Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Chance Encounters, Quitting and a Shower Bus
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to learn about how a shower bus helps those without access, share about a chance encounter, reflect on when it’s good to quit, look closely at an intriguing…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Spices, Generosity and Words for 2022
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to investigate where spices come from, share a story about a moment of generosity, choose a word to set the tone of their life in 2022, look at…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Manatees, Covid Dreams and Pinball
Each Wednesday, we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to learn about manatees in Florida, reflect on their dream life, analyze an image about home and work, watch a film about youth culture and figure out what’s…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Yawning, Walking, Mowing the Lawn
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to learn about yawning, share how they feel about walking, watch a film about the American lawn, make observations about a photograph and reflect on forgiveness.Note: To learn…
Accessible Reading and Writing Activities: A New Weekly Roundup for Teachers
If you’re a regular Times reader, you already know that the profusion of articles, essays, photojournalism, graphics, videos and podcasts we publish daily means that there is no simple answer to the question “What is the reading level of The New York Times?”In fact, as The Times expands its reporting to include new formats like…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Lead Poisoning, Mindfulness, Community
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to learn about the history of lead poisoning, reflect on their relationship with mindfulness and meditation, make observations about a photograph, write a short story or poem and…
Accessible Reading and Writing Activities: Park Rangers, School Shortages and Life Passions
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to reflect on their relationship with their pets, learn about how National Park Service rangers who are Black are bringing history to life, make connections between national shortages…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Food Carts, Bravery and Vocabulary Stories
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to explore the world of New York City’s food carts, share about a time when they were brave, participate in a vocabulary-based storytelling challenge, write an image-inspired story…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Black History Collection, March Madness, Vocabulary Videos
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to learn about one of the largest private Black history collections, reflect on their relationship with their grandparents, look closely at an image, share their March Madness predictions…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Skateboarding, Six-Word Memoirs and Spooky Season
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to explore the world of skateboarding, write a six-word memoir about their pandemic experience, and try their hand at the New York Times Spelling Bee game.Note: To learn…
