video helpful?
- Do you feel like you can demonstrate this for our peers?
- Any volunteers to demonstrate this on camera right now?
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Activity 2: What to do to prevent yourself from choking?
After reviewing the video, what actions can you take to prevent yourself from choking?
(Presenters: Using the White Board, use it as a space to track responses)
Here’s a few points to get you started:
- Take small bites
- Don't talk while eating.
- Don’t Eat too quickly
Come up with a few more tips!
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Activity 3: How to recognize when someone around you is choking.
Universal Sign for Choking: Raise your hand in the participant panel or wave if you knew that there is a universal sign for choking.
Although this is a universal image, at times during the event of choking, it may be challenging for someone to hold their hands around their neck.
What you can look for:
- Inability to talk
- Difficulty breathing or noisy breathing
- Squeaky sounds when trying to breathe
- Cough, which may either be weak or forceful
- Skin, lips and nails turning blue or dusky
- Skin that is flushed, then turns pale or bluish in color
- Loss of consciousness
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Activity 4: Do you know how to perform the Heimlich maneuver?
Let’s have a discussion:
- What is the Heimlich Maneuver?
- Can a volunteer describe this to us?
- Can a volunteer show us?
- Have you seen someone preform the Heimlich maneuver?
Although you can find many resources online about how to perform this, where to become certified, you never know when you might need to use it. Check out this video.
(Presenter: Remember to use Captions, stop and pause every so often to be sure everyone is understanding the content in the video)
What Did We Learn Today?
Community & Civic Education
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Check-In
Good morning!
High Priority Vocabulary
Objective: Read, comprehend, and spell six common words.
Look at * “Solve That Puzzle!” You should have received a printed copy of this.
Presenters: Prompt participants to read and complete the worksheet on their own if they are able. Otherwise, share your screen and use the annotate tool to complete the first two word-blanks as a group. Then, give participants a couple minutes to complete the worksheet on their own.
Once everyone has completed the worksheet, share your screen and ask for volunteers to share their answers. If they are able, encourage participants to use the annotate feature to fill in the word-blanks. Otherwise, prompt participants to spell out the word.
If you all like crossword puzzles, you can work as a group to make and solve your own crossword puzzle.
Show & Share
Do you like to watch the leaves change color in fall? Where do you think are the prettiest fall trees?
Tomorrow’s show and share: Now that it's getting cooler, we get to wear sweaters and sweatshirts again. Do you have a favorite fall sweater?
Body Break
You know how you like to move, but do you know how your friend likes to move? Ask them and try it out for yourself!
Life Skills Story: An X is an X Unless…
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: Why did Tess miss the last few days of practice? Why was Nina not able to find box #20? Why did Coach Marks congratulate Tess?
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
You know what to do!
Thematic Connection: Voting
Today’s theme is civic and community education, and we have an election coming up! Voting in an important way to be civically engaged. Do you have a plan to vote?
Did you know that you can check whether you’re registered to vote online and also track your ballot online? Did you receive your ballot yet?
If you want to learn more about what’s on the ballot, you can read the California Voter Guide online. If you want to learn more about the various issues on the ballot, you can watch videos about the propositions in American Sign Language! Which propositions do you think are a good idea?
If you want to learn more about voting, check out: vote.ca.gov
Thematic Connection: Public & Private Spaces
Objective: Distinguish public and private spaces, and identify what sorts of behaviors may be appropriate in each setting.
Last Tuesday, we practiced categorizing speech and actions. Some words we used to describe ways of talking or acting were: silly, professional, private, and calm. Do you remember other words we used to describe behavior? What are some examples of those ways of acting?
Often, whether acting in a certain way is appropriate or not depends on where we are. Specifically, what’s appropriate often depends on whether we are in a public or a private space.
Presenters: open this slide show and share your screen: Public and Private Spaces. Use the slide show to discuss the differences between public and private spaces (both in the real world and virtually), and practice identifying what sorts of speech and actions are (not) appropriate for different spaces.
What did we learn today?
Story Quiz Answers
- A: She had been sick.
- C: The number was written in Roman numerals.
- C: because she was the fastest 50 freestyler for the day
- B: 50 freestyle
- A: puzzled
- B: your hands often touch other things, but your elbow does not.
- A: team towels
- C: Place them in a covered container in the refrigerator.
- C: swimming pool
Well Being & Social Connection
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Check-In with everyone
Starting to get that fall feeling? Pumpkins on porches, night falling earlier. Who has the best Halloween laugh?
Find the word in the box in the sentence below and circle it.
OPTIONAL LEVEL UP: Think of a word that can replace the one in the box that won't change the meaning of the sentence.
PRESENTERS: Do a sample of how to complete the worksheet together, let people see what they can finish independently, then come back together to check answers.
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Show & Share: Now that it's getting cooler, we get to wear sweaters and sweatshirts again. Do you have a favorite fall sweater?
The people in Denmark have a special word for that warm snuggly happiness that we feel in our favorite sweater or socks. or when we have hot cocoa by the fire. It's spelled "hygge" and they pronounce it "huh-geh." Look at all the nice hygge-ly things the Danes love to do, wear and eat.
Tomorrow's Show & Share: Bring your warmest clothes to show us.
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<Body Break> Make your body happy - jump around, look away from the screen, give someone a hygge-ly hug.
Life Skills Stories
Choose a question from each page in the discussion questions that the group wants to talk about.
Click to do an OPTIONAL LEVEL UP:
Level up that question by doing the activity that goes with it.
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*Election Content OPTIONAL*
The California State Registrar recognizes a set of political parties as qualified to put candidates on the official ballot.
Voters can register to be members of a political party. Parties promote points of view and things they want to do in the government. When you register with a party you agree with the things they believe and want from government.
You don't have to pick a party. That makes you an "independent" voter.
Parties usually publish recommendations to their members for how to vote. This can be helpful if you have confidence in your party.
PRESENTERS: Introduce your group to the names of the recognized parties in this link. Tell learners they can search for the party online to learn more about them.
Thematic Connection: Heart Health
PRESENTERS: Zoom in on the bulleted lists by using the magnifier mouse to click or by pressing CTRL and the + key on the keyboard.
Do we know these words and phrases?
- Shortness of breath: breathing fast and shallow
- Dizziness: feeling like the room is spinning around
- Sweating: excessive moisture coming out of your skin
- Nausea: feeling like you might vomit
- Saturated fat: fat that is solid at room temperature-butter, lard/manteca, shortening
- Heredity: things you body got from your parents and grandparents
How can these tips help you make a favorite food better for your heart?
PRESENTERS: read the less healthful food choice and ask the group what to do instead. When you get a suggestion compare it to the one in the table.
Vote for your favorite and tell us some other foods you know are lower fat.
Another great way to love on our heart muscle is to let it work for us. Dance ON!
What Did We Learn Today?
Self-Advocacy, Rights & Responsibilities
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Check-In with everyone
How did everyone enjoy their night?
Use the High Frequency Words to complete the sentences in the email. Fill in your choices.
Presenters: Have participants review email "sign-offs" from previous lessons. What other ways are apporpriate to start/end this email?
Show & Share
One of our responsibilities in the cooler weather is to dress warm enough! Besides sweaters and sweatershirts, what other warm clothes do you have?
Tomorrow's Show & Share is
Pumpkin spice lattes, scones, t-shirts.... Love it or hate it?
<Body Break>
Check out this Video. Can you do some of these moves?
Voting!
Go through this website and review the page "Where and How to Vote"
Check out this Video explaining ways to cast your vote in this upcomong election.
Do you plan to vote?
If you already voted, How did that process go?
How are you casting your vote?
Remembering last week:
What is one way you can register to vote?
Quiz Time!
Try this quick voting quiz to "Test Your Election I.Q"
Presenters: Review and Discuss voting information with participants. Do a web search to clarify any uncertainties.
Level up: Have participants do a web crawl for answers to show their screen sharing/presenting skills.
Life Skills Questions/Quiz
(ANSWERS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE)
*Life Skills Questions/Quiz Set 1
*Life Skills Questions/Quiz Set 2
Choose one of the quizzes and go over the questions. Check your answers together at the bottom.
PRESENTERS: Remember to allow enough time between a prompt and people's response. If strong readers/writers want to complete the other quiz too, show both answer sets.
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What Did We Learn Today?
Quiz Answers:
Set 1
- C
- B
- B
- A
- C
- C
Set 2
- B
- D
- D
- A
- B
- D
Knowledge & Fun With Friends
Friday, October 23, 2020
Check-In with everyone
BOO! Halloween is almost here. Who's ready?
Work as a group or independently to fill in the blanks. Read the sentences.
LEVEL UP OPTIONS: Write the box word in the first blank, then think of other words for the next two blanks that still make sense and mean the same thing.
Have strong writers work independently and offer 2 new sentences for each word.
*Life Skills Stories Activity Sheet
Think of the last time you were really sick. Remember how delicate your tummy felt? Really remember that feeling. THEN look at the worksheet and rank the foods best to worst for helping someone getting well.
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Show & Share PUMPKIN! Do you love it or hate it? Tell us what you think it tastes like. Have a favorite pumpkin tasty treat? Do you use pumpkin or winter squash in the food of your culture? Anyone like pumpkin that is SAVORY instead of SWEET.
Next week's Show & Share: Pumpkin CARVING! Ever carve a pumpkin? How'd you do it? What are some of your favorite pumpkin themes?
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OPTIONAL ELECTION CONTENT:
If you are mailing in your ballot make sure and get it to the post office as soon as possible. If you wait unitl the deadline your ballot may not get there.
Thematic Connection
Halloween is going to be different this year. Our party will have to be online. To make it up to ourselves, let's start dancing early.
See if you can remember the Thriller dance moves by the zombies in the video. Did you know Paula Abdul was the main choreographer for that?
Now for the singers: This is an acapella Halloween Medley - you'll probably recognize a lot of these songs.
OK, now get a drink if you haven't already!
OK Scavenger hunt time. When you see the picture on screen you have 1 minute to find the item and bring it back to show the group. Everyone has to come back to the camera for the next item. Those with the most items win.
PRESENTERS: CLICK PRESENT button to view the slide show correctly.
Each slide has a 60-second timer that will play if you click ONCE on the slide in present mode.
Show the pictures of items to bring. Say or describe the item if you have low/no vision audience members, but otherwise try to let participants just see the picture. Click ONCE on the slide to start the timer and start the players.
Skeleton Stretch Time
Stretch your skeleton. Try these yoga poses and move between them to help your bones feel the stretch.
LIFT BENT LEG - do both sides and hold onto something if you don't want to stand on one foot
UP UP AND OVER - take your time and don't go too far over to each side.
BEND FORWARD - Stand up slowly so you don't get dizzy
Humor - Check out these Halloween jokes
What Did We Learn Today?
Optional Activities for Afternoon Zoom Session
Need some help deciding on an afternoon activity?
Spin the Activity Wheel!
The activities are numbered. These numbers corrospond to brief activity descriptions listen in the linked document below.
