If you’re doing a nonfiction unit, consider creating an anchor chart as a guide. It can be difficult for some students to understand the differences between fiction and nonfiction, but a chart like this one will immediately orient them within a text. 19. Visualizing as They Read The No-Pr...
Use anchor charts to show examples of some of different text features readers may encounter. For example, photographs, charts, graphs, captions, etc. This chart addresseswhytext features are an important part of nonfiction texts: SOURCE:Second Grade Style And this one, for upper elementary student...
bit too much. Let us try to forget about what we know about modeling for a little while, and instead try to find the smallest number of things we have to agree upon in order to pass a message. What, similar to a regular atom, are the elementary particles that data atoms consist of?
“Show, don’t tell” is a cardinal rule of writing. This anchor chart, best for upper elementary writers, can be used to strengthen scenes in fiction and narrative nonfiction works. Build out this chart for middle school writers with additional ideas and more complex emotions. Source:Upper ...