1. Dear Friends, We hope you had a great weekend. Fill out a chain and a Bucket Filler card for at least one person in the classroom. Please put them in the container. This week we are going to learn more about fractions. We are going to be surveying our classmates during Morning Meeting to find out more about them. You Will be getting a survey form with a topic. Please ask Survey 12 people when you are asked to. Work on the pages on your desk. Thank you.

2. Happy Valentine’s Day! Please work on the Valentine Poem on your desk. Please write in your Rachel’s Challenge journal….a response to This quote: Look for sunshine behind every cloud. What has happened to you this month that makes you feel happy? Explain why.

3. Love That Dog What is something that YOU like? Complete the “I Like” poem at your desk and hand it in when you are finished.

4. A poet is an inventor with words: Let’s try it. Invent a poem about an invention. The example is below. Now you try it! Example: I’ve done it! Guess what I’ve done, I’ve invented a hitting machine. It can hit my baseballs over the fence. It can hit a gate. But oh, there’s only one thing wrong… It can only hit balls pitched right down the middle And I can’t throw straight. Now you create a springboard using the form below. I’ve done it! Guess what I’ve done. I’ve invented_____________________________________________ It can__________________________________________________. It can_______________________________________________. But oh, there’s only one thing wrong… It can only ______________________________________________ And ___________________________________________________.

5. Ms. Lee and Mrs. Biondi are playing Fraction Top It. Ms. Lee gets the fraction Mrs. Biondi gets 1/6.Ms. Lee gets ¼ Explain who wins the round and why. Draw a diagram to show your answer and answer in compltet sentences. 1/6 1/4