Anchor Charts: A fabulous tool I've been afraid to try!
Ever since I began learning about the Stepping Stones Curricular Framework from Tina Hargaden in 2019, I've wanted to try using anchor charts. To be honest with you, I liked the idea, but I just didn't know how to make it work in my classes. I felt like it would be too much paper or too much to remember to do in a lesson, so I skipped it. Were my students successful? Yes. Did they need anchor charts? No. So I waited to try creating some until I was ready. What are anchor charts? Basically they are a chart (duh LOL) with words/phrases/sentence starters to support the learning happening in the classroom. In fact, if you google anchor charts (which I recommend you do because there are some pretty cool ones you can see), you'll see TONS for all subject areas: reading, writing, math, science, and even some about classroom procedures. Why use anchor charts in a world language classroom? After the past couple of crazy COVID years, I wanted to give my students extra scaffoldin...