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We are learning about characteristics and how characters react to things happening to them in the story.

Today we read" Catalina Magdelina Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan was her name.

We talked about our own physical and personality traits and each student and teacher drew their own self portrait. Marky did his on paper.

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Marky is getting better at quickly reading CVC words !

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Today, we listened to "How to Catch Santa". Marky was able to answer questions about what we read and drew his own idea for catching Santa using a net.

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Today we listened to the story "Grumpy Monkey Christmas". After listening, Marky was able to identify some of the characters, the setting and the main idea.

Wonderful job!

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This is an example of Marky's work from the activity above. With help, Marky completed two-digit addition problems! Way to go, Marky!

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In a partner activity, Marky worked with Lucas to complete two-digit addition problems! They took turns spinning for a two-digit number on a separate platform and then wrote in the numbers. On a separate whiteboard screen, they worked through the problem, one step at a time! Marky worked hard to complete these--Nice work, Marky!

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In this activity, Marky separated two-digit numbers into tens and ones. He correctly named the number of tens and ones in each number!

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On Nearpod, Marky played a matching game to find corresponding pairs of numbers and base ten. He did an amazing job identifying the correct place value of each number! Nice work, Marky!

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He has been working so hard in Math, that he earned to do a directed drawing today! This is the turkey that Marky drew in our class. Nice job, Marky! 

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When practicing skip counting, Marky is able to skip count by 2s and 10s with accuracy! We will continue to work on counting by 5s!

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Marky worked on adding single-digit numbers in this exercise. This concept has been tricky for him, but with objects to count on the dice, he was successful with completing a couple of these problems!

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11/21/23 Marky has been working on place value for three-digit numbers. He can accurately identify the number of tens and ones in a three-digit number. In this exercise, he wanted to give a 4-digit number a try and he consistently did a great job using base ten blocks to create numbers in the thousands place! Way to go, Marky!

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11/21/23 Marky has been working on place value for three-digit numbers. He can accurately identify the number of tens and ones in a three-digit number. In this exercise, he wanted to give a 4-digit number a try and he consistently did a great job using base ten blocks to create numbers in the thousands place! Way to go, Marky!

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Marky has been learning about the use of sensory language in writing. He told me of an experience visiting his Grandpa's grave.

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Reading and writing -all words 12/1/23 Marky Forrest

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Reading and writing -all words 12/1/23 Marky Forrest

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Marky had help reading the -all words but was able to spell new -all words with limited help. Great!

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Today I read a story to Marky and he was to answer the 5 W's questions. He was not able to answer number 3 but did well on the others.

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Marky was to choose the correct question word for the worksheet. Teacher read the sentence phrases and choices and he decided on the best question word. He did this with absolutely no trouble.

Superb!

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ELA using text illustrations to answer questions 

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ELA using text illustrations to answer questions 

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Nice Work!!

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ELA story writing 11/30/23 Marky Forrest

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ELA story writing 11/30/23 Marky Forrest

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We used story cubes to come up with different story elements (plot, characters, setting) to put in the story.

Marky has a great imagination and did a fabulous job!!

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Marky was able to spell pay and way independently.

Hooray!

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After listening to the story of "The Paperbag Princess", Marky explained the character traits of the dragon, princess, and prince.

Fantastic!

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Today we played a bamboozle game where a picture is shown and you need to spell the word that goes with the picture. Marky spelled most of the words correctly. The ones he spelled incorrectly (ten-he spelled as tin, pup- he spelled as pug) he was able to respell correctly with a little help. 75%

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Having learned about character traits last week, Marky reviewed the skill by listening to the sentence section and filling in the blank with the correct word in pink.

Great!

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Week of November 13 Marky Forrest CVC reading

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Week of November 13 Marky Forrest CVC reading

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Marky is working on reading CVC words. He has read three decodable readers this week from half-pint kids as well as playing bamboozle cvc games and Brainzy education games .

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11/17/23 Marky Forrest- main idea and key details

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11/17/23 Marky Forrest- main idea and key details

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Today, we used a graphic organizer of an ice cream cone to note main ideas and key details. We read the story "Dragons Love Tacos" and Marky did a terrific job with choosing the main idea and supporting details!

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We continued learning about key details and main idea. This time, we used a fictional text: "Wemberly Worried". Marky was an active listener during the story and contributed all the answers noted on the page.

Well done!!

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Marky learned that texts have a main idea and supporting details. We read a story of how to survive a gorilla attack.

The plain pizza is the main idea- Marky identified the main idea as "What to do if a gorilla attacks".

The toppings were key supporting details. For every detail he could supply, he could add a topping to the pizza. His details are listed on the pizza.

Wonderful work!!

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Marky F Cause and Effect 11/14 and 11/15

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Marky F Cause and Effect 11/14 and 11/15

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Marky did very well learning about cause and effect. He was able to complete this page with only one mistake!! 90%

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Marky Forrest 11/8/23 cause and effect new baby sister.

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Marky Forrest 11/8/23 cause and effect new baby sister.

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ELA Joint activity with Lucas on putting pictures in sequential order. 11/6/23

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ELA Joint activity with Lucas on putting pictures in sequential order. 11/6/23

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ELA Marky Forrest 11/6/23 Sequence words

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ELA Marky Forrest 11/6/23 Sequence words

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Well done!

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ELA Marky Forrest Sequence words 11/6/23

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ELA Marky Forrest Sequence words 11/6/23

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Marky dictated the steps involved in making a doctor's appt.

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Marky is learning about cause and effect. He did a great job with both the chat activity and the worksheet.

We also read an enjoyable story by Robert Munsch entitled "Mortimer". Marky was an active listener for the story and made predictions as well as finished some repetitious parts of the story with me. We found instances of cause and effect in this story.

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Mark Forrest ELA cause and effect activity November 8 2023

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Here is a list of sight words Marky should practice on a daily basis

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Today, Marky learned about some different sight words as well as some other words to practice reading. Our words were the, we, and, he, she, I.

He did very well with these words and dictated sentences using them.

Great work, Marky!!!

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After hearing the story of "The Fisherman's Wife", Marky was asked what kind of ending he would have put for the story and to draw it.
He said it would have been a good ending if the fish came out of the water and danced around.
I agree! Nice work!

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Complete the following tasks to get yourself familiar with how to use your digital notebook!  Be sure to add your name to all of these tasks.

Draw a picture of yourself.  Take a photo of your picture by adding a post by clicking the + sign below.  Title your post "Self Portrait."

Create a new post and write a description of how you best learn (by doing, by hearing, by seeing."  Title your post "How I Best Learn."

Create an audio recording of yourself describing your learning goals for this year by adding a post below by clicking the + sign below.  Title your post "My Learning Goals."

Post a drawing of what you'd like to do as a career choice by adding a post below by clicking the +sign below.  Title Your Post "My Career."

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Each student will be provided a digital notebook. 

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Your digital notebook belongs to you. You and your teacher will have access to your notebook. This is a place where all your work will be done. When you are instructed to do your work in your digital notebook you will use the link provided and complete the work as directed. This will be a collection of your work that will be used as part of your grade. Your teacher will check this book regularly and provide you feedback and grades on your work.