Anchor charts in Pre-K

We had a request for anchor charts from PreK. So here you go! I took these photos at Gabriela Mistral Early Childhood Center in HISD in Houston. What a fabulous school for 4 year olds! My friend, Mechiel Rozas, is the principal here and invited me to come to their Math Data Day before Spring Break. These teachers and their students are blessed to be learning together in this environment.

Opposites anchor chart

Spanish anchor chart for circle

Math attributes anchor chart

 

Anchor chart for our senses

 

Syllable anchor chart in Spanish

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More anchor charts from Goose Creek ISD

Upper grade teachers in Goose Creek ISD worked together to create sample anchor charts to accompany Figure 19 Comprehension Skills (related to TX state standards). Many of them used the theme of “making connections.” I told how I liked to tell my students that when they read it’s like a TV. When you turn the TV on, there’s sound and a picture. But you need to plug it in to make it work. When I read, I make connections. It’s like plugging in your TV. When I make connections, I see a picture and hear what’s happening. Kids really seem to get this!

Here’s a look at what teachers who came to training will try with their students:

 

 

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Comprehension Instruction at Goose Creek ISD

I recently worked with teachers in Goose Creek ISD in the Houston area on our newest comprehension standards. We looked at how to model, model, model and made some sample anchor charts. Here are some pics of the sample charts we’ll later make with students. Please send any pics of your anchor charts you’d like us to post. Send them to d.diller@live.com.

 

 

 

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Anchor charts

These two great pictures of anchor charts come from Deedee Wills, a kindergarten teacher at Owensville Elementary School in Missouri. Deedee created a morning procedure chart and since that worked really well, she also created a chart for use at the end of the school day. Great ideas!

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Thinking about anchor charts

While in Maine last week, I met with about 400 teachers at the Elks Lodge in Waterville. As part of our work together, we thought about anchor charts we’d make with children this year. Before creating an anchor chart with children, it’s a good idea to think about what it might look like. So we made some samples together. What an engaging process this was! The pictures tell it all.

The Elks Lodge in Waterville

Cause and effect anchor chart

K-2 anchor chart about deep comprehension

Morning routine anchor chart for K-2 classroom

A math anchor chart

Making anchor charts for an upper-grade class

Teachers working together

Upper-grade teachers check out each other's work

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