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What is an Anchor Chart?
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Students brainstorm, teacher guides and scribes
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Helps to “anchor” information in a student’s mind
(anchors new and on-going learning) (holds our thinking in a visual place)
(anchors new and on-going learning) (holds our thinking in a visual place)
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A chart you create WITH the students
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during the lesson (you can have examples to follow or have some parts prepared ahead
of time). You can “fix it up” after the
lesson so it looks better
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Promotes literacy and encourages independence
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Visual reminder of strategies
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Focuses on ONE strategy
or concept or procedure
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Excellent reference tool for students
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Students helped to created itàmore likely
to use it
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Important:
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Students should reference them, so should youàkeep them
relevant
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Can be interactiveà, have students use strategy and
show it with a sticky note
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Change them up when they aren’t needed anymore, take pictures of
them so you can reference them for next year, also a good way to make them
available for the rest of the year to students if you keep a copy of the chart
in a binder
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Also Helpful for:
Tutors, principal, parents and other teachers who walk into your
roomàimmediately
see what they students are learning
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Awesome websites and resources:
http://www.cornerstoneliteracy.org/newsletter-archive/anchor-charts
http://www.cornerstoneliteracy.org/newsletter-archive/anchor-charts
http://suite101.com/article/use-anchor-charts-for-english-language-learners-a121105
http://jmeacham.com/anchorcharts.htm
http://pinterest.com/hellojenjones/anchor-charts/
http://www.fortheloveofteaching.net/2010/07/have-you-tried-anchor-charts.html
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