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Im 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 !! Checkers !! Chess

Machines

!! Legos !! Blocks !! Rubiks !! Pattern

!! Concentration !! Puzzles !! Wheel !! Card

Cube Blocks

of Fortune Games !! PacMan !! Centipede !! Mario Brothers

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Math Lands (Lite FREE)

!ink-Tac-Toe"
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence! Write a report! "! "! Logical/ Mathematical Intelligence! Create a timeline! "! Visual/Spatial Intelligence! Create a mind map! Musical Intelligence! Write song lyrics! Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence! Develop gestures! "! Intrapersonal Intelligence! Keep a journal! Naturalist Intelligence! Compare subject ! to animal! Visual/Spatial Intelligence! Create a comic strip!

Interpersonal Intelligence! Host a talk show!

Learning Contracts May Include:

!!What !!How

the student plans to learn 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

Learning Contract Assessment

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.

Student Yes No

Teacher Yes No

without disturbing others. 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.
!!Avoid

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Alphabox Vocabulary
A B C D

E I M Q U

F J N R V

G K O S W

H L P T XYZ

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

Good Readers Summarize

www.cherylsclassroomtips.com

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Role
Plant Fraction

Audience
Clouds Decimal

Format
Text Message Love Letter

Topic
Precipitation Relationship

R.A.F.T. Writing Ideas!

!! http://

daretodifferen tiate.wikispace s.com/file/ view/RAFT_wintro.pdf

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Character
Martha Stewart Paris Hilton Brad Pitt Lindsay Lohan Mall Park

Setting
Beach

Event
Playing Volleyball Shopping Teaching Losing Money Gambling Boating Fighting Meeting Family

Movies Football Game Jail

!!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

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Button Cards

Making Tens

Ten Frame

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Pattern Blocks

Investigate Humus, Sandy Soil, Clay, Worms

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