Extra Credit

Extra Credit Options

Parents ask me from time to time if their students can get “extra credit” to bring up some low grades. My answer is, “ABSOLUTELY!” Students can complete any of the activities listed here and bring their work to me.  Points for each activity will be given based on activity, effort and quality of work turned in. Each selection below is worth a possible 10 points.  A maximum of 20 extra credit points can be applied to overall grades per semester. Example: If a student has a grade of 68%, they can complete enough points of extra credit to bring up the average to 78%.

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ALL EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY TEACHER PRIOR TO STARTING.
  1. Create a poster using all the words that mean division, multiplication, subtraction, and addition.
  2. Sketch these three-dimensional figures– cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism, and sphere.
  3. Write down how many minutes there are in a half-hour, hour, day, week, and month with 30 days.
  4. Write and solve 3 of your own word problems using all 8 parts of speech.
  5. Write the Acrostic Poem to the Metric System and show that you know the units that are used.
  6. Write the step-by-step process of solving addition or subtraction fractions with unlike denominators. Show the process.
  7. Create a PowerPoint that explains a math topic you are learning.
  8. Write a Song: Pick any topic that we are doing in Math, write a song about it, and perform it for the class.
  9. Collect a menu from a restaurant (can print from the internet). Write the prices for 1 appetizer, 1 entree, 1 dessert, and 1 drink. Successfully add in a tip and 7% sales tax. Bring to me and show me the results.

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ALL EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY TEACHER PRIOR TO STARTING.
  1. Bring your public library card to school and prove to me that you have one.
  2. Provide me with five examples of onomatopoeia.
  3. Provide me with five examples of alliteration.
  4. Name the four types of sentences and provide an example of each.
  5. Write me a 5 sentences that include all 8 Parts of Speech.
  6. Give five examples of a simile.
  7. Give five examples of metaphor.
  8. Create a PowerPoint that explains a Language Arts topic you are learning.
  9. Write a Song: Pick any topic that we are doing in Language Arts, write a song about it, and perform it for the class.

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ALL EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY TEACHER PRIOR TO STARTING.
  1. Bring in a newspaper article for a current event that is taking place in our world.
  2. Create a PowerPoint that explains a Social Studies topic you are learning.
  3. Write down the names of eight Civil War battlefields.
  4. Write a story or letter to someone about living in the colonial times.
  5. Tell me the names of 15 states on the map in the classroom of United States.
  6. Create a PowerPoint with all 50 State and their capitol, flag, and state bird.
  7. You may draw a poster of a historical event, person or topic. It may be about an event or topic that we have studied or will study, or may be about a person from any period. You must also furnish a written bibliography of sources you used to furnish ideas, and also give a 1-minute oral report (note-cards allowed) regarding your poster and why you chose your subject.
  8. Write a Song: Pick any topic that we are doing in Social Studies, write a song about it, and perform it for the class.

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ALL EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY TEACHER PRIOR TO STARTING.
  1. Create and label a 3-D model (with labels) of a science topic you are learning about.
  2. Draw a picture of and label at least 3 land formations.
  3. Create an illustration or diagram (with labels) of a science topic you are learning about.
  4. Create a PowerPoint that explains of a Science topic you are learning.
  5. Watch documentary or non-fiction show about a science event, person or topic relating to anything we have learned this year: write a 1 page written report, and include title, channel, date and time viewed, main subject and 3 interesting details discussed. A short, 1-minute oral report will need to be given (note-cards allowed).
  6. Current Events Book: Collect and mount a minimum of 10 scientific current events, and bind them in book form. The events may be collected from newspapers or magazines and must pertain to science, technology or medicine. A short oral report, approx. 1 minute in length, regarding the book’s contents will be given to the class (note-cards allowed.).
  7. Write a Song: Pick any topic that we are doing in Science, write a song about it, and perform it for the class.