Video review of independent work tasks

13 Mar 2019 · 1 min

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In this instructional video, the presenter shares a collection of low‑prep, independent workstation activities designed to help learners practice completing tasks on their own after initial guided instruction. The activities include a picture‑matching task for vocabulary building, a bird‑copy matching exercise that can be simplified by limiting the number of birds, a feature board where learners sort items with a specific attribute (e.g., a shell), a category‑sorting board for grouping objects into categories such as vehicles or school supplies, and DIY shoebox work tasks that involve color matching. The presenter offers practical tips on scaffolding difficulty levels and encourages creating inexpensive homemade versions of commercial resources.

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Here's some of my favorite activities to do when you're first starting off an independent workstation. Um, just very simple. You're just trying to show them how to complete a task by themselves. Of course, you worked with them already. I took the Level Language Arts and I copied the pictures and made them a little bit larger and made them into a little independent work, uh, system so they just match the identical picture. So they're learning vocabulary. I also love this little matching bird activity, so they have to copy the birds over to here. It's a little bit harder, so you might want to only have the birds out that they need if you want them to be a little bit more successful in the beginning. Um, this one is a feature board, and if they're advanced enough, you can have 2 in there. If not, you could just put 1 in and just say "shell," so they have to put all the items on that have a shell. And then if they're ready for a little bit more, maybe you could put in a category board and have them take off all the pieces and sort them into vehicles and school supplies and different categories. My favorites are the Shoebox Work Tasks that you can get online. They're very expensive, so definitely make your own if you can, but very simple again, just matching the colors.