Do you look on Pinterest for Anchor Chart ideas and give up at the thought that your Anchor Chart could never look that amazing? It actually doesn’t have to be that difficult to make an amazi…

Making Connections Anchor Chart, includes small picture of the graphic organizer used to write information in... The Third Grade Way

Need a simple way to teach context clues? Check out these 3 interactive anchor charts that are perfect for any elementary classroom! Add these lessons and activities to your Language, Reading Literature, and Reading Informational lesson plans to help your students master context clues.

First Grade Smiles: An elementary teaching blog by Melissa Machan. K-2 teaching ideas, resources, freebies, classroom tips, and more.

Anchor Chart for Teaching Main Idea :) the whole pizza is the main idea and the toppings are the details that support it!

I first fell in love with interactive notebooks when I was student teaching at a private international school in South America. My host...

Cause and Effect Anchor Chart

Here are the only three anchor charts you need to teach point of view in your elementary classroom! Simple and effective for best practices.

I'll reveal an embarrassing fact about myself. The people that work at the print counter at Office Max know me. I'm mean really know me. I coached the new guy on how to find the right barcode in his binder, so I could check out the last time I went. (Yesterday.) As in, they even recognize my husband because I send him over there a bunch to pick stuff up for me. (I have a nice husband.) I'm at the print counter at Office Max waaaaaay too often. Here's the thing, though. You know how you see a…