Reading and Writing Anchor Charts

Here are a few anchor charts that we have been using in the classroom. Both inspired by pins I found on Pinterest. If I remember correctly, both are ideas from THIS teacher blogger over at The Inspired Apple.


We have been referring to this anchor chart each day during our reading block.
The typos have been fixed. (Haha.) Here's the pin that inspired this - CLICK HERE.

Here's an anchor chart that I drew during a writing lesson on labeling. Pin that inspired this one is HERE.
This cat has really short front legs. Poor kitty!

After the kids labeled the cat on the anchor chart, they got to label me with sticky notes!
As you can imagine, there was an awful lot of giggling during this part of the lesson.

Apple Unit

The kids learned an awful lot about apples last week. Thursday was Johnny Appleseed's birthday. Sadly, I had to miss out because I was in Orlando attending a meeting at the conference office. However, I made sure that our sub kept the kids busy with plenty of Johnny Appleseed activities. Ms. Lisa was even kind enough to bring Honeycrisp apples for the kids to enjoy, fresh from her family's recent trip to Washington state. Thank you, Ms. Lisa!

 Friday's apple activities were definitely the most popular ones of the week. In the morning the class participated in an apple tasting party. We sampled various products made from apples. The kids recorded whether or not they liked each food. At the end of our tasting party, each child voted for their favorite apple product on a pictograph.

 In the afternoon we all had fun with this Johnny Appleseed craftivity, inspired by an activity I found on Pinterest. I think the kids did an awesome job! I love how each creation turned out so differently.

 

Writing Anchor Charts

Thought I'd share some of the ideas the kids have brainstormed during our writing workshop kickoff. It's amazing how intelligent 1st and 2nd graders are. The kids came up with so many ideas, I actually ran out of room on the bottom two anchor charts. Sidenote: If I could, I would create anchor charts all day so long as I was armed with a box of 48 Crayola Crayons, Mr. Sketch markers, and a pad of white easel paper!