A Valentine Mystery

Mrs. G: How did you find your valentine? Why did you search for it during reading time?

Student Answers:

1. We're practicing inferring. We needed to use inferring to help us figure out clues that led to it.
2. We got clues to get our valentine. We had to read the clues and find the next clue.
3. I followed all of the clues and the last clue was, "I have legs but cannot walk." So I looked on my chair.
4. I found it with my group. We solved problems like "You can see through me but can't go
through me." First we thought a mirror, but thought you can see your relfection not through it. SOO we thought it was the window.
5. I used the clues that I had and thought about what things were in the classroom that had to to with the clue.
6. Clue six said it had four legs, so it was the chair.
7. We had to use our reading strategies. It told me it had four legs. Then I realized four legs would have to be a chair. I looked and found it.
8. There were cards. I got one and it lead to the next one. The final one led to where it was.
9. We were detectives.
10. With the clues...
11. I followed the clues.
12. Well I found a clue at my seat and I thought. The clue led me to the Refill Station. I found another clue there that brought me to the Literacy Bins. Then my next clue brought me to the mailboxes. Then it brought me to my seat. I checked under my seat and found your valentine.
13. First our group read your clues and then we thought what part of the room would the clues go with. Then once we found where the clues were, we just tried it. If it didn't work we would just think what else would be a good place that the clues would match.
14. By trying to figure out the clues and looking in different places.
15. We had to use our classroom schema folder.
16. We were following all the clues. I was writing it down. We were reading them. When we got to the last one, we found out what was four legs.
17. Followed clues.