Adapt Choices Grade Level Projects GIEP Projects Create a Power Point or Inspiration Web about yourself, a family timeline, non-fiction topic, books you have read, etc. Search the newspaper for interesting articles to add to the “What’s News” bulletin board Complete the newspaper crossword puzzle Create your own crossword puzzle Find a poem to memorize Research different poem styles and write a poem in your favorite style Write a poem that rhymes Write a poem that does not rhyme Read a book Read an easy picture book, an encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary, cook book, magazine etc. Write a book or a song Write a song about what you are learning in Social Studies or Science to the tune of Old McDonald, Turkey in the Straw, Bingo, etc. Complete and activity from the enrichment baskets Play a learning game with a friend Design your own learning game. Draw a picture of as many things as you can think of that begin with P or B. ( or any letter of the alphabet ) Write a letter to your favorite teacher, a friend, your Grandparents etc. Make a list of as many words as you can think of that begin with P or B. ( or any letter of the alphabet ) Design a CD cover that tells about you. Make up song titles that also tell about you to put on the back cover. Make up a new cereal and create a cereal box for it with a list of ingredients. Use you five senses to describe a fruit or vegetable using at least 100 words. Make a ven-diagram about you and your best friend, you and your worst enemy, you and your pet, etc. Cut out a random shape and turn it into some kind of vehicle, person, insect, etc. Make a scavenger hunt / list of questions that all have the same answer. (How many stomachs does a cow have?, How many moons does…) How many chocolate chips are there in each chocolate chip cookie in a package of chips ahoy? Does each cookie have about the same? Graph your results. probability type experiment…what if they were to experiment with something like picking colored cubes out of a bag….(3 red, 4 blue, 5 white) and then graphing their results on an excel spread sheet. They could make predictions before they begin….It connects to lessons that 3rd graders do in ED math. Design a CD cover and the names of song based on something in the news. Read a book and then pick 5 songs that go alone with your book and a short paragraph why