Printable anchor charts

A five-step routine for reading, modeling and checking a math word problem, plus the key words that signal each operation. Print it and keep it beside every problem-solving worksheet.

The same fraction shown three ways: a number line, an area (bar) model, and a set model. Seeing one fraction in all three forms is what makes the idea click.

The four building blocks of every story character, setting, problem and solution, in a wheel students can point to while they read, plus a fill-in-the-blank version for retelling.

A main idea table: the tabletop is the big idea, and three supporting details from the text hold it up as the legs. If a leg is missing, the table will not stand.

The same ratio scaled up five ways, shown as a table of equivalent ratios and as a double number line. Two tools for the same job: finding equivalent ratios and unit rates.

The four ways to describe a data set, worked from one real dot plot: how to add-and-divide for the mean, order-and-find-the-middle for the median, spot the most frequent value for the mode, and subtract for the range.

One line, y = 2x + 1, shown as a coordinate graph with rise and run marked, an x/y table of points, and the equation itself, so slope reads the same whether it comes from a picture, a list of numbers, or a formula.

Three sentence-starter frames for turning a claim about a text into a fully cited answer: make the claim, introduce the evidence, then explain what the evidence proves.

The shape of an opinion piece: state your opinion, give three reasons each backed by an example, save the strongest reason for last, then restate your opinion in the conclusion.

The shape of an informative piece: introduce the topic, give three true facts or details each explained in a sentence, then close with a summary sentence that adds no new information.