Download - Anchor Activities Handout
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I’m Done! What Do I Do Now? Anchor Activities
� Anchor activities anchor learning.
� They are ongoing assignments that students can work independently on throughout a unit.
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Why Use Anchor Activities? � They allow the teacher to work with
individual students or groups of students. � They communicate that learning never
stops in your classroom. � They provide ongoing activities that relate
to the learning standards. � They allow the teacher to develop
independent group work strategies in order to incorporate a mini lab of computers in classroom.
Entrance Slip � List as many critical thinking games as you can.
Critical Thinking Games � Slot Machines � Checkers � Concentration � Chess � Puzzles � Wheel of Fortune � Card Games � PacMan � Centipede � Mario Brothers
� Legos � Blocks � Rubiks Cube � Pattern Blocks
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Math Lands (Lite FREE)
Think-Tac-Toe���
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
Write a report
Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Create a comic strip
Interpersonal Intelligence
Host a talk show
Logical/Mathematical
Intelligence Create a timeline
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Keep a journal
Naturalist Intelligence
Compare subject to animal
Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Create a mind map
Musical Intelligence
Write song lyrics
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
Develop gestures
Learning Contracts May Include: � What the student plans to learn � How the student plans to learn it � How you will assess the activity � What working conditions will
occur while the student is learning the content
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Working Conditions May Include: � Work without disturbing others. � Avoid interrupting the teacher
while she's teaching. � Put forth your best effort. � Work on anchor activities if you
get stuck on something and the teacher is unavailable to help.
Learning Contract Assessment Student Teacher
Yes No Yes No
I selected a topic that held my interest.
I learned something new.
I demonstrated this new knowledge on my chosen project.
I did my best work on my chosen project.
I followed the working conditions.
I asked for help when I needed it.
I would like another opportunity to work on a learning contract in the future.
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In the deep, warm fur of a dog named Shadrack, there lived a family of ticks: a mother, a father, and their daughter, Polly. The ticks had a contented, happy home in Shadrack's fur. Shadrack never scratched himself, rolled over or took a bath. So the ticks enjoyed a close family life, until one day . . .
On that day, little Polly Tick climbed out of Shadrack's fur and snuggled into his mat. . .
Polly's father could not understand. Her father was crushed. "Isn't there anything I can do to convince you to come home?" he asked.
Polly said, "No!” "Why?" asked her father. "Because," Polly answered, "I believe that I am right and you
are wrong.” "And I believe," replied her father sternly, "that you are
being stubborn and strong-willed! I see that you will never change your mind. There's no use reasoning with you, now that you've become a dog-mat tick.”
So, when people will not change their opinions because they are stubborn, like Polly, who left home to become a dog-mat tick, those people are called dogmatic.
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Summarizing Lesson Chewy Louie By: Howie Schneider
www.cherylsclassroomtips.com
Good Readers Summarize
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RAFT Role Audience Format Topic
Plant Clouds Text Message
Precipitation
Fraction Decimal Love Letter Relationship
R.A.F.T. Writing Ideas � http://
daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/RAFT_w-intro.pdf
4-6-8 Character Setting Event
Martha Stewart Mall Playing Volleyball
Paris Hilton Beach Shopping
Brad Pitt Park Teaching
Lindsay Lohan Movies Losing Money
Football Game Gambling
Jail Boating
Fighting
Meeting Family
� Miss Roeckle is saving to buy a new skirt and a shirt. The shirt costs $19.42 and the shoes cost $29.34. Miss Roeckle has $23.81 saved so far. How much money does Miss Roeckle need to save before she can buy the shoes and shirt.
Math Exit Slip