Free Anchor Charts for Back to School

Though many of you are still on your well deserved summer vacation, I am going back to school TOMORROW! In the craziness of Back to School I thought I would collect some of my favorite FREE anchor charts and posters for your classroom. You can click on any of the pictures or links to access them!

These Number Sense Anchor Charts are one of my favorite additions to my classroom! Grab 1-20 for FREE here! You can find numbers 1-20 by clicking here.

Need some simple Parts of Speech Posters? Grab them for FREE here! These can be used as posters or printables for students to write examples.

I love these Scientific Method Posters for my science corner! Best part? They are FREE! Click here to snag them!

Long Vowel Teams Posters help students through out the year with their phonics and spelling. A great addition to any primary classroom. Find them for FREE here!

I hope these freebies help you during the fist few weeks of school! Have a great school year!!

Happy Teaching!

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FREE Math Talk Posters!

Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you something really special! As you know, I really like am obsessed with problem solving and math journaling! One of the most important parts of our problem solving is sharing and using "Math Talk" to discuss problem solving strategies.

Some of you have may seen this anchor chart that I used in my classroom in previous years...

I have FINALLY gotten around to making some "real" posters to help students with their math talk.

These brightly colored anchor charts are great reminders for when students are presenting their work. They include:

I know ___ and ___.
I need to find out ___.
First, I ___ because ___.
Next, I ___, because ___.
Then, I ___ because ___.
Last, I ___ because ___.
I know the answer is ___ because ___.

Having these posted have helped my students explain their work more in depth. They have also helped when students are stuck on what to do next when they are problem solving.

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Happy Teaching!

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Five for Friday - October 9

I am linking up with Doodle Bug's Teaching for this week's Five For Friday. Here are some snapshots from my week!

I love that the roses here in Portland are still beautiful! Found this beauty while hiking up to a popular Portland lookout.

This week we worked on finding the different ways to make ten. I love this freebie from Teachable Moments. Grab the freebie by clicking on this link or the picture.

I am so excited that my "Writing Pond" is finally getting some action. It fits perfectly with our camping theme this year!

Our class has begun studying farms and to kick off our farm unit we visited a local farm. We had so much fun learning about pumpkins and visiting the farm pig Matilda!

Here is a video from a little hike I did to end the week! It's so important to have some "me" time at the end of a busy week.

Have a restful weekend and thanks for checking out what I did this week! See you next week!

Happy Teaching!

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Five for Friday -- October 2

I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for the weekly Five for Friday linky party.

We shave been reviewing short vowels the past couple weeks. Students have so much fun finding which "house" the words belong in. These words families are super easy to make. I make houses and put the word family at the top. I cut index cards and write the different words on them. 

Students come up and tape the the missing word into it's home. Students can reference these anchor charts while doing word work or reading.

I had to share this awesome student gift I got! He knew I liked to eat salad, and during his walk to the garden he brought me some vegetable to make a salad. Too cute!

We started our Daily 5 by talking about expectations and learning targets for each of the five activities. We talked about a think about before starting on work on writing. This is one of the foundation lessons described by The 2 Sisters. Click the link here to visit their website. Students refer to this chart to remind them of the thinking process before writing.

I love these little erasers from Target. They can be found in the dollar spot when you first walk in. Each season they have new ones. I use them as a math manipulative with number bonds, adding & subtracting, fractions, etc.

I finally got around to labeling some of my supplies. You can find these labels here or by clicking on the picture. These labels make it so much easier for me and my students to find what we need, and quickly.

Thanks for checking out this week's Five for Friday!

Happy Teaching!

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Math Tip Monday - Back to School - Anchor Charts

I am excited to be linking up with K's Classroom Kreations and Theresa's Teaching Tidbits for back to school math tips! Be sure to check out the link the first Monday of the month for new math tips. this month will be focusing on Back to School Ideas.

August is such a hectic month with getting your classroom ready, Getting curriculum maps planned out, and preparing yourself for a new set of students. Here is a resource to help prepare your room for the first day of school.

ANCHOR CHARTS. Using anchor charts has helped my students year after year. Whether my class and I create them together (more on this later,) or if they are already made and introduced, they are beneficial to all students. Anchor charts give students quick reminders and guidance to what they are learning. Through scaffolding, you can remove the anchor charts and replace them with new content or a summarizing chart.

Be sure there are some essential tools ready for students to use. Not everything has be put up during the first week. This can become overwhelming for students on the first day. Add more content as you address it, (more on that later.) In the mean time, think "What do my students need right away?" Well, they need an alphabet, they need classroom rules, and they need something to do with the idea of number.

These FREE Number Anchor Charts are perfect to use in your classroom all year long. They show different representations of the numbers one through ten. The bright colors and simple design will allow students to focus on the content, plus it will add a little color to your classroom. Who doesn't love that?!

Grab the freebie by clicking here on the pictures. 

It is important your classroom is reflective of what you are currently teaching.  Creating anchor charts with your students builds community in the classroom because students feel in control of what they are learning. I often introduce a new unit or idea by creating an anchor chart with students. It is an interactive and fun way to talk about a new idea. Below are some examples of discussing part-part-whole using the visualization of a number bond. These anchor chart was made whole group earlier on in the lesson and was referred to through out the unit.

Anchor charts can also be used to summarize an idea or unit. These are great "All in One" charts that can be kept up for a longer duration for students to refer to. Below are some examples of anchor charts that summarize multiple ideas within the same topic.

After introducing several subtraction strategies, we summarized them and put them into an "All in One" anchor chart.

During a measurement unit we created an "All in One" chart about measurement. Students were able to refer to the visuals and content through out the unit and the year.

As you can tell, I LOVE making anchor charts with my kiddos! They have many different uses such as introducing a topic or summarizing a larger idea. Below are some more math anchor charts my classes and I have created through the years.

Remember to pick up your FREEBIE Numbers 1 - 10 Anchor Charts to jump start your classroom! If you have other ideas for math anchor charts, I would love to hear from you in the comments or email!

Happy Mathing!!

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Anchor Charts

Anchor charts are an engaging way to introduce and review concepts. My classroom is always filled with anchor charts for every subject. They are so easy to take down and put up when they are needed. And, students LOVE helping you make them!! It is a great way to have students help with the classroom environment. 

Some anchor charts that will be used year round, I like to print out and laminate. Here are my FREE Parts of Speech Posters. You can grab them by clicking on the link or the picture. 

These Long Vowel Anchor Charts are great for students to reference. They have helped my students so much!. 

Here is another FREEBIE! These Scientific Method Posters are a great addition to your science block. This always helps students when we are discussing experimentation or other science topics. 

Here are a couple examples of some of the anchor charts I have made and used in my own classroom:

Reading Anchor Charts

As we read our weekly story, I like to switch out our anchor charts for fiction and non-fiction. We love to add to them as we learn more about each genre and concepts. 

I also have some awesome long vowel team anchor charts available in my store! 

For more great reading practice, be sure to check out my short vowel pack and my long vowel teams pack in my store.  

Writing Anchor Charts

Language Anchor Charts

My class LOVES helping me create our grammar anchor charts. I allow students to help me add examples to these charts. It also allows me to check my students' understanding. 

Check out my Parts of Speech Posters FREEBIE from my store!

Math Anchor Charts

For more great math practice, be sure to check out my math journals for first grade, though the year in my store. 

I hope these are helpful in your classroom!!

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