Anchor Activities

“ In this class we are never finished.  Learning is a process that never ends.”
Carol Ann Tomlinson

What are anchor activities?

  • specified ongoing activities on which students work independently
  • ongoing assignments that students can work on throughout a unit

Why use anchor activities?

  • provide a strategy for teachers to deal with “ragged time” when students complete work at different times
  • they allow the teacher to work with individual students or groups
  • provides ongoing activities that relate to the content of the unit
  • allow the teacher to develop independent group work strategies in order to incorporate a mini lab of computers in classroom

How do I do it? What does it look like? How do I assess? How can I learn more? What is it?

Best Practices: Pieces of the Puzzle

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