Setting anchor chart

Story Elements anchor chart - characters setting and plot.

Story Structure Anchor Chart Setting characters plot

Do you look on Pinterest for Anchor Chart ideas and give up at the thought that your Anchor Chart could never look that amazing? It actually doesn’t have to be that difficult to make an amazi…

Setting Anchor Chart

One of my favorite things to teach at the beginning of the year, when we start to really dive into our read alouds and novel studies, is setting. Teaching the setting of a story is something that the kids can easily grasp and really feel successful doing. Usually, I just point out the time and the place, we talk about it orally, and that is enough. But now, with Common Core and the push to find evidence for everything (since they will have to write about it on the state test at the end of…

My new obsession this year has been making and using anchor charts for my lessons. Here are just some of the anchor charts I have made this year. Some of these charts are original ideas but many are ideas I have seen and used from other teachers. I am not good at drawing so I use clipart from my computer to add pictures to my anchor charts. I print them out and glue them onto the chart! It’s so much easier and looks so much better than what I could draw! I also laminate my anchor charts so I…

Literary Elements anchor chart and freebie so children can make notes