Reading Anchor Charts Education to the Coreįrom retelling to comprehension. You don’t want students to have to hunt for the chart that they need. Overcrowd! Limit the number of anchor charts that are hanging at the same time.It may become confusing, overstimulating, and lose some of the important information presented. Use more than two different colors on your Anchor Chart.Reuse your academic anchor charts year to year.If students still need them after several weeks, then re-teaching of the subject matter is needed.Leave them up for several months at a time.Create the anchor chart prior, students will rarely use it or remember it is even on the wall.Post your anchor chart in a central spot that your students can not only see, but access its content.Make it interactive whenever you can! Not only will this make it fun and engaging, but more likely students will remember the concept.Co-Create with the context of your lesson.Scaffold your teaching with the anchor chart.Create your anchor charts with your students.However, have you ever thought about incorporating them into your math class? What about your rules and expectations?!? I reached out to our Teaching Trailblazers through our amazing Facebook community! Thank you so much to our Fearless Kindergarten, Fearless First Grade, and Fearless Second Grade Trailblazers for all of these amazing chart examples! Do’s and Don’ts of an Anchor Chart DO: Have you ever utilized an anchor chart within a lesson? I know when I first started using anchor charts I immediately went to Reading Strategies and Writing rules. Before I get to the 11th time, I reflected and kicked myself for not adding one thing to my lesson 20 minutes ago… AN ANCHOR CHART! An anchor chart could have easily saved my voice and my sanity for not only a teaching tool but also a visual reminder for students in future writing activities. “Every sentence begins with a _ and ends with a _.” I repeated for the tenth time within a 30 minute writing lesson.