I have been very busy lately, but I finally found some time to start converting my anchor charts into digitally produced posters! They look super cute. So far, I have made a black background and white background version of my Recorder Rules poster. It basically needed to be done. Unfortunately, some of the markers I used when I made my anchor charts last year faded BADLY over the course of a school year. It was sad seeing my hard work just fade away week after week. :( These shouldn't fade very much, so I am happy to be cranking them out! If you want one, head to TpT and check it out. There are more anchor charts coming, so keep checking back. You will also see them floating around on Pinterest. *BTW, you can feel free to use these posters in your classroom if YOU make them (and obviously, use them if you buy them!), BUT...please do not recreate/redesign them for download. That means not for money and not for free. Thanks!*
Anchor charts in music class? Why not? The challenge is having multiple classes contributing to them on different days. Solution? I had several classes list characteristics that we had learned about folk songs we were singing. We put that list on the white board and I took a picture after each class. That way, the board was fresh for new ideas and thinking the next day. I consolidated the info and pared it down and it became what you see in this picture...a completed anchor chart about folk music that I can have students refer to when we categorize songs that we work on in class. If you teach many, many classes like I do and still want an "authentic" anchor chart (not just one you devise on your own without student input) I would urge you to try this method! Then let me know how it goes! :) Also, be sure to check out my friend Mark's blog post on anchor charts! His are so nice and neat! We have been using the Orff instruments a lot lately an have run into the same problem in almost every class. Even when we remind everyone that they should always walk AROUND the instruments, inevitably someone will try to walk over one and dump the whole thing over. Not only is this a bummer, it could result in broken instruments - a pricey problem! So, today, I decided we needed a visual reminder. Hopefully the kiddos will remember when they see the giant shoe stepping on the xylophone! :) ahhhh!
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