Enrichment

1. Peer interaction / socialization – parents signed up for enrichment because they wanted their kids to work with other kids. à Ex: group projects, presentations, 2. Enrichment is ONE CLASS – not 4 separate classes à Not a cram session – avoid information overload for students 3. This is enrichment (i.e. “extra”) and should be FUN! à Students get the “content” in their online class à Take the pressure off teachers and students ** __ Enrichment Plans: __ **  · Single school-wide theme with a single lesson / topic created by the teachers (collaboratively)  à Each of the content teachers put their “spin” on the lesson  · Monthly meeting / collaboration – write lesson plans ** // Example:CO-TEACHING   // ** Theme: reflective (January) Lesson Topic: Environment (Hannah) ** // Science  // ** : “Forest in a bottle” biome project (reflecting on our how our actions impact the environment) ** // Social Studies  // ** : Compare students’ biomes to other countries / cultures ** // Language Arts  // ** : Presentations on biomes (from science class) ** // Math  // ** : Create graphs and analyze growth of biomes from week to week. Predict future weeks’ growth (graphing, calculations, probability). Mathematically evaluate the growth (or destruction) rates of rain forests in other countries
 * __ Enrichment Expectations __ **