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This is where you are going to add your thinking about the article, "Making Sense of Making Cents".  *MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU READ THE ARTICLE.*  Make sure you are including predictions, questions, connections, wows, and other thinking.  Be sure to use your good writing.  *YOU MAY NOT COMMENT ON OTHERS' WORK UNTIL YOU HAVE PUT YOUR OWN THINKING ON THE BLOG.*
Tyler
2/22/2012 12:09:11 am

P- It will make sense of making cents.

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Aaryn
2/22/2012 12:10:02 am

P- You have to make sense to get cents.

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Carver
2/22/2012 12:11:01 am

P- I predict that this is about how to make quarter, pennies, and other money.

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Mrs. Swaim
2/22/2012 12:14:02 am

Th- I knew that it costs more to make a penny than what a penny is worth, but I didn't know that about nickles.

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Paige
2/22/2012 12:14:41 am

Th- It is crazy that it costs more to make the coins than what they are worth.

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Aaryn
2/22/2012 12:15:09 am

Q- Why does it cost more?

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Abbie
2/22/2012 12:16:35 am

! - Wow, that is a lot of money to spend on pennies. They are one cent. That is rediculous.

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Hannah
2/22/2012 12:17:16 am

Q- Why does it cost so much to make pennies and nickles?

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Aaryn
2/22/2012 12:19:10 am

Fact- Pennies are made of zinc and covered in copper so it lowers the price of them.

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Aaryn
2/22/2012 12:19:48 am

Fact - Zinc is less expensive than copper.

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Hannah
2/22/2012 12:20:29 am

Fact - Pennies used to be made of all copper.

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Zoe
2/22/2012 12:21:03 am

Inferrence - The price of copper is more than the price of zinc.

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Paige
2/22/2012 12:22:20 am

Fact - Researchers are trying to find a new mix of metal to make the money cheaper.

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Carver
2/22/2012 12:23:12 am

I learned how to pronounce significantly.

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Aaryn
2/22/2012 12:24:17 am

I found out that composition was important because it was bolded. Composition means makeup.

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Zoe
2/22/2012 12:25:28 am

Connection - Zinc is used in pennies and in sunscreen.

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Hannah
2/22/2012 12:26:10 am

Fact - They have been trying to find new mixes since 2010.

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Hope
2/22/2012 12:27:09 am

The makeup of pennies and nickles has not changed for more than 30 years.

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