Survival of The Fittest Choice Menu

Name____________________ Directions: You choose 3 activities in tic-tac-toe and

complete.
Standard S4L2. Students will identify factors that affect the survival or extinction of
organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation), and external features
(camouflage and protection).


Animals Top Model
Construct a model of an
ecosystem that includes
3 producers, 3
consumers, and 3
decomposers,3
predators, and 3 prey.


Survival Create an animal
survival guide that
demonstrates how 2
animals survive or does not
against predators, include
terms such as adaptation,
reproduce, camouflage,
hibernate, mimicry and
protection.



Attention, Attention
Read all about it!
Write a short paper in
which you decide
which animal you
would want to be and
why based on their
ability to adapt and
survival skills.



Music to My Ears
Produce a song/rap that
demonstrates your
understanding of animal
adaptation.
See example



On My Own Terms Create
a Dictionary that includes
definitions and
pictures/drawings/examples
of the following terms:
producers, consumers,
decomposers, adaptation,
camouflage, extinction,
hibernation, mimicry,
predator, and prey.




You! a Wildlife
Film Director!
Produce a short
documentary or movie
that shows how and
why animals survive or
become extinct.


Survey Says! Conduct
a survey of your
classmates about of
three choices which
animal would they want
to be. Graph and
present your results
with a 1 paragraph
summary of why you
think animal? got the
most votes.



This or That?

Choose 15 animals that live
in the wild (not
domesticated) sort and
label them 2 different ways.
One has to be based on
survival skills.


Cartoon Talk!

Produce a comic strip
about an animal(s)
that live in the wild
and what you learned
about animal
adaptation and
survival.


Student Name: ___________________ Standard- ELACC2RL1: Ask and
answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

All items in the main dish and the specified number of side dishes must be complete by
the due date. You may select among the side dishes and you may decide to do some of
the desserts items, as well.
Dinner Menu
Main Dish (Do all)
Make 3 connections self, text, and world.
Complete a graphic organizer that highlights key points from the
story.
Side Dishes (Select at least 2)
Create a comic strip using at least 7 vocabulary words
Write a poem about your favorite character, include at least 5
details.
Design an advertisement, brochure, or poster that persuades other
students to visit the setting of the story.
Create a collage of important facts or events from the story.
Search for words in the story that show mood or describe the setting
and create a word search with them.

Dessert (Optional- Select 1)
Create a vocabulary dictionary of vocabulary words from the book
that includes the definitions and illustrations.
Re-draw an illustration and write the words within the text that
match the drawing.








Student Name: ___________________________ Standard- MCC.3.OA.7
Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the
relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 5 =
40, one knows 40 5 = 8) or properties of operations.

Multiplication Menu

Directions: Complete 3 in a tic-tac-toe style. You may choose to do more when 3 are done.
.


Math Trainer

http://www.mathsisfun.com/num
bers/math-trainer-multiply.html

Using the website above, spend
30 minutes practicing the
multiplication problems for your
focus factor. Parents, please
sign and date that your child has
completed this assignment.

Array

Draw an array for each
problem for your focus factor.
Example: 4X3=12






Commutative Property


Write your multiplication
facts for your focus factor.
Then write the
commutative property for
each problem.


Example:


Multiplication Facts

Write the multiplication facts for
your focus factor, five times
each.

3x2=6 3x2=6 3x2=6 3x2=6
3x2=6







FREE CHOICE



Skip Count

Skip count by your focus
factor. Write the skip
counting pattern five times.

Example:

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27,
30, 33, 36

Missing Numbers

Have a friend or parent write all
the multiplication problems for
your focus factor and have them
write the answer, but they must
leave one of the factors blank.
You will then find the missing
number!

Example: 3 x ___=12




Flash Cards

Create and practice
multiplication facts with a
parent. Practice all problems
up to your focus factor.

Inverse Operation

Write your multiplication
facts for your focus factor.
Then write the inverse
operation (division) for
each problem.

Example: 3x4=12 124=3
123=4



My
Focus
Factor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Student Name: _______________________________________ Standard: NETS-S 1.
Creativity and Innovation- Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and
develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students (a) apply existing
knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes,(b). create original works as a means of
personal or group expression, (c). use models and simulations to explore complex systems and
issues, (d). identify trends and forecast possibilities.
Technology Menu
Directions: Chose activities in a tic-tac-toe design. When you have completed the activities in a
rowhorizontally, vertically, or diagonallyor in the 4 corners, you made decide to be finished.
Or you may decide to keep going and complete more activities



Create a set of Facts
or ideas flash cards
which are important
for a classroom topic
you are learning
about.
(Knowledge)

Present lesson about
your topic to our
class. Include as least
one visual aid.
(Synthesis)


A diagram, map or
picture of your topic.
(Application)


Use Edmodo to
review two different
viewpoints about an
issue. Post your
decision to support
one.
(Evaluation)

Videotape, or film
your presentation.
(Synthesis)

Use Prezi to show
what you have
learned.
(Application)

Create a graph that is
relevant to the
information you are
learning about in class.
(Analysis)

Create a podcast
about a historical
figure you have
learned about in
class.
(Synthesis)


Create a cartoon show
what you have
learned.
(Synthesis)


Survey others to
learn their opinions
about some fact, idea,
or feature of your
study.
(Analysis)
Forecast

Forecast how your topic
will change in the next
10 years. Student
Choice on technology
used.
(Synthesis)

Use Doodlebuddy to
draw a model or
diorama to illustrate
what you have
learned.
(Application)
Create

An original game
using the facts you
have learned. Student
Choice, See teacher
for examples
(Application)

Memorize and recite
a quote or a short list
of facts about your
topic and post to
YouTube.
(Knowledge)

Select a topic you feel
passionately about and
create a blog post, use
supporting .facts found
in the media center
(Evaluation)

Use MindMap to
compare resources on
your topic and create
a new mash up of
important
information.
(Analysis)