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Look here for a weekly update about what we worked on this week. This is meant to be a conversation starter for the students and anyone who is interested in What's Happening in Enrichment!

YEAR OF POETRY CHALLENGE: The challenge is to memorize 12 important poems, perhaps one a month for your own personal enrichment. There is a direction sheet in class on memorization tips.

MEMORIZATION LIST

 * 1) No Man is an Island" by John Donne
 * 2) "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare
 * 3) "The Road not Taken" by Robert Frost
 * 4) "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
 * 5) "Death be not Proud" by John Donne
 * 6) "Sonnet" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
 * 7) Teddy Roosevelt quote
 * 8) "RichardCory" by Edward Arlington Robinson
 * 9) "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson
 * 10) "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
 * 11) "The Cloths of Heaven" by William Butler Yeats
 * 12) "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas

A parent shared an interesting math site http://www.mathkangaroo.org It's not free, but it may be of interest for an avid mathematician.

Our most recent journal prompt was a forced relationship between a smartphone and an apple.

DOODLE 4 GOOGLE contest is open until March 8, 2018!!!! I've given the students a sample entry form as well as a parent info letter which I had downloaded from their site. Let's get a winner from UD this year!!

YEAR GAME - Check out this game/challenge from the Math Forum. The idea is to create equations in the digits in the year 2 0 1 8 in a way to equal the numbers from 1- 100; if it's possible. Studnets can submit solutions on their website.

Howtoons - Is a site that combines, building, storytelling and cartoons to inspire kids. I have Howtoons acyivities on display and available to the kids.. I'll make copies of activities for students who have confirmed that they'll have parental help to do the building.

Current Tug-Of-War prompt - Each student is asked to record responses in both the pro and con categories on a display in our classroom. Current Tug-of-War is " School should be held year round."

Tri-Bonds- finding the commonality between three words

Buried Treasure - Groups have been challenged to bury an unnamed treasure for 200 years on a deserted island. They must design 10 traps and/or decoys, that will not harm humans or animals, to protect the treasure. Pilgrim Photo Album- Students selected the top five people, places or things that they would want to show a time traveling Pilgrim. The resulting photo albums were judged by peers and the top three will be shared on our Instagram account by their creators.

What Makes You Say That - analysis of illustration citing evidence

At Fort:

2nd Grade- //The Pigeon Finds A Hot Dog///questioning, hexaflexagons, Dream Clouds 3rd grade-The Pigeon Finds A Hot Dog/questioning, All About Me sculptures 4th grade- finish word logic puzzles, All About Me 5th grade- Ted Ed passcode riddle, finish word logic puzzles, Opinion Continuum, Leprechaun Lockdown At Fitz:

2nd/3rd Grade- The Pigeon Finds A Hot Dog/questioning, word logic puzzles, Tangrams 4th grade- All About Me sculptures 5th grade- All About Me

We end each session with an "exit ticket." Each student completes the sentence, " A thinking skill I used today was......" as we say goodbye with our class handshake.