# 38 Early Enrichment: Create your own National Day

Did you know that November 3rd is
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National Sandwich Day?
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December 7th is national letter writing day, and January 7th is national bobblehead day.

Click on the red link for each of these days and write a few sentences telling us about each one.
What day do you feel deserves to be added to the list of national celebrations?

Pickle day? It's observed on November 15.

How about National fuzzy sock day? It's a day, people celebrate it on December 21st!

What would be a day that you would LOVE to celebrate? Start brainstorming. Create a list of 10 days
that you would enjoy having as special days on the calendar.
After you create your list, choose your very favorite day. Create you own informational apple clip project about your day.
Include this information:

The name of your day

3-5 facts about your topic

How we can celebrate this day?

Why it is important enough to be a national day?

Add color and illustrations to your clips.

EXTRA:  Do research to find out if your day is already celebrated. If so, add that date to your clip project.

Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​​

#37 Early Enrichment: Shark Teeth and Shark Rules

There are so many cool facts about sharks to learn. There are
also so many rules for sharks to follow at school.

What!? Sharks at School?

Get out your notebook and dive into this mini shark lesson.

1.  Please read this Wonderopolis article about sharks and take notes.

https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-many-teeth-do-sharks-have

Please record at least 4 ideas and/or drawings from the article in your notebook.

2.  Listen to the book Clark the Shark
Write down all of the rhymes that Clark creates in your notebook.

You should have at least 4 of Clark's rhymes written in your notebook when you are done.
Your assignment

Create 3, 4 or 5 or your OWN rhymes that would teach Clark how
to behave at school and follow school rules.
Write or type your rhymes and share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​

#36 Early Enrichment: Sign Language

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Do you know sign language? Can you spell your name in sign language?
This Early Enrichment Mini Challenge will help you to
learn how to sign your name, common requests, and more!
After watching the videos, you can.......(only one required)

  1. Create a video of yourself doing 7 different signs as well as signing your name
  2. Work with a partner (if it's OK with your teacher) and create a video of 14 different signs as well as both of your names
  3. Work together with 7 different people where each person does 2 different signs as well as signs their name

Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​

#35 Early Enrichment: Animal Enrichment

Did you know that you are not the only person that
gets to do enrichment activities?

Animals do too!!
At Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, zookeepers make fun activities for animals to do. Hear from
​our zookeepers to learn about animal enrichment.

​Checkout some of the fun activities animals get to do at the zoo.

It may look like they are just play or eating, but these activities actually challenge the animals'
brains and get them moving around. Make a ChatterPix to share what you learned about an animal
and what they do for enrichment.

Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​​

#34 Early Enrichment: Meet the Quirkles

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The Quirkles are 26 imaginary scientists that love to read and to experiment. Learn
about each scientist, and what they love to learn about by clicking the photo below.
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Then try some experiments!
Colorful Caroline’s Exploding Colors

Wanda the Melting Witch

Kitchen Chem. Kal’s Armpit Fudge
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Mary Motion’s Plummeting Egg

Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​​

#33 Early Enrichment: Are We There Yet? (Ep. 5)

Ciao!
We are headed off to look for some
adventure in ITALY!

Learn more about the country by watching the following three videos (in playlist)

Check out these wonders and articles about the country:
  1. Who Invented Pizza?
  2. What is Gelato?
  3. Italy – National Geographic Kids
  4. Italian Numbers
Share what you have learned by commenting by leaving a comment!

#32 Early Enrichment: Creative Writing

Creative writing is a type of story telling where the author’s purpose is to:

  • entertain
  • foster artistic expression
  • explore the functions and values of writing
  • stimulate imagination
  • clarify thinking
  • search for identity
  • learn to read and write
We are going to be practicing our creative writing skills, by telling some important Thanksgiving stories. Choose a prompt below and get creative! 
Disguise a Turkey
How to Cook a Turkey  
Turkey Trot

Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​​​

#31 Early Enrichment: Math Challenges 2

Math Olympiad is back!
Here are six Math Olympiad challenges for you to complete!

1). The three McMath sisters Amy, Betty and Cindy wear different color skirts to school. Their skirt colors are red, blue and yellow. Amy's skirt is not red and not blue. Betty's skirt is not blue. What color or skirt does each girl have on?
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2). Calculate the following:

999 + 99 + 2=

998 + 998 + 4 + 9 + 9=

3). Subtraction: Fill in the blanks:

67                         52
-                            -
_________            _________
   42                        20

95                         94
-                            -
_________            _________
  24                         32

4). Three kids eat 1 apple each at the same time. It took them 3 minutes to eat them. How many minutes does it take for 6 kids to finish eating 6 apples? (Each kid eats 1 apple.)
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5). Bob likes to skip stones at the local pond. He collected 15 rocks and separated them into 5 piles. Each pile has a different number of rocks. How many rocks are there in each pile?


*Questions from Math Top 10 

Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​​​

#30 Early Enrichment: Roll a Silly Spooky Story

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. You? With that in mind, 
it's time to write some silly spooky stories!
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What you will need:
  1. A Dice
  2. Paper copy of Roll a Silly Spooky Story (click here to print)
What to do:
  1. Roll your dice three different times.
  2. The first number you roll will be your character.
  3. The second number you roll will be your setting.
  4. The third number you roll will be your conflict.
  5. Use your character, setting, and conflict to write a silly spooky story.
  6. Illustrate your story on the back of your paper.
Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or
​Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org) to be featured on our website!
***This activity was created by SunnyDaze and downloaded for free on TpT

#29 Early Enrichment: Are We There Yet? (Ep. 4)

We are headed to Egypt, and I
want to know.....

Are we there yet?!
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Egypt is a country that can be found in the top right hand corner of the continent, Africa. Egypt is over 6,500 miles away from Omaha, Nebraska. It is known for its pyramids and ancient Egyptian culture.
With this activity, you are going to get to explore Egypt and some of the fascinating places to visit there.

Once you have gone on your virtual field trip, check
out the activities below!
​Complete one of the projects below:
  1. Read more about Egypt on National Geographic Kids. Once you read all about Egypt, create a poster sharing what you have learned.
  2. Download and print Penn State’s Egyptian Pharaoh activity guide.  Note: this packet is 33 pages long and includes the answer key. Complete the activities.
  3. Grab a piece of paper and build an origami pyramid.  Click here for step by step directions. 
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Please share your project with your classroom teacher, the HAL Coordinator at your building or Mrs. Jack (jjack@esu11.org).​​