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Polygons Reference Chart – 2D Geometric Shapes

Polygons Reference Chart – 2D Geometric Shapes
, Not Grade Specific,

Six regular polygons, from triangle to decagon, are identified by side count and exact interior angle measure on this printable geometry reference chart.

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Tags Polygons, 2D Shapes, Geometry, Shapes, Poster, Math Poster

Quadrilaterals Reference Chart – 2D Shapes Poster

Quadrilaterals Reference Chart – 2D Shapes Poster
, Not Grade Specific,

Six quadrilaterals — square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid, and kite — are laid out with their side, parallel-line, and angle properties on one reference chart.

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Tags Quadrilaterals, 2D Shapes, Geometry, Anchor Chart, Shapes

Triangles Reference Chart – Types and Angles

Triangles Reference Chart – Types and Angles
, Not Grade Specific,

Six triangle types — acute, right, obtuse, equilateral, isosceles, and scalene — are each defined by angle or side properties on a reference chart.

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Tags Triangles, Geometry, 2D Shapes, Math Reference Chart, Types Of Triangles, Geometry Poster, Math Classroom Decor, Triangle Classification, Geometry Anchor Chart, Math Visual Aid

Appeal to Senses Anchor Chart

Appeal to Senses Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

Yummy, melody, perfumed, glistened, and bumpy are among the words sorted into taste, hear, smell, see, and touch on a five-category sensory-language chart.

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Tags Anchor Chart, Writing, Figurative Language, Reading Comprehension

Author's Claims Anchor Chart

Author's Claims Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

A claim-and-reasons anchor chart names the signal words that mark an argument, and comes with a blank version to fill in together plus a worked passage about dogs. A claim-and-reasons anchor chart names the signal words that mark an argument, backed by a blank fill-in version and a worked passage about dogs.

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Tags Reading Printable, Interactive Notebook, Author, Point Of View, Language Arts, What Is The Author's Claim?, What Is The Author’s Main Claim?, How Do The Authors Use Statistics To Support Their Claim, Authors Claims, Author's Claim, Author Study Worksheet, What Is Author's Claim, What Is The Author’s Claim?, How To Find The Author's Claim, How Do The Authors Use Statistics To Support Their Claim?, What Is The Author’s Purpose? What Is The Author’s Claim?, What Is The Author's First Claim, What's An Author's Claim, Whats An Authors Claim, Teaching Authors

Author's Purpose Anchor Chart – Reading Reference

Author's Purpose Anchor Chart – Reading Reference
, Not Grade Specific,

Persuade, Inform and Entertain are laid out as the three sides of P-I-E on a reading reference chart, each with a student-friendly gloss, and a second copy strips the definitions out and adds the sentence frame "The author wrote this text to ______. I know this because ______."

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Tags Anchor Chart, Reading Chart, Interactive Notebook, Author's Purpose, Reading Notebook

BED Anchor Chart | Teaching B and D

BED Anchor Chart | Teaching B and D
, Not Grade Specific,

The BED Anchor Chart presents a mnemonic for a common letter reversal. When the word bed is written in order, the tall stem of b appears at the beginning and the tall stem of d appears at the end, with the middle letter forming the mattress-like centre. Learners can recall or gesture the whole word when deciding which letter they see or need to write. The single visual works as a desk reference, wall reminder, or decoding prompt.

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Tags Letters, Alphabet, Reading, Anchor Chart, Reading Notebook, Bed Trick For B And D, Bed Charts, Bed Chart

Cause and Effect Anchor Chart – Reading Reference Set

Cause and Effect Anchor Chart – Reading Reference Set
, Not Grade Specific,

A completed cause-and-effect anchor chart is followed by two fill-in-the-blank versions of the same signal-words layout and sentence-frame structure, for display or interactive notebook use.

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Tags Cause And Effect, Reading Notebook, Reading Lesson, Fill In The Blank, Anchor Chart, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Interactive Notebook

Character Traits Anchor Chart – 4-Chart Set

Character Traits Anchor Chart – 4-Chart Set
, Not Grade Specific,

Two paired anchor charts teach students to infer a story character's traits from thoughts, feelings, actions, and how others describe them.

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Tags Anchor Charts, Reading Printable, Reading Chart, Character Traits, Reading Notebook

Characters Anchor Chart

Characters Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

An anchor chart defines characters and identifies the main character as the story's most important, central figure, provided in both a completed reference version and a fill-in-the-blank version.

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Tags Characters, Reading, Books, Language Arts, Anchor Chart, Character Anchor Chart

Citing Text Evidence Anchor Chart – 3-Chart Set

Citing Text Evidence Anchor Chart – 3-Chart Set
, Not Grade Specific,

R.A.C.E. — restate, answer, cite, explain — is laid out as a display chart in three versions: bare steps, guided steps and a fill-in-the-blank copy. Three versions of the same R.A.C.E. chart move from a plain step list to guided wording to a fill-in-the-blank recall check.

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Tags Reading Printable, Reading Poster, Anchor Chart, Text Evidence, Reading Questions, Citing Textual Evidence Practice Pdf, How To Teach Text Evidence, Citing Text Evidence, Cite A Chart, Citing Textual Evidence, Citing Textual Evidence Activities For Middle School

Compare and Contrast Anchor Chart – Set of 4

Compare and Contrast Anchor Chart – Set of 4
, Not Grade Specific,

Clue words, question stems and sentence frames for comparing and contrasting, built around a worked two-circle example about two children in room 39, with a complete chart and fill-in versions of the same design.

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Tags Compare, Contrast, Anchor Chart, Reading Notebook, Bulletin Board

Contractions Anchor Chart – Grades 1-3 ELA

Contractions Anchor Chart – Grades 1-3 ELA
, Not Grade Specific,

Two matching charts group seventeen contraction pairs by base word — not, will, have, and am/is/are — showing how each pair shortens into one word with an apostrophe.

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Tags Contractions, Anchor Chart, Language Arts, Spelling, Grammar

Fact and Opinion Anchor Chart

Fact and Opinion Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

A two-column anchor chart lines up parallel descriptors for fact and opinion, from provable and unchanging on one side to arguable phrases like "I think" on the other.

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Tags Fact, Opinion, Anchor Chart, Bulletin Board, Reading Poster, Fact And Opinion Games 4th Grade, Teaching Fact And Opinion, Fact Opinion, Fact Vs. Opinion, Fact And Opinon, Interactive Fact And Opinion, What Is Fact And Opinion, Fact Charts

Fiction Story Retell Anchor Charts – Five Finger Set

Fiction Story Retell Anchor Charts – Five Finger Set
, Not Grade Specific,

A five-finger hand mnemonic organizes story retelling for both fiction and nonfiction texts across a poster and two scaffolded worksheet levels each.

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Tags Retelling A Story, Anchor Chart, Reading Story, Fiction Text, Bulletin Boards

Homophones Anchor Chart – 4th Grade ELA

Homophones Anchor Chart – 4th Grade ELA
, Not Grade Specific,

Homophone groups—there/their/they're, to/two/too and more—sit under a plain definition, with a second blank chart for class completion. Word groups such as there/their/they're and to/two/too sit beneath one plain definition, and a second chart repeats them with key words removed to complete.

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Tags Homophones, Anchor Chart, Vocabulary, Reading, Interactive Notebook, Homophone Activities For 4th Grade

Idioms Anchor Chart

Idioms Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

An idiom definition and two blank idiom-example templates make up this anchor chart, with no specific idioms filled in in the extracted text.

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Tags Idioms, Vocabulary, Anchor Chart, Reading Chart, Chart

Introducing Compound Words Anchor Chart

Introducing Compound Words Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

A short definition — two words put together to make a new word — anchors five familiar compound-word examples: butterfly, watermelon, baseball, rainbow, and snowman. The first page presents the definition and examples complete for direct display or reference. The second page repeats the same layout with two words of the definition blanked out, turning the chart into a short fill-in check before display.

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Tags Reading Chart, Reading Anchor Chart, Reading Notebooks, Compound Words, Language Arts, Compound Words Poster

Learning About Setting Anchor Chart

Learning About Setting Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

A three-part chart breaks setting into place, time, and environment with example word lists, then repeats the same chart with key words blanked out before a sentence-frame page for applying it to a specific story.

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Tags Reading Anchor Chart, Interactive Notebook, Story Elements, Reading Lesson, Reading Poster

Main Idea Anchor Chart – 4-Chart Reading Set

Main Idea Anchor Chart – 4-Chart Reading Set
, Not Grade Specific,

Two paired anchor charts teach students to identify and support the main idea of an informational text using a before/during/after reading strategy.

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Tags Main Idea, Reading, Anchor Chart, Interactive Notebook, Supporting Details

Making Connections Anchor Chart

Making Connections Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

Reading-connection charts cover text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world thinking, each with sentence stems students can borrow when discussing a book. Text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections each get their own chart, headed by a guiding question and a short bank of sentence stems.

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Tags Reading Printable, Anchor Chart, Text To Self, Text To Text, Text To World, Making Connections Worksheet Pdf

Making Inferences Anchor Chart – 3-Chart Set

Making Inferences Anchor Chart – 3-Chart Set
, Not Grade Specific,

A definition chart, matching fill-in version and an Ask Yourself page teach inference with two sentence frames students can complete while reading. Students read that inferring combines clues from the text with their own connections, then complete sentence frames such as 'I can tell that ___ because ___.'.

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Tags Reading Printable, Reading Poster, Anchor Chart, Making Inferences, Schema, Inferencing Poster, Inferring Poster

Sizzling Starts Posters - 15 Story Opening Techniques

Sizzling Starts Posters - 15 Story Opening Techniques
, Not Grade Specific,

Fifteen story-opening techniques -- action, dialogue, onomatopoeia, and more -- are each illustrated with a short example paragraph for use as a writing mentor text or classroom display.

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Tags Narrative Writing, Story Openings, Story Openers, Introduction, Exposition, Orientation, Sizzling Starts, Sizzling Starters, Teach Narrative Writing, Strong Leads

Nonfiction Text Structures Anchor Chart – Reading Set

Nonfiction Text Structures Anchor Chart – Reading Set
, Not Grade Specific,

A nonfiction text-structures anchor chart defines five expository structures with their transition words and pairs a completed reference page with a matching fill-in-the-blank practice page.

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Tags Nonfiction, Anchor Chart, Fill In The Blank, Text Structures Anchor Chart, Non Fiction Text Structure Worksheets, Text Structure Chart, Text, Text Structure