Extra Credit

Research a famous mathematician on the CRE library website and create a Google Slides presentation with 7-10 slides that includes the information below:

• A title and a picture of the famous mathematician

• Information about their birth (date, location, parents) and death (if deceased)

• Information about their family, early childhood, and places lived

• Information about their education

• A description of contributions to the field of mathematics

• A timeline of where your person fits in history (what events were taking place during their lifetime?

• Quotations by or about your mathematician

Research a famous scientist on the CRE library website and create a Google Slides presentation with 7-10 slides that includes the information below:

• A title and a picture of the famous scientist

• Information about their birth (date, location, parents) and death (if deceased)

• Information about their family, early childhood, and places lived

• Information about their education

• A description of contributions to the field of science

• A timeline of where your person fits in history (what events were taking place during their lifetime?

• Quotations by or about your scientist

THERE ARE 2 CHOICES FOR THE ELA EXTRA CREDIT FOR QUARTER 2

OPTION 1: Respond to a nonfiction book you have read independently (within your personal reading range) during the second 9 weeks of school (since October 10th) by creating a Google Slides with 9 slides.

• Slide 1 - Title and author of your nonfiction book

• Slide 2 - Background Knowledge: What kind of background knowledge do you have that helped you understand the text?

• Slide 3 - Visualizing: Draw an illustration representing something you were visualizing as you were reading

• Slide 4 - Questioning: Write at least 3 questions that came to mind as you were reading

• Slide 5 - Text Structure: How is the book organized (description, sequence, cause and effect, compare/contrast, or problem/solution) and what is the text evidence to prove your answer?

• Slide 6 - Summary: Write a 5-7 sentence summary of your text

• Slide 7 - Connections: Make one of each of the following types of connections to your text... text to text, text to self, AND text to world

• Slide 8 - Main Idea/Details: Make a sun web graphic organizer that shows the main idea and details about your book

• Slide 9 - Text Features: Draw/display at least 3 text features from your book (photo/caption, chart, labeled diagram, bold words and definitions, glossary/index, headings/subheadings)

• Responses should be given in a complete sentence and should be thoughtful and elaborate

• Share your slideshow with your teacher when it is complete

OPTION 2: Use pages 8.2 - 9.1 in your EUREKA! Student Invention activity book that came home in Tuesday folders and create your own invention. Directions:

• Fill out pages 8.2 - 9.1 in your EUREKA! Student Invention activity book

• Record a video of you demonstrating your invention

• Share the video with your teacher when it is complete

• Turn in the activity book pages to your teacher

Create a 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication math tutorial in video form. You may insert a video on a slide in Google Slides, send a video in an email to your math teacher, create a video on WeVideo in ClassLink (add the app if it is not already on your ClassLink), or use another video creation website/app you have experience with and permission to use.

The video should be no longer than 5-7 minutes. Your lesson must include the following:

• A detailed explanation of the strategy of choice (standard algorithm, area model,  or partial products)

• Two examples of the strategy being used

• One example where the learner can pause the video to solve and then show how it was solved

• One example of a problem with a mistake (show how the mistake was made and how to avoid it in the future)

• A closing statement

This year, you will be exploring many fields of science such as earth science, physical science, and biology. Think of a career you would like to know more about within the science field. Find an adult who works in this field and conduct an interview using the following:

• Your interview can be over the phone, through email, or in-person

• Prepare 10 open-ended questions (not yes or no questions) before the interview

• Record the responses by taking notes

• Type a one page reflection from the interview

• Include topics such as what you learned about the career, what new questions you might have, and if you want to pursue that career in the future

Use library research resources to create a single slide on one of the following topics:

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Robert La Salle

• Francisco Coronado

• Life in a Mission

• Moses Austin

• Stephen F. Austin

• Mexico's Independence

• Texas Colonization

Your slide must contain 7 facts, 1 photo, and an exaplanation of the impact the person or event had on Texas.

Click the link below and follow the directions on the slides to complete a practice ECR (Extended Constructed Response):

CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

• The link will force you to make a copy of the Google Slides

• Read the article and prompt on slide 2 carefully

• Use the planning document on slide 3 to make a brief bulleted plan that you can turn into complete thoughts

• Type your ECR on slide 4

• Read over your writing to make sure it makes sense and has answered the prompt... you need text evidence and need to explain your evidence

• Revise and edit your work

• Share your Google Slides with your teacher when it is complete

Create a decimal math cross sums puzzle similar to the example linked below:

CLICK HERE FOR THE EXAMPLE

• Your math puzzle must have 7-10 across and 7-10 down addition and subtraction decimal problems

• You must use tenths and hundredths

• Include an answer key for your math puzzle

• Your math puzzle can be created digitally or on paper

Conduct a science experiment to investigate a testable question and share your findings by creating a Google Slides with 9 slides.

Choose a testable question that you are interested in. Testable means it is a question that can be tested through multiple tests/trials. The multiple tests/trials will give you evidence to support the answer to your question.

Make sure that you are conducting an experiment. If you know the answer to the question, it is not an experiment. If the answer is highly predictable, it is not an experiment. If you don't know the answer but it can be looked up online or in a book, it is not an experiment. Beware of books that have titles like 101 Great Science Fair Projects or Cool Science Experiments... they are usually demonstrations of physical properties and the outcome of the demonstration is highly predictable or a guaranteed result.

• Slide 1 - Experiment title

• Slide 2 - Clearly state your question and hypothesis (the hypothesis should state your prediction of what you believe will happen)

• Slide 3 - Give background information and definitions (back up your prediction with what you know or your prior knowledge)

• Slide 4 - State the one variable you are testing to see how this one variable/change affects the outcome (only one thing/condition should be changing... everything else should stay the same) and describe how you will use an experimental control (the control does not have a change/variable involved)... it is best to conduct multiple trials (a test of the variable) because the more trials you have, the more accurate your results will be!

• Slide 5 - List your procedures in clear and simple steps (number order)

• Slide 6 - List all materials used for your experiment

• Slide 7 - Share your results in easy to read tables, graphs, and/or charts

• Slide 8 - State your conclusion... what happened and why? Was your hypothesis proven to be true or false?

• Slide 9 - Include references and acknowledgements

• Share your slideshow with your teacher when it is complete

Click the link below and follow the directions on the slides to complete the African American research project for Black History Month:

CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

• The link will force you to make a copy of the Google Slides

• Choose an African American from the list on slide 3 (or another of your choice) and use the library research resources to gather information 

• Follow the directions on the slides to create the presentation

• Share your Google Slides with your teacher when it is complete

Create a review Kahoot, Blooket, or Quizizz game for the concepts covered this year! These are the requirements:

• Create a digital eview game (Kahoot, Blooket, or Quizizz)

• Include at least 35 questions that focus on content from all fourth grade math concepts (must have a minimum of 2 questions from each concept)

• Questions should be mostly problem solving (word problems)

FOURTH GRADE MATH CONCEPTS:

• Whole number place value (includes expanded notation & rounding/estimating)

• Addition/subtraction

• Multiplication/division

• Fractions (includes number lines, comparing, ordering, fractions greater than 1 or mixed numbers, finding common denominators, and adding/subtracting fractions)

• Decimals (includes place value, expanded notation, rounding, and adding/subtracting decimals)

• Area and perimeter

• Graphs and stem and leaf plots

• Geometry (includes types of lines, quadrilaterals, types of triangles, types of angles, and measuring angles)

• Input/output tables

• Metric and customary measurement

Click the link below and follow the directions on the slide to track the moon phases for 4 consecutive weeks:

CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

• The link will force you to make a copy of the Google Slides

• Visit the website and review the current moon phases

• Use the "My Moon Journal" template on the slide to record the date and a picture of what the moon looked like each night for 4 weeks

• You can complete the moon journal digitally or print it and complete it by hand

Create a review game for the concepts covered this year! These are the requirements:

• Create a review game (card game, board game, etc.)

• Include a sheet with specific directions on how to play the game

• Include all materials needed to play the game (game pieces, game board, dice, etc.)

• Include 35 questions that focus on content from all of the units we have covered with 5 questions from each unit (Native Americans, Explorers, Missions, Texas Revolution, Republic and Statehood, Civil War in Texas, and Texas Today)

• Include an answer key for the questions used in the game

• The game must be neat and colorful (if necessary)