Independent Work Time

Need ideas for an independent work time, but want it to be easy and meaningful? This year our schools said that we are going to do 45 minutes of RTI 3 at the end of the day. YIKES! That means that 14 of my students need something to do. I have created something each day that is fun and meaningful. These are general things I found and I keep adding to the list.

MATH MONDAYS

This is the perfect time for hands-on math games.

-write the room

–building with cubes

-hands on centers

Tangram pictures

Shape picture

Color by number

Mystery pictures

TAKE A TRIP TUESDAY (optional  worksheet)

–Epic has great short videos for lots of places.

–San Diego Zoo Kids– animal cams, facts, and videos

–Trip to the moon

WORD WORK/WRITING WEDNESDAY

–Write the room

–secret messages

-ghost writing

-write a story/weekend writing

–Puzzlers (NOT FREE)

–Silly Sentences (NOT FREE)

–Word ladders

–Stamp spelling words

-illustrate someone’s story

THINKING THURSDAY

–finish the picture

–word search

–picture of the day and worksheet

FREE TIME FRIDAY

–watercolor

-playdoh

-puzzles

–coloring books

It is never easy to plan a long period of time for 6 year olds to work independently, but these have been a fun time that everyone looks forward to. When they finish these activities, they work on their unfinished work then they can do an app that we have used in class, read a book, draw on their whiteboard, or clean their desk. What are your favorite independent work time activities?