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• Community Building 
• Happy Birthday, Orion!
• Friday Gathering 
• 2nd Grade Lunar New Year Presentation 
• Morning Meeting
• Playing Wordle & Solving Other Word Challenges
• Ways to Approach Big Challenges
• Welcoming High School Mini Gusto Helper. Thank you, Savannah!
• Indoor Recess Fitness Challenges to Stay Active!

• Writing
• Essays 
• 2nd Essay started!
• Outline & Flash Draft
• Incorporating Notes From Group Discussions 
• Citing Research From Various Sources

• Reading
• Planning and Prepping for Debates 
• Organizing Debate Order with a Group 
• Plannign Ahead for a Rebuttal 
• 2 Rounds of Debates with Special Guests!
• Read Aloud 
• Finished Darnell Rock Reporting by Walter Dean Myers
• Word Study 
• Test #6 on Monday 

• Math
• Continuing Feb. Calendar (multiplying fractions to find the area of different items)
• Introducing the Collection Theme (relationship between liters, deciliters, and milliliters)
• Using The Reverse Area Model to Solve Division Problems & Writing and Solving Division Story Problems
• Division Showdown Game
• Unit 3 Review Jeopardy
• Unit 3 Assessment (Decimals & Division)

• Science
• STEM Fair - Worked on Hypothesis (due to loss of school day, materials list due date is postponed to end of class Monday)

Announcements:

• Wednesday- February 14th - VALENTINE'S DAY 
• Bring a box in before Valentine's Day to decorate - This will be where students collect their candy and cards. It could be a shoe box, a tissue box, a cereal box, or something of that size. 
• Cupcake Competition (optional)- Forms were sent home last week. If they still want to participate and haven't submitted a form yet please have them bring it signed on Monday!
• Candy Grams - $5
• Forms sent home in folders
• Candy delievered on Valentine's Day
• Friday, February 16th - NO SCHOOL 
• Teacher Workshop Day 
• Monday, February 19th- NO SCHOOL In Observation of Presidents Day
• Enjoy the Agriculture Fair over this long 4 day weekend!
• SUMMER PLANNING!
• Please Fill Out This Summer Adventure School Parent Survey 

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