#Story elements tracker anchor chart how to#
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Wonder why I need both? See here’s what I know…when you are reading the kids a book about 5 little monkeys and you turn the page and now there are 4 little monkeys because one fell off the bed….the kids see those as 4 different monkeys-not 4 of the same ones as on the first page. Then, after singing the song for enjoyment, revisit the song during your literacy or math block with an intended standard. Or, are you going to use them during math and focus on combinations for 5, subtraction, addition, one more, one less. Are you going to work on spaces between words, tracking print left to right, some words we know fast. But, when I am at a conference and I am talking about charts and songs…I do it! Now it might make your ears bleed, but the kids don’t seem to mind! The advantages and the benefits far outweigh how bad I sound! She absolutely dies when I tell her that I sing in front of teachers. And to make matters even worse, my sister was a voice major in college and actually sang opera and taught music for many years. Close your door and SING! I have a terrible voice.If you pick ones that you don’t love, you won’t use them. Pick songs and poems that you do often, your favorites.They can be used as an “attention getter”, a shared reading, a center, a math lesson (All the 5 little this and the 5 little that type songs are great for numbers to 5)….They have pieces that are attached with velcro or magnets that the children can take on and off.

Interactive Charts are usually songs or poems.Here are a few things about Interactive Charts:

#Story elements tracker anchor chart how to#

I was thinking it was a good time to revisit interactive charts and how to get the most bang for our buck!

Here are a few comprehension anchor charts:ĭo you use interactive chart? They have been around for a very long time. You will invite the children to record their thinking on post it notes and then organize them on the chart. They also allow for active engagement, an essential part to any mini lesson. They provide the teacher a framework where you can share your thinking as you model how to go through the process. It gives the brain a safe place to rest, a predictable format that allows the brain to focus on the new material. So why do I use these charts? Well, they provide a framework to model the comprehension strategy. Also, on the same page as the photo, I suggested some ways to use each chart.

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I took a full color photo of each chart so that you can use it as a sample for easy assembly. And while it does take some time to put them together, once completed they can be used over and over again with various pieces of text…no more wasted chart paper. Now, these charts do require assembly and are full color.

There are charts for: Story Elements, Retelling, Story Maps, Making Predictions, Inferences, Connections, Vocabulary, Fiction/Non Fiction, Characters, Partner Work, and Questioning. In all I made 21 interactive post it note anchor charts for teaching various comprehension strategies. Old, worn out, faded, “ugly” clip art, and **GASP** parts of them were handwritten! Well two weeks later and I finally finished up my set of Interactive Post It Note Anchor Charts. Well, to say the least, they were looking pretty bad. One of the things that I share in that session are some anchor charts that I made for teaching reading comprehension. Two weeks ago I started revamping some of my older presentations when I decided that my comprehension session needed a serious facelift. Just had a “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” experience.