Christmas 2014

Jingle Bells

day It is a beautiful day. 
Dog My dog is coal.
duck egg The duck laid an egg.
hill Home The home was on a hill.
I go to sleep at night.
I eat breakfast in the morning.
I go to church on saturday.

Sunday Lesson Week 20

The Christmas Story
Mary will be Jesus mother. 
Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem.
Jesus is born.
The angels tell the shepherds.

Sorry, no video today.  Joshua fell asleep upstairs so Mark and I worked downstairs on the couch and there was just not a good way to set up the camera phone.  Also, not so sure if Mark is feeling well...he went to bed at 5:30PM on Friday afternoon.  Then, on Saturday afternoon, he looked really sleepy and felt a little hot to me....maybe got what Joshua has been fighting the last couple of weeks.  Anyway, we kept it simple...Merry Christmas!

Slower day

Corn We eat corn on the cob in summrer. 
cow Cows like to eat grass.
day

Did so good today...

...and then I forgot to forward our typing progress to my email!!!

Seriously, we typed like 6 sentences and did several spelling words.  He was working really well today...ugh!

Oh well, I guess there is always tomorrow.  He is using the word prediction to finish typing words.  I really like seeing him start to use this feature.

Working...

bread I like to eat bread. 
brother my brother has a concert tonight. 
cake Mom makes cake for my birthday.

Using Dolche noun sight words for conversation...

Today, I asked Mark to type "bell" and he just spelled it out loud orally.  I really enjoy looking at the Dolche sight words and coming up with a sentence to use with one of the words.  It is introducing lots of new words into our typing and that keeps it interesting.

boat We use a boat in the summer. 
box What is in the box?
boy The boy likes apple juice.
bread I love bread.

Sunday Lesson Week 19

Jesus came to us as a baby. Mary is Jesus mother. Jesus, Mary, and joseph are the holy family.

Had a little trouble getting into the groove at first.  Finally got through some work...we all attended a Family Advent Celebration at church last night after church which was very nice.

Pretty gummy bears

pretty Look at the pretty gummy bears.
ran We ran to school. 
ride I ride in a car.

We were a little late getting started this morning.  Having some ladies over tonight for a Christmas party so trying to get things set up for that!  So excited!

Motivation

It snows in the winter. i opened presents on my birthday . I eat dinner in the evening . i see the moon at night. I pray before going to bed.

Motivation is difficult for some people.  I know that Mark has trouble with motivation and sometimes does not want to sit down and "type/work".  Last night, he was being silly with Mr. Dan and so I told Dan to use more motivating sentences for him to type.  So, they were practicing the spelling word "little" and then they wrote: "Mark ate a little McDonalds"  I think they also typed something about Walmart.  Yes, it may be a confusing phrase but it got him through it because Mark just loves to talk about McDonalds.

On a positive note, I really noticed that Mark is getting much faster at typing words that he uses a lot and knows well, i. e. words like the, my etc...

Mark does everything on Friday...

bird Birds fly in the sky.
little I saw a little bear. 
make i can make pizzza. 
said i said yes.  
where. Where is the coat?
I take a bath in the morning. 
I feed Coal after school.

...because the only "When" question we have taught Mark is "When do we eat pizza?"

This is usually how it goes...Mark yells "pizza" at you several hundred times a day (no, I am not exaggerating).  So, we started asking, "When do we eat pizza?"  (We have pizza every Friday night...) so then he started to learn to say "On Friday" and we would look at the calendar to see if it was a Friday or not.  This does help a little with the pizza demands but then he will move on to "apple juice!!!"...

Starting "When" questions

I go to Walmart on saturday. I sleep at night . i eat at dinners  . The sun comes up in the mornings .


This morning started rough...Mark would not cooperate and sat on the floor and said "Help".  I had started recording and then turned it off because it looked like I was not going to get anywhere this morning.  It seems that he had a stomach ache yesterday and so maybe he is just a little off still from that.  Finally, he came around and did some great typing once I backed off a little...

Work with Dan:
I sleep at night. I eat at dinner. the sun comes up in the morning i eat. pizzza on Friday. I go to church on sunday. I go to Walmart on Saturday. 
zero who

Difficult Sunday lesson...

Jesus learned stories about God. Juan Diego meets mother of god.

Picking the first choice...

An apple is a fruit. a fish lives in a pond. a muffin  is food. Milk is a drink. Tomato is a vegetable. 
pretty. ran 
I ran to school. 
ride
I ride my bike.

...I have been concerned that Mark always selects the first item offered to him when given choices.  For example, if I write on the board:  apple   pig   house
and then ask him "Which on is an animal?" He will start to say apple because that is the first choice.  So, I have been trying to make sure I have his attention and ask the question very purposefully.  I think twice he said the first word but then changed his answer when I asked him a second time.  I could tell he took more time to listen and then considered the choices before he gave the answer.  Maybe next week, we will move to open ended questions...

Another good day

Don't have a lot of time to type today...Mark did well this morning!

three.  I want 3 gummy bears. 
went We went to walmart. 
birthday My birthday is January 11'
did I did it!
please Always say please.
There is water

Good day!

I can see a bird in the sky. A pig lives on a farm. Four is a number. snake slithers on the ground. An apple is a fruit. 
little bird

Great day today.  Mark worked well and answered lots of questions!

I want to thank everyone that braved the cold weather to come out and listen to my presentation about Support Typing last night!

Presentation tonight!

A bee is an insect. A square is a shape. 
zero walmart jams. mcdonald. w

I am giving a presentation about Mark's typing tonight.  I am very excited to share this information!

Last weekend, we drove past Jamms (frozen yogurt place) and Mark ALWAYS says "Jamms" when we drive by...it's his way of saying, "Let's stop and Jamms and get a treat"...but in reality, he just yells, "Jamms, Jamms, Jamms, Jamms,...." about a hundred time.  Sometimes, he says it so fast that I cannot make out the words that he is saying.  It probably took me a few months to realize that he was even what he was saying..actually, I think Henry figured it out.  Anyway, sometimes when I cannot figure out what he is saying, I ask him to spell it...well, he actually did phonetically spell out Jamms yesterday!  He said, "Ja....aaa....mm....ssss", then he repeated that about a hundred times...I get it Mark!  You want to go to Jamms!!!   LOL

Then, we practiced spelling McDonalds...that is going to take a little work... 

Today in our lesson, he spelled Walmart almost perfectly...I think there was only one correction...