Anchor Charts, Templates, and Rubrics
Anchor Chart Appendix AC- How to Read a book AC- Share Passes AC- Wish and Star AC- Sleeping Stories AC-5 Characters AC-6 Setting AC-7 Stretching Sounds AC-8 A Writers Magnifying Glass AC-9 My Story is Finished When.. AC-0 AB Partners AC- ab Partners AC- Peanut and Butter Jelly Partners AC- Bacon and Egg Partners AC- Superhero Spacers AC-5 Feelings AC-6 Story Hand AC-7 Turn and Talk Manners AC-8 Writing Topics AC-9 The Steps a Writer Must Take AC-0 Teaching with Pictures AC- I m Stuck AC- ABC Chart AC- How To Add More Steps AC- Teaching Others All About Topics AC-5 Teaching Others How-To AC-6 How To Plant a Flower AC-7 How-To Sequencing Box AC-8 Editing Our Stories AC-9 Materials List
How to Read a Book Pretend Read Read the Pictures Read the Words AC-
AC- LOVE Your Writing! Please Share! LOVE Your Writing! Please Share! LOVE Your Writing! Please Share!
Wish and Star Template AC-
Sleeping Stories I have stories, I have pictures, asleep in my head, shiny and new. I will wake them up, I will write them down Share them too, share them too (tune: are you sleeping brother John) AC-
CHARACTERS Who and what the story is about. AC-5
AC-6 Setting Where and when the story takes place.
Stretching Sounds Good writers stretch out the sounds in words and blend them together. AC-7
A Writer s Magnifying Glass Good Writers zoom into their topic to give the reader more details. AC-8
My story is Finished When Publishing our writing, like an Author Questions to Guide My Thinking Does it have a cover page? Have I reread and touched every page? Did I use the story hand? Does my story make sense? Writers use their tools to get their writing ready to share with others. AC-9
A & B Partners (capital) AC-0
A & B Partners (lowercase) AC-
Peanut Butter & Jelly Partners AC-
Bacon & Egg Partners AC-
Superhero Spacers SUPERHERO Spacer SUPERHERO Spacer SUPERHERO Spacer SUPERHERO Spacer SUPERHERO Spacer SUPERHERO Spacer SUPERHERO Spacer SUPERHERO Spacer You can print off one Superhero Spacer for each child in your class to keep in their art box. They can be used as a resource to make sure they are leaving spaces between their words in writing. Some will not need to use a spacer, but any littles that need some extra help will benefit from using this as a manipulative during Writer s Workshop. **You can also attach them to a popsicle stick if desired. **Refer to Lesson for more information. AC-
Feelings Characters have feelings, just like us. Happy SAD Scared Surprised worried MAD AC-5
STORY Hand WRITERS need to have a character, setting and at least three things that happen in their story. AC-6
Turn & Talk MANNERS We always use our manners when we work with others. We keep our EYES on our buddy. We LISTEN as our buddy is speaking. We show KINDESS to our buddy. We use QUIET VOICES when we re speaking. Are YOU using your best manners? AC-7
AC-8 Writing Topics What Can We Write About? People Places Events Animals
The Steps a Writer Must Take Think A writer must think of something they want to write about. Draw A writer must draw a picture. Write A writer must write words that match their picture. AC-9
AC-0 Teaching with Pictures Writers add labels or arrows to make their writing clearer. petal stem leaf
I m Stuck Ask a Friend Use Word Wall Stretch it Use ABC Sound Chart Move Past It AC-
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How to Add More Steps. Write the missing Step. Cut it out. Staple it on top of your paper AC-
Teaching Others All About Topics places vehicles people occupations art seasons pets games plants AC-
Teaching Others How-To read a book cook make friends clean up paint swim care for a pet play a game ride a bike AC-5
AC-6 How To Plant a Flower First, find a pot and fill it with soil. Next, put flower seeds into the soil. + Then, make sure your pot has sun and water. Finally, you will have beautiful flowers in your pot.
How-To Sequencing Words First, Next, + Then, Finally, AC-7
Editing Our Stories Editing our stories makes them even better before we publish and share them with our readers. Read your story to your editor. Ask, did that make sense?? Ask, should I add anything else? AC-8
Materials List How to Make a Shake AC-9
Template Appendix T- Heart Map T- Writing Conference Schedule T- Pre-Kindergarten Writing Cover T- Kindergarten Writing Cover T-5 Writing Template T-6 Writing Template T-7 Writing Template T-8 Writing Template T-9 Writing Template 5 T-0 How-to Template T- I See Template T- I Can Template T- Emergent Writer Unit and Rubric T- Early Writer Unit and Rubric T-5 Emergent Writer Unit Rubric T-6 Early Writer Unit Rubric T-7 Emergent Writer Unit Rubric T-8 Early Writer Unit Rubric T-9 Early Writer Unit 5 Rubric T-0 Blank (make your own) Rubric T- Stamina Template T- Conferencing Flip Chart (Teacher s Helper) T- Conferring Notebook Cover T- Personal Word Wall
Week Week Week Week Writing Conference Schedule Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. T-
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T- I see. I see. I see. I see.
T- I can. I can. I can. I can.
T- Name: Date: Rubric Emergent Writer Unit and Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards S Student shows responsibility in taking care of books Student can Turn and Talk with good manners Student can stay on task during writers workshop Ru Student can generate a topic Student can draw a picture to represent an idea Comments: Totals:
T- Name: Date: Rubric Early Writer Unit and Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards S Student can generate a topic Student can draw and label a picture to represent an idea Student is able to hear and record most sounds with little guidance Ru Student uses best guess spelling, including first and last consonant Student uses spaces between words Comments: Totals:
Name: Date: Rubric Emergent Writer Unit Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards Student is showing responsibility with writers workshop tools S Student is able to stay on task during writers workshop Student can generate a topic Student can draw a picture to represent an idea Ru Student is able to write letters with little guidance Comments: Totals: T-5
T-6 Name: Date: Rubric Early Writer Unit Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards S Student can generate a topic Student can draw and label a picture to represent an idea Student is able to hear and record most sounds with little guidance Ru Student uses best guess spelling, including first and last consonant Student uses spaces between words Comments: Totals:
Name: Date: Rubric Emergent Writer Unit Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards S Student show responsibility with writers workshop Student is able to stay on task during writers workshop Student can generate a topic Ru Student can draw a picture to represent an idea Student story is sequenced and easy to follow Comments: Totals: T-7
Name: Date: Rubric Early Writer Unit Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards S Student can generate a topic Student brainstorms ideas for a story Student uses best guess spelling, including first and last consonant and some vowels Ru Students story is sequenced and easy to follow Student writes from left to right Comments: Totals: T-8
T-9 Name: Date: Rubric Early Writer Unit 5 Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards S Student can generate a topic Student brainstorms ideas for a story Student uses best guess spelling, including first and last consonant and some vowels Ru Students story is sequenced and easy to follow Student writes from left to right Comments: Totals:
Name: Date: Rubric Need Needs Guidance Developing skill Meet Standards Exceeds Standards S Ru Comments: Totals: T-0
Writing Stamina Good writers use their writing muscles to help them write longer min. min. min. min 5 min. 6 min. 7 min. 8 min. 9 min. 0 min. min. min. min. min. 5 min. 6 min. 7 min. 8 min. 9 min. 0 min. min. min. min. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday T-
Conferencing Tips As you are walking around ask questions to get their minds working. You might say How is it going? What can I help you with? What are you working on? Show me where you are in your writing What are you going to do now? What do you think your next step will be? What do you want the reader to know about? You can also say things like I am noticing you are One of the things writers do Tell me what you are writing about Note: As you walk around and confer write notes and keep track of who you have met with and log it on the conferencing chart. T-
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