Elementary Anchor Activities

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Language Arts Math
• Silent Reading • Create test questions/Story problems
• Journaling • Do “Problems of the Week”
• Guinness Book Scavenger Hunt • Create a folder of review activities
• Brain Quest • Create a folder of problem solving
• Create own Brain Quest questions activities
• Word analogy games and puzzles • Puzzles and math games
• Word Wall Bulletin Board • Create math games
• Free computer time • Manipulatives
• Fluency tests • Magazines (Have kids connect articles
• Write Jingles – to help recall content to math)
• Create Magnetic Poetry • Extended activities/Module project
• Mad-gabs or Mad-libs • Math journal writing
• Word Sorts (Parts of Speech) • Research a math topic
• Sentence sequencing • Computer programs
• Practice budgeting (holiday shopping,
check book, weekly allowance)
Social Studies Science
• Create vocabulary flash cards • Mini-lab centers
• Map activities • Science “Question of the Week”
• Board games • Learning log
• Create brochures guides • Read science articles
• Summarize chapters in FUN ways • Create a mini-experiment
(TV Guide) • Science puzzles and games
• Independent reading (Historical • Draw vocabulary pictures
Fiction) • Create a review game
• Create a mini-activity menu • Act out vocabulary
• Create a crossword puzzle • Add to “Science in the News” board
• Journal • Write content songs
• Write a song to help you learn • Add illustrated words to the word wall
• Brain Teasers • Add to class timeline
• Design a monument • Write scientist biographies
• Create a play or skit
• Write a biography about your historic
hero
Miscellaneous Individual Inquiry
• Games and puzzles • Computer Search
• Reading • Novel/Short Story Writing
• Logic Activities • Research project
• Analogy Activities • Life Plan project
• Mapping • Social action project
• Graphing • Career Planning
• Computer Time • Hobby or Passion
Music/Art Physical Education
• Play piano with headphones • Practice sports drills
• Create new rhythm pattern • Walk or jog
• Read “Music Alive” or Art Articles • Do stretches
• Create rap or song or visual mnemonic for • Yoga or aerobics
another content area • Research a PE or health topic
• Create a new melody (choose instrument) • Meditate
• Research favorite music or art, musician or
artist