Do some of your students find themselves do nothing? Many
times some students complete their assigned activities or quizzes before their
classmates. Also, teachers occasionally need to spend more time with slow
learning students and not forgetting the other students. This creates a valuable extra time. It gives
an opportunity to enrich learning outcomes. Anchor activities are very helpful
in these circumstances.
These activities are designed to be adequate for any lesson
and suitable for all student levels in that class. These activities are
prepared before and ready for students at any time. Usually, there is an
instructional board which tells students what to do if they finished. It gives
them options. It allows them to choose what is interesting to them. For
example, in a language art class, reading stories and writing journals are good
examples.
Such activities play an important role in class management.
They help in eliminating boredom by engaging students in exciting and creative
learning techniques. In addition, they maximize learning by providing more
practice and drills. Independent reading
is a probable anchor activity that helps students building new vocabulary and
increases their comprehension ability.
For lucky classes equipped with computers and tablets, the
opportunity for providing more motivating activities is high. A student may
watch a short movie clip and write something about it. Another student may prefer
to prepare something for the next lesson or search something she or he is
interested in.
Do all anchor activities need to be educational? Not always. Although
educational activities are the main purpose, a teacher can allow some fun
activities. Games like connect four or bowling refresh student minds. So, they
become enthusiastic and ready for the next learning activity.
Anchor activities save teacher's time and make the class
becomes in more controlled and disciplined. It keeps teachers from facing troubles
caused by some out of work students.
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