Extra Credit: An Almanac of Thinking Activities

Read, Think, Research, Communicate every day of the school year. Use the daily trivia to jump start students brains. Then distribute a week s worth of activities based on the trivia. Students choose the Extra Credit they want to earn. Kids problem solve, analyze, diverge, rank, design, invent, brainstorm, apply, and create reports, riddles, collages, acronyms, telegrams, posters, time lines, resumes, tall tales, maps, photo essays, verse, polls, puzzles and writing products. Reproducible.