A couple of weeks ago I made a post about using anchor activities to allow teachers to work with smaller groups of students…you can read that post here: Anchor Activities

I received several emails asking for some more examples of anchor activities…so here it goes:

1. Independent reading
2. Spelling activities
3. Vocabulary work
4. Math “Problem of the Day”
5. Journal response to a question
6. Learning packets for a specific subject/skill
7. Listening center (book on CD)
8. Video center (Unitedstreaming, BrainPop etc.)
9. Research questions
10. Research projects
11. Online interactive (content related) games
12. Write a story using vocabulary words
13. Content related crossword puzzles
14. Web quests
15. Logic puzzles

As you can see anchor activities can range from short assignments that can be completed within 15 minutes to extended assignments that can be worked on throughout the unit.

The key, however, is that students are able to work on these anchor activities independently. And, as I stated in the last post, in order to avoid classroom management problems, clear expectations must be set, taught and practiced.

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