Pocket Charts: Effective Ideas and Activities : Grades K-4

Many students have had their first formal reading lesson with a pocket chart. Pocket charts are basic and simple teaching tools. Many times teachers are unaware that they can be part of a powerful teaching method.In Pocket Charts: Effective Ideas and Activities, pocket charts can be used to teach the following: phonics, the alphabet, mathematics, creative writing, spelling, handwriting, grammar, and vocabulary. Pocket charts can help increase fluency, teacher-pupil interaction, visual-auditory connections, and much more. They can be used as a reward system or help in providing immediate feedback on student learning. This book includes many practical teaching suggestions that can be used throughout the year.