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Ape ABC's

1/25/2012

This is where you are going to add your thinking about the article, "Ape ABC's". Make sure you are including predictions, questions, connections, wows, and other thinking. Be sure to use your good writing.

68 Comments

Madison

1/25/2012 12:07:28 am

"Bonobo" What is this?

Mrs. Swaim

1/25/2012 12:10:27 am

Madison, reread the sentence, they tell you the answer to this. I like how you were showing what you were thinking and wondering.

Madison

1/25/2012 12:16:42 am

I reread the sentence and thank you.

Madison

1/25/2012 12:20:03 am

I reread the sentence and thank you.Also I did see that it is a type of ape.

Christina

1/25/2012 12:07:57 am

Comment -What is ''lexigrams?''

Mrs. Swaim

1/25/2012 12:12:28 am

Christina, I like how you are questioning the text. They explain lexigrams a little, but not very much. It is system of symbols.

Christina

1/25/2012 12:14:30 am

Thanks for telling me that

Madison

1/25/2012 12:08:10 am

I just found out type of ape.

Nick

1/25/2012 12:08:25 am

''Kanzi, a 31-year-old male bonobo (a type of ape), lives at the Great Ape Trust in Iowa. He enjoys doing many of the same things humans like to do—eating, playing with toys, and even reading and typing at a computer.'' He is so cute

Hope

1/25/2012 12:08:28 am

"A great ape in Iowa has learned the basics of reading and writing—by accident"! "Wow that is cool and I wounder when this happened".

Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:08:53 am

WOW! That monkey is smart. The lexigrams represent objects, such as “key” or “bowl,” as well as actions, like “tickle” or “chase.” Haha would if he tickeled you. That would be really funny!

Dustin&Norma

1/25/2012 12:09:08 am

"Kanzi, a 31-year-old male bonobo (a type of ape), lives at the Great Ape Trust in Iowa. He enjoys doing many of the same things humans like to do—eating, playing with toys, and even reading and typing at a computer." WOW-i cant believe that this monkey is very smart it is very cool and he can do my work for me!!!!

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:09:22 am

"Kanzi, a 31-year-old male bonobo (a type of ape), lives at the Great Ape Trust in Iowa." I really think that a 31 year bonobo is real;ly old and that that is tottaly cool.

ciarra

1/25/2012 12:12:36 am

really

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:15:08 am

Yes, really and you didn't put caps lock on your really.

Madison

1/25/2012 12:09:33 am

"He enjoys doing many of the same things humans like to do—eating, playing with toys, and even reading and typing at a computer." How can a ape do these things?

Dustin&Norma

1/25/2012 12:24:06 am

You can train it to do lots of things and that it is very smart!!!!!

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:25:40 am

Dustin and Norma-And smart.

Nick

1/25/2012 12:10:06 am

''That’s right—scientists working with Kanzi have taught him the meaning of more than 300 symbols, called lexigrams. The lexigrams represent objects, such as “key” or “bowl,” as well as actions, like “tickle” or “chase.” Thats alot of symbols

Christina

1/25/2012 12:10:29 am

Comment - He can bulid a fire by hiself and he is 31 years old

Nick

1/25/2012 12:15:24 am

Thats weried

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:17:19 am

Comment- I don't even think that i can build a fire. That is really really awesome!

Ciarra

1/25/2012 12:11:48 am

When my mom asked my sister what she wanted be she said I want to be a zookeeper and work with the monkeys.It realates to'' ABC'S Apes''

Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:15:00 am

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ciarra

1/25/2012 12:17:45 am

yes she does!

Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:19:20 am

Hahahahahh. She loves monkeys.!

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:19:24 am

Comment- Good prediction. I like it.

Dustin&Norma

1/25/2012 12:21:09 am

Comment- I could tell your sister LOVES monkeys the first tie i went to your house. There is monkeys all over her room. Bahahahhah!!!

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:24:42 am

Dustin and Norma- You guys spelled time worng you spelled it like this tie. But I like you comment very good.

Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:24:49 am

Yeah Norma i know! Sabryna is just in love with them. Hahahahah shes crazy about them!

Nick

1/25/2012 12:24:59 am

Norma loves monkeys?

Nick

1/25/2012 12:11:55 am

''Kanzi uses a keyboard to type these symbols to communicate with researchers. He can also point to the symbols on a laminated sheet.''
He is smart

Connor

1/25/2012 12:12:15 am

No kanzi isn't 31 years old

Nick

1/25/2012 12:13:23 am

Yes he is.

Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:14:26 am

The monkey it 31 year's old not the guy teaching him!

Mrs. Swaim

1/25/2012 12:14:37 am

Connor, the monkey's name is Kanazi and they tell us that he is 31 years old.

Madison

1/25/2012 12:14:43 am

Yes he is 31 years old.

Connor

1/25/2012 12:18:58 am

Yeah I know he's 31 years old

Connor

1/25/2012 12:21:14 am

Well not in the future

Connor

1/25/2012 12:22:48 am

When he's 32.

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:21:42 am

Yes, it says that on the first paragraph and first sentence.

Connor

1/25/2012 12:24:36 am

You guys really like cutting me off

Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:12:18 am

"He enjoys doing many of the same things humans like to do—eating, playing with toys, and even reading and typing at a computer. " Dang. I like doing all those things too, he's just like a human! Like they said! WOW!

Cheri

1/25/2012 12:12:50 am

"The Legend of Tarzan" That is really cool that that is a Legend of Tarzan that is super awesome really awesom.

Connor

1/25/2012 12:13:16 am

Kanzi is really smart for an ape

Nick

1/25/2012 12:14:16 am

Yes he is for an ape

Christina

1/25/2012 12:13:35 am

Ouestion -I wonder what it would be like to be ''bonobo?''

Mrs. Swaim

1/25/2012 12:17:50 am

Christina, I really like your thinking. This shows me that you are really trying to understand and connect to the reading.

Aarym

1/25/2012 12:14:45 am

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Christina

1/25/2012 12:18:26 am

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Dustin&Norma

1/25/2012 12:18:48 am

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Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:22:44 am

Dustin & Norma. She messed up. & that sentence dosnt make sence. Well spelt new Aarym dosnt anyways.

Aaryn

1/25/2012 12:25:09 am

You need to stop getting smart with me you little girl hahahahahahha. I know that it is spelled wrong but who cares.

Dustin&Norma

1/25/2012 12:15:43 am

"bonobos are an endangered species. This means their species could die out without help from humans." comment- this would be very bad if the species die if they die how would humans figure at how to learn about the ape?

Nick

1/25/2012 12:22:54 am

Norma&Dustin I agree.

Connor

1/25/2012 12:16:09 am

Yeah I saw the Drake and Josh movie

Hope

1/25/2012 12:17:30 am

"That’s right—scientists working with Kanzi have taught him the meaning of more than 300 symbols, called lexigrams. The lexigrams represent objects, such as “key” or “bowl,” as well as actions, like “tickle” or “chase.” Wow that is cool too but scientists have been working with it so it could maybe be able to do your homework if you let it and might even get it all right too. It could maybe help you study for a test. And help a kindergardener study its abc's. So this thing is basically like a humman"

zoe

1/25/2012 12:17:36 am

That ape Kanzi is a relly smart.He might be smarter then us.I can not belive that the ape can start a fire even if I try to it does not trun out good.

Nick

1/25/2012 12:19:37 am

Kanzi is old as my uncle.

Hope

1/25/2012 12:24:22 am

"Nick your uncle is only 31 years old all my uncles are older than that my mom is even older than that she is 40 about to be 41 in April".

Hope

1/25/2012 12:21:38 am

"Kanzi uses a keyboard to type these symbols to communicate with researchers". "Wow if iI need a 500 word essay due I'm going to that ape and he can type it i won't have to lift a finger."

Aaryn

1/25/2012 12:22:02 am

Kanzi, a 31-year-old male bonobo (a type of ape), lives at the Great Ape Trust in Iowa. He enjoys doing many of the same things humans like to do—eating, playing with toys, and even reading and typing at a computer. Connection Have you ever sine drake and josh the one that the go and get there new car if you have do you guys remmember that the guy that sales the cars has a monkey and it likes everthing that the monkey likes on the articel by the way its name is bo bo.

Madison

1/25/2012 12:22:30 am

" Kanzi likes to watch DVDs with his bonobo family." WOW! I dont see how those kids of ape's can do that.

Kelsay

1/25/2012 12:23:53 am

HA! I know i dont either. Its kinda crazy!

Christina

1/25/2012 12:23:03 am

Comment - I didn't know that ''The Great Ape Trust’s research is important because it can teach us more about what separates humans from animals.''

Abbie

1/25/2012 12:23:41 am

Aw he has a son.

zoe

1/25/2012 12:23:58 am

"At the St.Loise zoo I saw a monky at the zoo and he was laying down weth his lag's croset weyh a banna in one hand and he look a little like Kanzi."

Madison

1/25/2012 12:25:15 am

"He can gather wood and build a fire. He uses the fire to roast marshmallows! Kanzi is now teaching his son Teco how to make a fire. " Connection- I tought my sister how to roast marshmallows too.

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