 Independent work time is when students have the opportunity to practice and apply the skills they have learned in whole group instruction. It also allows teachers to monitor and evaluate student understanding of the skills taught in order to adjust instruction to ensure all students master the lesson. Independent practice time is a time for students to work towards mastery of the concepts or skills presented in the whole group lesson. After teaching a unit on the water cycle, have students use the multimodal tools to independently create a collage to illustrate and explain their new learning. Students choose how they want to capture their learning with a variety of tools. They could use the drawing tool to illustrate the process and the label tool to label the different steps of the water cycle or even the video tool to record themselves explaining the process. Capitalizing on strengths and giving them voice and choice in their learning. When teaching about retelling, assign an activity that includes a mini lesson built right into the CSaw Canvas that students can refer back to that reinforces the instructional content and allow students to independently retell the story. Easily meet the needs of all of your students by assigning differentiated activities within CSaw. While thinking about the needs of your students, create differentiated CSaw activities that make learning more accessible for students that need it. Add in visual and audio scaffolds to support these students. When assigning, tap edit students' folders and skills and select groups or individual students to assign the activity to the students that need it. Pro Tip Whenever you create a CSaw activity, just copy and edit to duplicate the activity and add your scaffolds and language supports. CSaw allows teachers to connect with students even if they are not physically present in the classroom space. Use the multimodal tools within CSaw to share links to resources or use the video tool to record a short mini lesson or post a discussion question to the journal and have students respond in the comments. CSaw keeps students connected to their classroom community even when they are not in the classroom. Using the multimodal tools in CSaw to flexibly assign activities that give students repeated and deliberate practice personalizes the learning for students, giving them voice and choice, and providing teachers valuable insight into their learning. Your challenge this week is to incorporate CSaw into one independent practice routine you have already established in your classroom. Share the fun ways you use CSaw on Twitter using the hashtag CSaw me a minute.