This is an anchor chart I created to teach the RAP reading comprehension strategy in my first student teaching placement. This strategy was useful for encouraging students to answer questions about a text fully and completely. When I began in the class, the students were in the habit of providing one to two word answers to comprehension questions. After implementing this strategy, students' answers became much more thoughtful and complete.
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This is a bulletin board I put together on the first day of school. I wanted to learn a little bit about the students while also incorporating some mathematics. On the sheets, there were questions with numerical answers, such as "How old are you?" or "How many people are in your family?" The students' task was to determine their personal answers, and create a math equation for an onlooker to solve, that would end up revealing their answer to the question. Many of the students got very creative with their equations, and included multiple operations. When they were done, I had them walk around and trade sheets with a peer to check if their equations actually ended up with the desired answer.
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