Reading anchor charts 4th grade

I first fell in love with interactive notebooks when I was student teaching at a private international school in South America. My host...

So, I think I've mentioned that I've been in one school district, one school, for the past fifteen years. For the fifteen years I have been there, we have used an anthology (ahhh, can you say basal?) reading program. I never liked it. In fact, I've always hated it. It never seemed rigorous enough. Luckily, I had a great principal that allowed me to toss the anthology and teach with novels. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Insert Snoopy Happy Dance Here!!!!!! Well, in the past couple of years I've…

Cause and Effect Anchor Chart

Retired Word List Anchor Chart

When you hear the word fluency, most of us immediately think about primary grades and DIBELS. But did you know that fluency is a critical comprehension component in upper elementary, intermediate, and middle school? Students that struggle with their fluency, will automatically struggle with their comprehension abilities.

Here are the only three anchor charts you need to teach point of view in your elementary classroom! Simple and effective for best practices.

This blog post contains a FREE compare and contrast reading activity! Materials are included so you can replicate the compare and contrast anchor chart and lesson for your own upper elementary and middle school students.