Safety & Person-Centered Focus
Monday, July 20, 2020
Check-In with everyone
Hello! July's theme is INDEPENDENCE! This week is all about MONEY!! $$$$
Can you get your money right?
High Priority Vocabulary
Money is all numbers and every number has a name. And you can write the names of numbers in letters. It's important to be able to recognize words that are actually numbers.
PRESENTERS: Go over each number, spelling it out so participants can hear it spelled.
Every day this week we will learn 6 number words. By Friday you'll know 30! Here's the Monday set:
- zero 0
- one 1
- two 2
- three 3
- four 4
- five 5
Game Time
Which key card goes to which door in the hotel?
PRESENTERS: this is a google slide so if you click "PRESENT" in the upper right corner it will fill the screen. Use the ESC key to leave presenter view.
View and match or use annotate to match
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Show & Share
Where's that artwork? Did you make a drawing, take a photo, or find a picture online that you want to share that expresses your thoughts or feelings?
Tomorrow's Show & Share will be about coins, banks and collections. Do you have a coin collection or a coin bank? Bring it to show and share.
Life-Skills Stories
Read this story about shopping for a TV, together. After reading it discuss the questions at the end.
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Visualizing What We Read
Reading stories that don't have pictures makes us use our imagination. We fill in the details that the story doesn't tell. Each person listening or reading will imagine the story slightly differently and all the versions can be right.
What do you think Todd and Hannah and their mother look like? What color hair might each have? Do you think they are a tall or average height family? What do you imagine their home looks like? What kind of car did Hannah and Todd take to the store? What do you think that first salesman they spoke to looked like?
Revisiting Last Week's Learning
Can you describe your home for your friends?
Life Skill Applied
Together, create a comparison-shopping chart that you could use to shop for a pair of tennis
shoes. You can use your own sheet of paper to make one at home if you like.
Headings might include — brand, color, arch, price
You can use this link to remember the basic chart design.
Safety Questions
- Why shouldn’t you carry money in your hands?
- Hannah and Todd went to six different stores. Would it be OK for them to wear their seatbelts between home and the stores but not between stores?
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Person-Centered Life
Expensive things we want are often called "big-ticket" items because the price ticket is a large number. Do you think a comparison chart is a good idea if you are going to spend a lot of money on something?
- What big item are you saving up for?
- How much have you saved so far?
- Why do you want it?
- What is the biggest, most expensive thing you ever bought with your own money?
- Did you ever share a purchase, the way Todd and Hannah did?
Pretend Shopping
PRESENTERS: Use the lesson to demonstrate searching in a search bar at a website when you shop oline.
Right now we can't really shop the way we're used to. Most people shop online. Choose 3 items from the list below and go to online websites that sell them to compare prices and features. Each person can say the one they would buy if it were their decision.
- Refrigerator
- Book shelf
- Computer
- Blue-Ray DVD player
- Bicycle
- Vacuum cleaner
What's Different During a Pandemic?
Before Covid-19 we could go into stores and not have to worry about getting sick from other people in the store. Now we try to avoid going places where there are a lot of other people. What are some of the services stores offer to make it easier to shop without being around a lot of other people?
If you owned a store, how would you encourage your customers to follow the rules for social distancing?
Tomorrow we will look at money in the community, financial planning, and shopping for food! yum!
What Did We Learn Today?
Community & Civic Education
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Check-In with everyone
Hello! July's theme is INDEPENDENCE! This week is all about MONEY! Money in the community means banking and financial planning.
High Priority Vocabulary
Six more words for today.
PRESENTERS: Go over each word and how it's spelled.
- six 6
- seven 7
- eight 8
- nine 9
- ten 10
- eleven 11
Take a look at this worksheet and see if you can match the offices to the in-boxes.
PRESENTERS: Remember CTRL and the + key make the view larger.
Get Your Money Right
Remember yesterday's video about coins? Well let's see if we can get our money right.
PRESENTERS: This site has a great set of prompts for counting coins. Allow learners to propose answers and use those answers, even if they aren't accurate. Allow the feedback from the activity to do the job. If an answer turns out to be wrong, review the count with everyone.
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Show & Share
Did you bring your coin collection or coin bank? Show everyone your favorite coin collecting container or coin collection.
Coin collecting is a popular hobby. Some coins are worth a lot of money. The US Mint, where coins are made, has some interesting information about this hobby.
Why it's called a "Piggy Bank"
In the olden days the clay used to make pots in England was called "pygg" clay. People used to save their coins in these clay jars called Pygg banks. Eventually someone decided it would be a funny joke to make a clay container shaped like a piggy to put coins in and that's why we call them Piggy Banks today.
Do you have coins in containers at your house? Where else do you find stray coins?
Tomorrow's Show & Share will be about your favorite restaurant. Tell us what you like about it and what your favorite meal is.
Life-Skills Stories
Remember the story about Todd and Hannah yesterday? Let's see how much you remember.
(answers at the bottom of the page)
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Money Basics
PRESENTERS: Go through modules 1-3: Introduction, You and Your Money, What Money Is and Where It Comes From. If participants are interested you can continue. If not, we'll pick it up again Thursday.
Let's learn about how money works in this unique course. Discuss what you learned in the lesson.
What Kind of Account Do You Need?
There are many different kinds of accounts for your money. Take a look at some of these banks and find out the kinds of accounts they offer. Can you see any difference between the offers?
PRESENTERS: Just look at the kinds of accounts each institution offers and see if anyone recognizes those
Shopping for Food
Click on the gallery picture and use the arrow to move through the recipe cards
The Shopping
Use the recipes to make a grocery list. Tomorrow we'll shop at Raley's online.
What did we learn today?
Quiz Answers
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Well Being & Social Connection
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Check-In with everyone
Hello! July's theme is INDEPENDENCE! This wekk is all about MONEY!! Money and health are very closely connected. PREVENTING illness is a lot less expensive than the cost of getting sick. What we eat and how has a big impact on our health. Taking control of our nutrition and caring for our relationships can keep us strong and well.
High Priority Vocabulary
Six more words for today.
PRESENTERS: Remember to go through how the number words are spelled.
- twelve 12
- thirteen 13
- fourteen 14
- fifteen 15
- sixteen 16
- seventeen 17
Do you remember the numbers from Monday and Tuesday? Let's check.
PRESENTERS: for the game to work you must open the link, click the PRESENT button on the upper right and go down to the slide with the dollar amounts in a table. Click on the dollar amount to see the question. Click the bottom right icon to see the correct answer. Then click the home icon on the bottom right to go back to the questions board.
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Show & Share
Did you remember today's show and share topic? Your FAVORITE restaurant! Eating is a big part of socializing, and even though we can't dine in actual restaurants for a while, we can still get our favorite meals to go. So let's remember some of our favorite spots.
PRESENTERS: Take suggestions from participants of what restaurants to look up and go to the menus for some or all of them.
Tomorrow's Show & Share will be for trophies or awards. Do you have any medals or awards that you have earned? Have you completed a race? Received a certificate? Earned a diploma? Tell us about your achievements.
Going "Out" to Eat Right at Home
Discuss:
- What's special about going out to eat?
- When do you go out for a meal?
- With whom do you usually like to dine out?
- How often did you used to go out to eat before shelter-in-place?
- What about now?
"Sparkle Meals" are meals that we look forward to and then remember fondly. Sometimes they mark special occasions, or holidays. Sometimes they are just food we really love. Other times they are like a gift we give the people we love. Sparkle Meals are all those times we sit around a table and realize we are lucky and blessed and can be happy with what we have, the meals and times we remember.
So during this pandemic a Sparkle Meal is a great idea. It gives us something to look forward to. It makes it special and fun to eat at home. It's good for our health.
Steps for a Sparkle Meal
Shopping for a Meal to Cook
Use the Raley's website to find the groceries for yesterday's recipe. You'll have to choose the department to shop in based on the ingredient you need.
PRESENTERS: show participants the departmens in the top navigation bar and let them direct you to the correct area for the ingredients.
Getting Food from a Restaurant
Not everyone likes to cook. Look at these steps for dining out. Discuss how you could do similar steps but eat at home, and get the meal from your favorite restaurant.
PRESENTERS: The galleries on the linked page show process picture sets for getting ready to eat out and ordering in a fast food restaurant. REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE PICTURES DIRECTLY so they fill the screen, and then use the arrows to move to the next one.
Talk about which steps apply to being at home and which steps you might skip if you're just getting take out. (you'll still need money to pay for food for example, but you may not need medications)
Getting Ready to Go Out - we can dress up to eat at home.
Steps or Odering To Go- we can order delivery or take out and make our meal at home special. Fast food is the most similar to ordering take-out, so that is the best example for getting restaurant goodies during the pandemic.
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Adding Even More Sparkle
How can you make a take out meal at home even more special? Think of all your senses, not just what you see. Use this picture for inspiration.
Meals with Friends Are Good for Our Health!
Here are some scientifically proven ways eating in a group helps us be healthier:
- When we have dinner together, we get a positivee boost in mood and a decrease in stress chemicals.
- Kids who eat with their parents feel more connected, have a more positive outlook, and improved self-esteem.
- Home-cooked meal are usually more nutritious than restaurant dining, with more veggies, less fried foods, and healthier drink options.
- We get to try new foods with people we know so we are more likely to enjoy them.
- Eating in company is scientifically proven to increase happiness.
Choosing Healthful Food
Look at the sheets and decide which foods are healthy.
PRESENTERS: Use the BACK button to return to the course page
Brown Food Is Healthy Food
When you choose a grain, starch, bread or cereal, the more brown and textured it is the better it is for you. Look at this chart to see the difference.
Wherever possible REPLACE white grains and cereals with a brown or more colorful option.
What is your favorite healthful food?
Next week, for Well Being we'll talk about your guts. That's right! Did you know that you have brain cells in your guts? It's like your tummy is a tiny second brain. WHOAH!! Did you know that your gut is the main powerhouse for your immune system? What we eat can make us strong and healthy, or weak and sick.
What Did We Learn Today?
Self-Advocacy, Rights & Responsibilities
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Check-In with everyone
Hello! July's theme is INDEPENDENCE! Since this week is all about money, we will learn about the ways money can empower us, and the ways it can limit our options.
High Priority Vocabulary
Six more words for today.
- eighteen 18
- nineteen 19
- twenty 20
- thirty 30
- Forty 40
- fifty 50
- Can someone say the words for numbers in another language?
- Does anyone know the signs in American Sign Language for these numbers?
Can you match the tickets to the seats?
PRESENTERS: Use the BACK button to return to the course for this link.
Show & Share
Achievements are goals we have met, dreams we make come true. Achievement take hard work and dedication. What medals, trophies or certificates do you have that show your achievements?
- What about this award makes you proud?
- Do you remember the day you got it? How did it feel?
- Did you compete with others for this award?
- What award or trophy do you want in the future? Is there something you are working toward right now?
Tomorrow's Show and Share is about your favorite TEAM!! If you have a hat, jersey, t-shirt, sweatshirt, banner, wrist band, any swag that shows you favorite team and your favorite sport, wear it tomorrow and tell us about you fan status.
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What is Wealth?
Wealth means you have more money that is yours than money that you owe someone else. Did you know that most Americans have no wealth at all?
Most Americans have large debts. Debt is money someone is paying back with interest. Remember that interest is extra money you pay a bank when you borrow money.
When people need an education, a car, a house, or some other very expensive thing, they usually have to borrow the money from the bank.
Saving, borrowing carefully and paying it back can help you have wealth later in life but there is no guarantee.
Next 3 Modules in the Money Course
PRESENTERS: Go through the next 3 modules if you didn't finish these on Tuesday.
- How Money Moves Through the Economy,
- Banks and You
- Getting to Your Money in the Bank
Would you borrow money from a bank? Why or why not?
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Game Time
Choose a game to check your counting skills
Managing Your Money, Manage Your Power
Having your own money gives you the ability to make more choices about your life.
The first step to being a good money manager is knowing how much you have, how much you earn, and how you spend it. Track your spending using
... a paper form
... voice recording on your phone
- How much money did you spend over the weekend?
- How much money did you save?
- Do you manage your money independently or with help?
- If you get help, who helps and how?
- If you need to get something nowadays, who helps you order it or get it?
Lottery Dreams
The truth is that if you put the money you spend on lottery tickets into savings, you will not only keep that money for yourself, but it will earn you more money over time. Let's do the math.
Joe used to spend $3 a week on lottery scratchers. That's not a lot of money is it? His friend Lucy convinces him to save the money instead. Let's see what time and patience did for Joe.
PRESENTERS: you can use the compound interest calculator in the link to see how much different amounts of savings can earn.
- In one month Joe saved $12.
- In a year he saved $144.
- Then he opened a savings account that gave him 3% interest and kept putting the lottery money into the savings account.
- In 5 years Joe's savings account grew to $864.65.
- Joe put in $720 and the Bank gave him $144.65 for just having a savings account.
- He didn't work for it or do anything at all.
If Joe had played the lottery, he would have just given away $720 and had nothing to show for it.
Joe is 30 years old. Use the compound interest calculator to find out how much money Joe could save if he put $15 a month into a savings account that pays 3% for 20 years. What if he put in $10 a week?
The word "COMPOUND" means Joe would get interest from the bank on the interest they already gave him. It's like instead of "+ interest," it's "+interest+interest+interest" and increases every month or year.
Making the Connection to Real Life
Here are some life areas that increase in choice when you have your own money. Discuss the areas that interest you and figure out what kind of additional freedom and independence you could have if you had more of your own money.
- Living arrangements
- Leisure activities
- Hobbies
- Learning and Education
- Job training
- Health and fitness
- Travel and vacation
- Appearance and grooming
- Possessions and luxuries
What Did We Learn Today?
Knowledge & Fun With Friends
Friday, July 24, 2020
Check-In with everyone
Hello! July's theme is INDEPENDENCE! Now it's actually Physics that makes the world go around, but money (and numbers) are pretty darn important. Understanding how they work in the modern world can be the difference between having a comfortable life or a very stressful one.
High Priority Vocabulary
PRESENTERS: Go over the new numbers for today and some random numbers from earlier in the week.
Six more words for today.
- sixty 60
- seventy 70
- eighty 80
- ninety 90
- hundred 100
- thousand 1000
Monday
- zero 0
- one 1
- two 2
- three 3
- four 4
- five 5
Tuesday
- six 6
- seven 7
- eight 8
- nine 9
- ten 10
- eleven 11
Wednesday
- twelve 12
- thirteen 13
- fourteen 14
- fifteen 15
- sixteen 16
- seventeen 17
Thursday
- eighteen 18
- nineteen 19
- twenty 20
- thirty 30
- Forty 40
- fifty 50
Number Name Game
Either open up the whiteboard or revise the game in a way that you like better.
- Turn on the white board
- Have your staff be the "callers"
- Players start with 10 points
- Each player takes a turn
- If the caller says the name of the number, the player has to S P E L L it either out loud or on the whiteboard if they know how to use the text tool.
- If you make more than 2 mistakes, you lose a point from your 10
- If the caller TYPES the name of the number on the screen the player should say the number or draw or type the number on the white board
- Same 2 mistakes means losing a point
- Give every player 2 turns. Whoever has the most points at the end are winners.
Number Writing Rules
Did you know there are rules for when to write numbers out and when to use the number itself when we write?
- If you start a sentence with a number you have to spell the number
- Numbers one to ten are spelled out
- If you are using a number larger than ten, use the number itself.
- If you are putting down an address in writing you have to use the numbers, even if the address number is ten or smaller.
- When you write combined numbers, like sixty-two, you have to use a hyphen.
Where Does the Hypen Go?
PRESENTERS: The present button at the top right will make the slide fill the screen. The answers are on the second slide
Look at the list of written numbers and decide where the hyphen should go.
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Show & Share
So what's that team you love? Show us your gear. Tell us why you're a fan. Teach us your favorite cheer for your team or star player. How does your sport inspire you? How do you feel when they win or lose?
Sports and Corona Virus
Read this article about attending live sports in today's pandemic together and discuss it.
- Why have live sports events been stopped?
- Why are large crowds a problem during a pandemic?
- If the players play without fans, how will the games be different?
- Pro sports are a business. Fans go to games to stay interested in their teams and players. Those ticket sales make money for the players, owners, stadiums and all the jobs and businesses that are associated with a sport. If there are no ticket sales, how does that affect everyone?
- If teams still play and they put the games on TV, how does the sports industry make money? Is it more or less money than they can make when people attend games?
- Imagine you are the owner of your favorite team. What might you do to find new ways to make money for the players and other people who depend on the sports industry?
Next week's Show & Share is about health and fitness. Show us your fitness equipment, weight sets, resistance bands, or favorite workout clothes.
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Money Isn't Happiness... BUT...
You've heard people say you can't buy happiness. That's true. But that doesn't mean you should ignore money or think it doesn't matter. As we all know, it's important to have enough money. Too little money can certainly make us very, very unhappy. Who wants that?
Researchers have discovered that once you earn enough to meet your needs and have some extras plus savings and retirement, people don't get any happier if they make more money.
Being Smart With Money to Be Happy
Remember Todd and Hannah and their TV? Thinking through big purchases and being a smart shopper can increase your satisfaction with the things you can buy. How?
- Think about the thing you want. Is it something you'll use ALL the time, or just occasionally? Things we use a lot need to be the highest quality we can afford. Which is better?
- How important is it to get it right away? Sometimes it's better to save up for the more expensive version of something because we will be happier when we are using it. Which is Better?
- Take time to study that thing. A lot of times we don't know enough about something to make a smart shopping choice. If we watch the prices and learn more about the product, we can be more statisfied for longer with our purchase, or decide we don't want it after all. Sample web page that teaches
- Learn about the alternatives. The world has a lot of options. Sometimes we think we want something because it's what everyone has and later discover that there was a better version of it that not many people knew about. Rent before you buy
- Attitude makes gratitude. If we take our time and shop carefully it's much easier to be grateful for the things we own. When we feel grateful and satisfied we'll take better care of our possessions, they last longer and we feel even better about them.
Shopping for an RV
Check out these options that compete with traditional options everyone knows about
Glamping Campsites - SCROLL DOWN and click on the 3D tour option in the black area of the page
Have a great weekend. Next week we start some new activities. Look forward to a whole new series on health and fitness, great recipes to share, virtual shopping trips, and even some special event days on the calendar.
What Did We Learn Today?
