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spend all that time working on those anchor charts…and then what?
I decided I didn't want to just throw them out once we were done with them...plus they are beneficial if students can look back on them!
I made this huge blank wall at the beginning of the year with an unsure plan for it. I have a divider curtain between me and one of my team teachers. I tried opening it at the beginning of the year and it just wouldn't open.....not that we would have ever opened it during class anyway.
It is kind of a cushiony wall-sort of like vinyl. I decided that was the perfect canvas for a huge bulletin board! I looked around a little bit and finally to enough ideas. I knew I wanted a black background with pops of color. I started with a plastic tablecloth...used static to hold it up long enough to staple it...but it was so bumpy.
Then I finally decided to get heavy paper and use it...much better! I ordered pastel borders and BOOM!
As the school year has progressed I've made many anchor charts and the strands my students seem to struggle with the most I decide to 'anchor' their learning on the back wall.
First I laminate the anchor chart (I have to cut it in half and laminate it and then tape it back together), then I staple it up with the original 'I can...' statement. 
My plan is to switch them out as necessary and since they are laminated they can last even longer. I will hole punch them and hang them on a slim pocket chart holder I have.
It really made the room pop having so much up and students do go back and refer to it from time to time.
What do you do with your anchor charts?
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