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ROOM 102February 15, 2013

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATION ON THURSDAYOn Thursday we celebrated Valentine’s Day by graphing Conversation Heart colors, “buying” special stickers and supplies to make our bags, and finding words using the letters from “Valentine’s Day.”

Math - This week we learned about Bar

Graphs and Circle Graphs. We learned that all

graphs need a title. Bar graphs are very similar

to picture graphs, except they have bars instead

of pictures. On Friday we learned about

coordinate grids and ordered pairs. Next week

we will create our own graphs, play a game

using coordinate grids, and have a test.

Reading - This week we worked with Mrs.

Corkery and Mrs. Hartzler to practice QAR

Questions. QAR stands for Question Answer

Relationships. There are two main questions

you can ask while reading. They include In the

Book Questions and In My Head Questions. We

practiced finding answers to In the Book

questions while reading non-fiction books about

animals.

Some students began learning about

making connections. There are three types of

connections including text-to-text, text-to-

world, and text-to-self.

Writing - We are working on organizing our

thoughts for our persuasive letters to our

parents. Our letters will begin with a call to

action, include three reasons why our parents

should agree with us, and specific facts or

examples to support our idea.

Going Green - There is TOO MUCH

garbage. This morning, our neighborhood,

despite making trash cans was overflowing with

garbage. We are going to collect data and think

of ways to help reduce the amount of garbage.

The Students really enjoyed our

Valentine’s Day Party

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February CelebrationsWe are doing a lot of fun activities for February. We went on our

second field trip to the Solid Waste Authority to learn about recycling. On

February 8, 2013 we celebrate the 100th day. We wrote about what

we will do when we are 100 and we graphed 100 Fruit Loops

by color. This week we celebrated Valentine’s Day. Next

week we will celebrate the joy of reading with the State

College Girls Basketball Team. We will end the month with

a fun Spirit Week in honor of Dr. Seuss.

100th Day(LEFT) Students got bags of 100 Fruit Loops. They worked with a partner to tally the colors and graph them on their paper.(Below) Students enjoyed playing Bingo. They used conversation hearts for the markers.

NEXT WEEK SPELLING HOMEWORK TESTS/REVIEW SPECIALS

Unit 18anothercamecomeworkthree

Every nightread:10-15 minspellingIXL: 10 - 15

FridayUnit 18 Spelling

Unit 7 Math Graphing/Tables

WednesdaySOAR Celebration - Reading with the SCASD Girls’ Basketball team

100th DayField Trip

Valentine’s Day

100TH DAY FRUIT LOOP GRAPHING