1. The Power of Anchor Charts to Transform Reading Instruction
Erin Gates

2. How can anchor charts help you improve your reading instruction?
Easy to use and can align to any curriculum and standards
Helps focus instruction on a few key questions that students can ask themselves while reading
Adaptable for both small and whole group reading instruction
Differentiate instruction through the use of multiple anchor charts for one comprehension skill
Using The Reading Strategies Book gives you over 300 strategies (mostly anchor charts) to transform your reading instruction

3. Using The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo
Anchor charts and other strategies for every level of reading, from emergent to fluent
13 sections to help you easily find the anchor chart that is right for your instruction
Emergent Readers, Engagement, Print Work, Fluency, Plot and Setting, Characters, Themes, Main Idea, Key Details, Text Features, Vocabulary and Language, Student Conversations, Writing about Reading

4. How I use anchor charts in small group reading instruction
In my instruction, I follow the nine weeks plans determined by our teachers in grades 3-5
As a plan my lessons, I choose anchor charts for each strategy or comprehension skill to focus my teaching
The anchor charts give me the “key questions” that I will ask my students during instruction and that they will ask themselves while reading independently
I keep as many anchor charts as possible on my walls so students can revisit previous skills and use multiple strategies while reading and comprehending

5. My Current Anchor Chart Wall

6. Anchor Charts to Understand Characters

7. Anchor Charts to Study Text Features

8. Anchor Charts to Teach Theme

9. Anchor Charts to Teach Fact/Opinion

10. Anchor Charts for Author’s Purpose

11. Anchor Charts to Teach Main Idea

12. Anchor Charts for Context Clues

13. Anchor Charts to Determine Importance

14. Make and Take
Your turn to make anchor charts that you can use in your classroom immediately
Browse the copies of The Reading Strategies Book provided and choose 1-2 anchor charts that would be most useful to you right now
Use the provided supplies to make your charts
I encourage you to look for a copy of The Reading Strategies Book for yourself or talk to your administrator about purchasing the text for your school
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