Anchor Activities

 

"Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds....teachers can create a "user-friendly" environment, one in which they flexibly adapt pacing, approaches to learning, and channels for expressing learning in response to their students' differing needs. " Carol Ann Tomlinson

Special Thanks to:
Heather Loewenhardt, Heather Thomas, Andra Donbrook, Regina Public School teachers

Internet Resources
Using Anchor Activities - Rapid Robin The "Dreaded Early Finisher"

Anchor Activities - a list of sample activities in different subject areas; although American, can provide ideas

Differentiation Strategies - Instructional Strategies to use in Differentiating Curriculum

Communicating in the Literacy Classroom - sample of how a Gr. 3 teacher uses anchor activities

Vocabulary Anchor Activities - a sample daily anchor activity

Text Resources by Carol Ann Tomlinson
The Differentiated Classroom - Responding to the Needs of All Learners, Association for Curriculum and Development. Virginia, 1999.

How to Differentiate in Mixed Ability Classrooms - Association for Curriculum and Development. Virginia, 2001

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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