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Extension activity

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCommon term

In education & teaching, extension activity means: An extra, more challenging task for students who finish early or need to go deeper, so that they keep learning instead of waiting.

In Turkish: ek etkinlik, zenginleştirme etkinliği, ileri düzey etkinlik

How it is used

Common in lesson plans as a way to differentiate. Teachers plan or provide extension activities, or simply 'extension tasks' and 'extensions'. They are often aimed at fast finishers or early finishers.

Example sentences

  1. I always have an extension activity ready for students who finish the main task early.

  2. The extension activity asked students to write their own word problem.

Common collocations

  • extension activity
  • extension task
  • fast finishers
  • provide an extension
  • differentiationAdapting tasks, support, materials or outcomes so that students with different levels, needs and interests can all make progress in the same lesson.
  • giftedHaving a natural ability or intelligence that is much higher than most people of the same age, in general or in a particular area such as maths or music.
  • worksheetA printed or digital page with exercises, questions or tasks that students complete in class or at home.
  • lesson planA written outline of one lesson that shows what students should learn, the activities and materials the teacher will use, and roughly how long each stage will take.

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