How to Use Anchor Charts in Your Classroom
You see them all over Pinterest. You see them all over our WeAreTeachers Facebook page. You might even see them in the classroom next door. Teachers are incorporating anchor charts into their teaching in all subject areas. But what are anchor charts actually good for? That’s the question one teacher bravely posted on our HELPLINE this week.
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Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had
My girls started school yesterday. Fourth and second grade. No idea how that happened! Today, on the second day of school, each kid had her first day of math, which she spent taking a math test. By their descriptions, the tests were typical, elementary school, beginning-of-year-diagnostics: lots of questions, a whole random collection of content, multiple choice. Each child was told:
10 Indicators Of Efficient Teaching
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Anchor Charts 101: Why and How to Use Them, Plus 100s of Ideas
Spend any time browsing teacher pages on Pinterest and Instagram, and you’ll run across hundreds of ideas for classroom anchor charts. But you may have lingering questions about what they are, what purpose they serve, how to get started, and when to use them. Have no fear! WeAreTeachers has created this primer to inform you, and we’ve also included a huge list of resources to get you started. We have a feeling that once you get started, anchor charts are going to your new favorite thing. What is an anchor chart?
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Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom
Have you ever watched a movie with the sound off? If you were lucky, you could perhaps grasp the plot, but a lot of the details were lost so you probably didn’t enjoy or relate to the film as much as you could have if you had been able to hear it. Being in a classroom that does not take into consideration the various identities of its students means some students aren’t able to fully engage with the content even with the best teaching practices. This inability to fully engage hurts these students.
