My students often struggle with having past information readily available when they need it. They have notes that they keep but having easy access to information would make their class time more productive.
Do you wonder how you might provide students with easy access to information?
Do you have students who just need a quick visual clue to help them move through a problem?
Do you have students who not organized enough to find the notes you just gave them yesterday?
I answer 'yes' to all of these questions and so this year the Math 8 Team that I am part of decided to create anchor charts that we hang from the ceiling.
Here are some examples from our last unit of study - special shout out to Mrs. Nelson on our Team who creates each of these for us:
The greatest value I have found in using anchor charts is the easy accessibility they are for each of my students. For me, it is so cool to see the eyes of students go from the work on their desks to looking up to the ceiling and just seeing the 'lightbulb' go on in their head. All ranges of students access them throughout the unit of study - there is not a single student in my class who at some point does not glance up at them.
Students still have access to their notes but these anchor charts have provided another level of comfort for students in a subject area that many struggle with at some point during the year.
Consider how you are supporting your students through a unit of study - either through notes, videos, etc. - and how anchor charts might augment what you are already doing in the classroom.
Again, I realize that the times we are in are tough and this might not be the year to implement this idea but consider putting into your teacher toolkit for a year that is more normal.
Give yourself grace during these difficult times and then give yourself more grace.
Still teaching and loving it (everyday),
Kevin Stott
Math 8 & Integrated Math I
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