Examples of Appropriate Educational Activities for LRs

Listed by Growth Area

Reading/Writing

· Student read from fiction book (title)

· Listened to book (audio tape or read-a-loud) – include content area/title for high school/lit study

· Practiced spelling words

· Practiced penmanship and proper formation of letters

· Completed vocabulary enrichment activities/worksheets/etc

· Gave an oral report – topic/ content area

· Completed a book report – title/ content area

· Kept a Journal/Diary – topic/ content area

· Diagrammed sentences

· Wrote paragraphs from dictation

· Worked on writing assignment: e.g. Friendly letters (pen pal or relative), Business letters, thank you notes, Invitations, Filled out forms, Expository writing, Descriptive writing, Narrative stories, Poetry, Addressed envelopes

· Completed a story web, created characters, chose a topic sentence, wrote a rough draft, edited it for (what?), wrote a final paper.

· Played an educational game (eg: Scrabble, Upwords, etc..) focusing on (skill area)

· Read and discussed current events/magazines/newspapers/short story/etc

Life Skills

· Used educational computer software (word processing, spreadsheet, Internet research, E-mail, database...) …

· Completed keyboarding/typing exercises on (skills) at (X) wpm with (X) accuracy.

· Simulated an nterviewed, wrote resume, or filled out application for a job

· Opened a bank account, created a sample budget, read about finance (what), etc

· Performed community service/volunteer experience using (what) skills

· Practiced a life skill (went grocery shopping/developed math skills, tied shoes, mailed using postage, learned a new household chore, etc...)

· Learned a new activity involving care for another (child or elderly) –what?

· Learned the value of teamwork. Activity: (what)

· Practiced new skills at a job (what), started an internship and did (what), spent the day doing a job shadowing. Observed (what). Type of work:

· Read about nutrition (read product labels)/overall health and wellness. Activity:

· Conducted research on a college/university

· Participated in physical fitness program, working on (what) skills and doing (what) activity

· Kept a Journal/Diary – topic/ content area

History/Political Process

· Located (geographic locations on a map)

· Visited a museum/other educational place and observed (what)

· Read about (what) and created a project (what)

· Started a timeline of (time period) for (topics)

Math

· Completed critical thinking and problem solving activities - content area:

· Practiced with flash cards - content area:

· Completed drill sheets:

· Direct application: (counting money, telling time, measuring ingredients) - content area:

· Learned how to construct/put together item (construction, puzzle, model, assembly...)

· Read textbook pages (what) and worked out problems (what)

Science

· Conducted an experiment (what)

· Invented something /took something apart: (what)

· Completed a demonstration - content area:

· Educational Activities (visited zoo, doctor, dentist)- content area:

· Conducted research - content area:

· Added to a collection (for example, insects, rocks)

· Observed, classified, explained

· Constructed/put together item (construction, puzzle, model, assembly...) related to (what)

Special Interests

· Produced an art project/illustration - content area:

· Participated in a dramatization - content area:

· Special interest activity (baking, cooking, sewing, knitting, photography, art), skills practiced

· Attended a theater production of (what) and observed (what)

General (Applicable To All Subjects)

· Distance Learning/Internet activity - content area/title and activity

· Completed graded workbook pages - content area:

· Summarized/retelling - content area:

· Created a hands-on project - content area:

· Took notes

· Researched – topic/content area:

· Studied and reviewed for a test - content area:

· Listened to lecture or discussion – topic/content area:

· Participated in discussion related to new learning - content area/title:

· Student read from textbook - content area/title:

· Watched educational video or audio program - content area/title:

· Completed a book report – title/ content area:

· Gave an oral report – topic/ content area:

· Created a project/exhibits - content area: