An anchor chart is an artifact of classroom learning. Like an anchor, it holds students' and teachers' thoughts, ideas, and processes in place. Anchor charts can be displayed as reminders of prior learning and built upon during multiple lessons.
As you teach a lesson, you create a chart, together with your students, that captures the most important content and relevant strategies. It’s very important not to create the entire poster ahead of time. They are best used as an interactive tool with students. Typically, you will prepare the framework of your chart ahead of time, giving it a title, including the learning objective, and creating headers for the main points or strategies you want to highlight.
Draw simple pictures to complement the words. Avoid the use of unnecessary, unrelated images or drawings. Too many decorative images can be distracting to students as they try to locate information. Use different colors and bullet points to help students discriminate between strategies and quickly access information.
Anchor charts provide students with a source to reference when working on their own. They support students and also save teachers from having to spend classroom time going over concepts multiple times. Anchor charts build a culture of literacy in the classroom by making thinking—both the teacher’s and students’—visible.
Posting the charts keeps relevant and current learning accessible to students, reminds them of prior learning, and enables them to make connections as new learning happens. Students can refer to them and use them as they think about the topic, question ideas, expand ideas, and/or contribute to discussions in class.
While anchor charts are a super useful tool, don’t feel as if you need to create one for every single lesson. Choose carefully so the ones you create have the greatest impact.
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