enrichment/challenge

1Q lessons and explorations   fall 2009

Thurs 8/20  Welcome back to school!  
   classroom and behavior expectations, "24" game, no homework
Fri 8/21  begin puzzles and games unit -- all work due Friday, 9/4
   regular sudoku

Mon 8/24  challenging sudoku puzzles
Tues 8/25  killer sudoku
Wed 8/26  quizzler puzzles
Thurs 8/27 kriss kross (cross-sums) puzzle
  ***Back to school night for parents
Fri 8/28  work day, no new puzzles

Mon 8/31   nonograms
Tues 9/1   kenken puzzles
Wed 9/2   factors tic-tac-toe
Thurs 9/3   other games -- Stomp, dots and boxes
Fri 9/4  work day, packet due

Mon 9/7  Labor day holiday, no school
Tues 9/8 to Friday 9/11  functions, patterns, and sequences
   "what's my rule?", graphing

Mon 9/14  toothpick patterns ws
Wed 9/15  figurate numbers
Thurs 9/16  geometry pattern
Fri 9/17  staff inservice day, no school for students

Mon 9/20 to Wed 9/22  Happy numbers (poster)
Thurs 9/23