These independent activities are perfect for students to complete while you're working with small groups during intervention time.
It's important to keep your class structured during your intervention block. My goal is to make the independent work my students are doing while I am meeting my intervention group purposeful and meaningful. I also want to keep my students' engagement and change things up daily to give them different opportunities to practice skills.
Here are some fun resources and activities you can use for students who are working independently during your intervention time:
These cards are perfect for independent learners. They give students the autonomy to write their own stories based on the pictures, but they also provide scaffolds in the form of story starters and starter words of interest that relate to the picture. I had my students write their stories on giant sticky notepaper. They posted their stories around the room for others to read.
Shades of Meaning Activity Book
If you've already taught your students about shades of meaning, these are great books to reinforce and practice the skill. Students can each have their own books and complete pages to practice their writing skills. They can also share their words with each other and come up with stronger words as they collaborate with their peers. You can also grab this lesson I created about Shades of Meaning and make it an independent lesson in your Google Classroom.
I absolutely love this puzzle. You can have a pair or group of students work together to create these words using prefixes and suffixes. It's independent and they can support each other in making sure the words were formed correctly. These puzzles help reinforce what students know about prefixes and suffixes.
Once you set up these file folder games, students can easily access them and play them with a partner. They can be played repeatedly to reinforce grammar concepts. You can also have students use these games before editing writing pieces. These help students stay focused on their independent tasks while you're meeting with your small groups.
My favorite thing about these books is that they're write-on/wipe-off books. If you get a handful for your class, a small group can work on practicing their cursive skills while at their seat and then simply wipe it away. It's also a great way to practice mindfulness and can help keep the voice level appropriate while you're meeting with small groups.
These language arts resources are perfect to add to your rotation of activities for students to complete independently while you're meeting with your intervention groups.
