Enrichment News
FROM MRS. BONFIELD - PRM'S GIFTED SPECIALIST
APRIL ENRICHMENT NEWS
In this update:
Mrs. Bonfield's Enrichment Website
PRM Friday Family Fun STEAM Challenge
Schoology Groups
Google Meets
Make A Masterpiece Challenge
SumDog Online Math Enrichment
REGULAR Features:
PRM Schoolwide Enrichment Offerings
Great Sites To Check Out
Enrichment Opportunities Outside Of PRM
TEMOTAD ~ The Evil Mistress Of Torture And Doom
Password Protected Site
The site is password protected with the word temotad (The Evil Mistress Of Torture And Doom)
PRM Friday Family Fun STEAM Challenge
Runs from Friday April 10, 2020 - Thursday April 16, 2020
​Design and build a Rube Goldberg machine that will end with dispensing an appropriate amount of hand sanitizer into an open hand.
The machine should be made out of out of recycled and/or repurposed materials found in and around the house and at a minimum includes the following elements:
- Begins with one underhand toss that hits a target
- Produces at least 3 musical notes
- Includes a famous masterpiece
- Enclosed in a space with a perimeter no larger than 60 feet
Do you need more information about what a Rube Goldberg Machine is? Check out these sites!
Wonderopolis - What Is A Rube Goldberg Machine?
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-a-rube-goldberg-machine
Rube Goldberg Official Site
https://www.rubegoldberg.com/rube-the-artist/
OK GO! Video
https://youtu.be/qybUFnY7Y8w
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Schoology Groups for Enrichment
Enrichment Groups are set up by Graduation Year
Grade six is Class of 2026
Grade five is Class of 2027
Grade four is Class of 2028
Grade three is Class of 2029
Grade two is Class of 2030
Grade one is Class of 2031
Google Live Meeting Times
Students have to be logged into their CPS accounts to access the meetings.
Join Code is prmsteamchallenge
24 Hour Make A Masterpiece Challenge
I was amazed by the responses and the creativity of our community. I have posted some below, but the slideshow can be viewed on the peace-pace-ace website.
go to www.peace-pace-ace.weebly.com
remember to use the password temotad
SUMDOG Online Math Enrichment
I have used SumDog for many years with my gifted students and have found it to be a fun way to practice math fluency. In addition, SumDog has local and national contests that I enter my students in so that they can compete and earn prizes for their SumDog "house".
Each student has been given information about SumDog with their username and password.
SumDog can be used as math enrichment in the classroom with the teacher permission, and at home. Please let me know if you have any questions about SumDog, or your child's account.
Pinhole Camera Project
Sixth Grade Aesthetic Ambassadors
Helping Ms. Kate with Peace Poles
Helping Ms. Kate with Stepping Stones
Fixing the Little Free Library Door
WE LOVE & NEED RUBIK'S CUBES!
We had to send back the set that we borrowed, but would love to continue the momentum and have enough for students to create a 225 cube mural of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Einstein, or Jackie Robinson.
If you have an old Rubik's cube lying around, or you see one at a thrift shop, we would love to have it!
If you shop on Amazon, the cubes can be purchased as an add-on item for less that $4.00 each, and you can purchase up to 3.
Grandparents Day
Grandparents Day
Grandparents Day
Testing for Gifted Identification
To be identified gifted in math, reading, science, or social studies, a student must score in the 95th percentile or higher on a nationally normed test such as the Iowa, Terra Nova, or MAP. (MAP Identification now begins with grade 2, using the MAP 2-5 or 6+)
To be identified as gifted in cognitive ability, a student must score two standard deviations above the norm, plus/minus the standard error of measure on a nationally normed test of cognitive abilities such as the CogAT or Inview. This score is usually around 127, but varies by test and grade.
BRAIN BOWL TEAM
Anna Quellhorst
Owen Massie
De'Vion Gipson
Aiden Johnson
Felicity Dozier
Shea Dillon
Sophia Patton
Cadence Okuwobi
Daniel Durrenberger
Colten Frentzel
Alejandro Osegueda-Hershberger
Ella Jane Giometti
Vito Aiello
Jonah Schenk
Gabriel Krekeler
Hink Pink Posters
5th Grade Enrichment Pullout
SELF-PACED THINKING SKILLS ENRICHMENT
CRITICAL & CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS ENRICHMENT is provided to first, second, and third grade students who are identified gifted in any area that demonstrate a need for additional enrichment beyond regular classroom offerings.
The Thinking Skills Enrichment Packets are to be completed independently at school and are designed for self-paced enrichment. In some cases, a classroom teacher will include this work in a student's weekly work contract if they feel it is appropriate. In most cases, Thinking Skills Enrichment is considered free choice work, and should be done after completing assigned work tasks.
This work is to be done only at school, and not to go home.
SUPRA ET ULTRA Monthly Challenges
OCTOBER SUPRA ET ULTRA
The SUPRA ET ULTRA challenges are part of our Schoolwide Enrichment Program, P.E.A.C.E. which stands for Providing Equal Access to Curricular Enrichment.
All students at PRM are invited to participate in the SUPRA ET ULTRA monthly challenges, because all students benefit from this type of critical and creative thinking enrichment.
Each quarter, students who have participated in the monthly challenges are entered in a quarterly prize drawing. To be eligible for the drawing, it is not necessary for all ten challenges of the monthly SUPRA ET ULTRA to be completed, but the self-assessment must be completed in full for their name to go into the drawing.
Students who complete all ten challenges by the deadline and also complete the self-assessment in full, will receive a certificate, and have their name posted on the PRM ROCKS! website.
The SUPRA ET ULTRA challenge worksheets are available to ALL PRM students.
Parents and teachers can request them for students simply by sending Mrs. Bonfield an email at bonfiej@cpsboe.k12.oh.us
Students who are identified as gifted are assigned the monthly SUPRA ET ULTRA challenges and are encouraged to complete them as they are considered part of their gifted enrichment education.
*Supra Et Ultra is Latin for Above and Beyond.
Rubric
All students identified gifted in any area are assigned a SUPRA ET ULTRA each month. I use a rubric to assess the level of participation of these identified students. The rubric is one way to gather information about academic habits and skills.
SuperStar Certificates
Students who meet the deadline to complete all 10 challenges and the self-assessment receive a SUPRA ET ULTRA SuperStar Certificate.
Recognition
Monthly SuperStars are posted on this monthly newsletter and also on the PRM ROCKS! Website.
ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
PEACE (Providing Equal Access to Curricular Enrichment)
Schoolwide Enrichment is offered to all students in grades 1 through 6 at the PEACE level. The monthly SUPRA ET ULTRA Critical & Creative Thinking Challenges are the foundation of our schoolwide program, and we encourage all students who desire an enrichment opportunity to participate.
PACE (Purposeful And Challenging Enrichment)
Students who are identified gifted in specific academic areas such as math and reading are provided appropriate academic enrichment based on their individual needs.
ACE (Academic & Creative Excellence)
Based on gifted identifications and individual student needs, enrichment is provided to develop academic and creative talents.
GREAT SITES TO CHECK OUT
Spot The Difference Puzzles
Play the online version of SET
Dot-to-Dot Puzzles
KrazyDad Puzzles
Binary Puzzles
Play MathDice Online!
24 Game
Othello/Reversi
Balance Math Puzzles
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF PRM
Please let me know if you are aware of additional opportunities that I should share.
Super Saturday
The Super Saturday Program is a quality enrichment program for intellectually gifted children, ages 4-14, in the Greater Cincinnati area. Starting in the Fall of 1981, the Super Saturday Program has grown from serving a handful of gifted children at the University of Cincinnati’s main campus to serving hundreds of children each session in various settings.
TEMOTAD ~ The Evil Mistress Of Torture And Doom
Mrs. Jackie Bonfield
Since 1999, I have worked with more than 2000 gifted students in grades K through 8 in various public school settings.
Email: bonfiej@cpsboe.k12.oh.us