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Use the train analogy to teach students about subjects and predicates! This blog post contains an anchor chart and several matching activities.
Some people might think I am crazy, but I just love anchor charts. I think it is the elementary teacher trapped in me. It is rare that we d...
Proficiency Scales- Help students understand their learning journey using this proficiency scale anchor chart!
I am linking up today with Deb from Crafting Connections for her Anchors Away linky. Today I want to share the synthesize anchor chart that I copied off of Pinterest. I am not very good at coming up with my own anchor charts, but I sure do enjoying copying the ones that I find on Pinterest :) I am seriously so jealous of all of you teachers that are so creative, and I am very grateful for Pinterest for allowing me to recreate these ideas! I took ideas from a bunch of other anchor charts that I saw to create this one, so if any of these are your ideas let me know and I'll give you credit! I'll be honest, synthesizing is my least favorite reading strategy. It is a hard concept for students to grasp, so I had to refer back to this poster multiple times. We will continue to work on this strategy this week, so if any of you have suggestions of activities to use for synthesizing, I would love to hear them!
I don't know about you. But, I love anchor charts! I use them so much in my teaching because they are a great way to get my kiddos excited about what we're learning. And, I have to say that blogs have completely changed my outlook on anchor charts. They're all so cute! Mine are nothing compared to some of the awesome ones I see out there, but I thought I would share some of the types of charts I use in my classroom. Some of these are new from the beginning of this year and some are from the end of last year. I used this chart to teach my kids about labels. I was all proud of it until one of the kids told me she loved my drawing of a lady bug. (??) But, this is still hanging in my room and the kids refer to it daily as they draw pictures. There's absolutely NOTHING cute about this chart. But, it has helped my kids SO much this year in writing sentences. They will actually touch their heads while they're thinking, touch their mouths while they say the sentence and then go back and check it. I'm probably going to need to make this a more permanent poster in my room to help them out all year. I got this idea from The Inspired Apple. Her stuff is so cute! I did change some of the strategies to be more specific for my kids. I plan to have this up all year for them to refer to. We do a TON of these charts! This is just one I happened to still have from last year. You can tell from the lact of "cutesy" that it's pretty old. But, it does the job. I love having charts that they can add to all week. And, seriously, how cute is this: It says "how I now a tornatoa is comin is by waching the news." Me too, friend :) We made this chart last year to help write paragraphs. This format worked GREAT because it helped them organize the format of their writing into five sentences. I definitely plan to use this again later in the year! This one is just cute :) We used this on the last week of school last year when we had Pirate Day - which was a total blast! I think they gave some pretty good guesses about why pirates wear an eye patch. One thing I do try to do is to add initials to our anchor charts. I think it gives them some ownership for their responses. This is one of our biggies in first grade. We call this a GO chart and it comes from the book "The Power of Retelling." We use it with basically every basal story we read. We talk about the vocabulary and then they make predictions about words they think will be in the story. (LOVE this idea!) Then, they make predictions about the story before we read. Then, under the third column, we do some kind of comprehension (depending on the week's skill.) This little chart is super easy, super fast and super effective. I've also been trying to incorporate anchor charts into math. We made this at the end of last year. I really enjoy the "schema" and "misconceptions" categories. And, I swear, they gave me every single bit of that information to put on the chart! Sometimes we use anchor charts to review... and sometimes we use them to ask questions. These t-charts are my new favorites. What a great way to organize their thoughts. We even used this today to write three sentences about our pets. I can't take ANY credit for this one. The whole first grade does it. We make a new one every week. It's suuuuch good practice for them to read and repeat all week. At the end of the week, I tape them to the edge of the dry-erase board and they read them at the fluency center. They roll a big dice and the number it lands on is the number they have to read to their partner. I LOVE this! This is the last one. Promise. I saw this on Pinterest and I couldn't wait to copy it! My kids read this every day. And, they are even starting to refer to it when they are spelling and when they are trying to decode words in Guided Reading. It's such a great resource to have in the room. I can't wait to see everybody's anchor charts. Have I mentioned that I LOVE them?
It's Anchors Away Monday! It was Diego's turn for a writing conference, so I called him over to my table. Even from a distance, I could tell that the third grader took his revising job seriously, bec
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Thanks to Frogs & Cupcakes for hosting a great linky party! I love me some anchor charts. :) I had been planning on sharing these anchor charts anyways, so I was excited to see this linky party! Here's a reading anchor chart/graphic organizer we used for making inferences... The rest of these are for Writing Workshop. Because I always find myself lacking enough wall space to display my charts, this year I devoted a bulletin board just to writing workshop, and have thumbtacked the charts one on top of another onto it. Then, I taught the kids to go to the board and page through them when they need to reference one. They are really good about it, too! Here are a few of our recent ones, most of which were made during a unit on narrative writing... Sorry for the messy writing. :) I still haven't mastered the art of leaning sideways and writing on my chart from my teacher chair! One of the many reasons I don't teach first grade... ;)
Just the title makes me wish I was on a boat, drawing up the anchor, sailing away into the sunset without 6 and 7 year old crazies....ahh...20 more days well, until school is out *cancel* the boating dream. Speaking of anchors and my complete love-fest with making anchor charts to fancy up learning and my room (courtesy of Cara Carroll and Abby Mullins), I have created 2 new charts the past few weeks to introduce a few grammar concepts to my firsties. ~Pronouns~ ~Prepositions~ ---------Here are a few I have made in the past!--------- I'm in the process of remaking them on the computer to put into a packet just-for-YOU!!! Can't wait to share the final product with you. Hang in there...tomorrow is Friday!
I am joining up with Miss Klohn for her new amazing linky party ! This linky is to show off and get ideas for anchor charts from others. ...
This is my first time linking up with Deb at Crafting Connections for her Anchors Away Monday. Last week I started a new chapter on...
Synonyms and Antonyms Anchor Chart! This blog post contains the material to create this anchor chart, plus a FREE interactive notebook entry for synonyms and antonyms!
A blog full of tips, lessons, and ideas to use in the upper elementary classroom.
Author's Purpose PIE'ED Anchor Chart- take author's purpose to the next level for upper elementary students by using the PIE'ED Method!
Conjunctions Anchor Chart- compare and contrast coordinating and subordinating conjunctions with this conjunctions anchor chart! Plus, a free interactive notebook entry is included!
How are adjectives like magnets? This is an analogy that you'll want to use with your students! Check out the matching adjectives anchor chart in this blog post, too!
Generalizations Anchor Chart! After using the anchor chart to teach students about generalizations (and warning them of faulty generalizations), students complete the FREE generalizations worksheet!
A blog full of tips, lessons, and ideas to use in the upper elementary classroom.
This blog post uses the cupcake analogy to define and explain story themes. Just as creme can be hidden inside the cupcake, the theme is hidden inside a story. This blog post includes free posters, too!
Teaching students to write dialogue can be tricky. Use this quotation marks anchor chart and worksheet freebie to introduce the concept to your students!
Middle School ELA Solutions To Reach Every Learner - Differentiated Reading Writing Activities, Lessons, Ideas. Intervention for Reading and Writing
Just the title makes me wish I was on a boat, drawing up the anchor, sailing away into the sunset without 6 and 7 year old crazies....ahh...20 more days well, until school is out *cancel* the boating dream. Speaking of anchors and my complete love-fest with making anchor charts to fancy up learning and my room (courtesy of Cara Carroll and Abby Mullins), I have created 2 new charts the past few weeks to introduce a few grammar concepts to my firsties. ~Pronouns~ ~Prepositions~ ---------Here are a few I have made in the past!--------- I'm in the process of remaking them on the computer to put into a packet just-for-YOU!!! Can't wait to share the final product with you. Hang in there...tomorrow is Friday!
Conjunctions Anchor Chart- compare and contrast coordinating and subordinating conjunctions with this conjunctions anchor chart! Plus, a free interactive notebook entry is included!
It's my final Anchors Away Monday post, as my InLinkz membership expires later this week, and I don't plan to renew it at this time. I'm such an anchor chart fanatic, though, that I anticipate sharin
I am absolutely obsessed with anchor charts! What about you? I just love making them, and I love how they engage my students in whatever ...
Teach students about Greek and Latin roots by using flowers and roots! This blog post contains a Greek and Latin root anchor chart and several matching activities.
Teach students about Greek and Latin roots by using flowers and roots! This blog post contains a Greek and Latin root anchor chart and several matching activities.
A blog full of tips, lessons, and ideas to use in the upper elementary classroom.
A blog full of tips, lessons, and ideas to use in the upper elementary classroom.
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Just the title makes me wish I was on a boat, drawing up the anchor, sailing away into the sunset without 6 and 7 year old crazies....ahh.....
Are you teaching students to identify the four types of sentences? Check out this blog post. It contains multiple activities that you can use in your upper elementary classroom! Check out the types of sentences anchor chart and download the FREE worksheet and interactive notebook foldable!
Synonyms and Antonyms Anchor Chart! This blog post contains the material to create this anchor chart, plus a FREE interactive notebook entry for synonyms and antonyms!
Past Tense Verb Anchor Chart- including both regular and irregular verbs.
Help students understand the function of linking verbs with this anchor chart. Then give your students an opportunity to practice with this FREE worksheet!
Just the title makes me wish I was on a boat, drawing up the anchor, sailing away into the sunset without 6 and 7 year old crazies....ahh.....
Prefixes and Suffixes Anchor Chart! This anchor chart features the most common affixes! A FREE set of task cards is also included in this blog post!
Cause and Effect Anchor Chart- If you have students who are struggling with cause and effect, check out this trick!
Teach students about Greek and Latin roots by using flowers and roots! This blog post contains a Greek and Latin root anchor chart and several matching activities.
