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Main Idea and Details Anchor Chart and Interactive Reading PowerPoint for Classroom Use

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Here is our fifth installment of using effective anchor charts and interactive Power Points for teaching reading skills to your students. Enjoy! 

Main Idea Anchor Chart

Below is an example of a main idea and details anchor chart. We thought a table was a good analogy for this topic. The supporting details are the foundation for the surface which is the main idea. Without the supporting details there wouldn’t be a main idea. Our students were able to grasp this concept.


The focus the PowerPoint is for students to understand what the main idea is and how supporting details relate back to the main idea. We created a summary game where students have to read a passage and determine what the main idea of the passage is. It is highly interactive and engaging for students. We have them record their answers in their reading notebooks and then share the correct answers. It is a great discussion tool for your class.

Our Power Points are all interactive, which means that your students are actively involved in the learning process! No more boring books that students don’t connect too!

Learning can be fun, so go ahead and try out our interactive PowerPoint to teach this important reading skill! Reading can take you anywhere! Click here to find it now!

Connections (Text, Self, World) Anchor Chart and Interactive Reading PowerPoint for Classroom Use

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Here is our fourth installment of using effective anchor charts and interactive Power Points for teaching reading skills to your students. Enjoy! This is focused on making connections.

Connections Anchor Chart

Below is an anchor chart we made regarding the reading strategy of connections. As you can see, we included lots of color. This makes it visually appealing for students. We feature the connections of text to self, text to text and text to world.

Connections Power Point


The focus of this PowerPoint is for students to identify the three different types of connections: text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world. These connections are important for students to understand. Our Power Point is ready to go for you in the classroom. It is easy to use and will engage your students. 

Our Power Points are all interactive, which means that your students are actively involved in the learning process! No more boring books that students don’t connect too! It includes examples for all the connections and provides students with opportunities to talk to each other. We use the strategy of think-pair-share to get students talking to each other.

When making connections, students are required to think about how it connects to their lives, a book they have read, or to things that are happening in the world.  We have included slides that allow you to teach right away. We focus on how students can become good readers. Teachers need to provide the skills necessary for students to be successful when reading. Make sure to take the time to go through each slide with your class. A reading notebook would be a good idea to have for students. They can record down their ideas.

Learning can be fun, so go ahead and try out our interactive PowerPoints to teach these important reading skills! Reading can take you anywhere! Click here to find it now!

Point of View Anchor Chart and Resource

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Here is our third installment of using effective anchor charts and interactive PowerPoints for teaching reading skills to your students. Enjoy! Below is our point of view anchor chart.

Point of View Anchor Chart

We love to make anchor charts that are colorful and engaging for students. As you can see below we tried to make this a fun one! It features first person, second person, and third person point of view. Students can easily see the difference between the three. It is important to talk about all three as students will encounter these in their reading.


The focus of the PowerPoint is for students to identify the three different points of view text can have: first person, second person, and third person. We make our slide shows engaging and ready to use right away in your classroom. We also use strategies like think-pair-share to engage students. They need to share their thoughts and ideas with another classmate.

Our PowerPoints are all interactive, which means that your students are actively involved in the learning process! No more boring books that students don’t connect too!

Learning can be fun, so go ahead and try out our interactive PowerPoint to teach this important reading skill! Reading can take you anywhere! Click here to find it now!

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Text Structure Anchor Chart and Interactive PowerPoint

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Here is our second installment of using effective anchor charts and interactive PowerPoints for teaching reading skills to your students. Enjoy!

Non-Fiction Text Structures Anchor Chart

We use the below anchor chart to help teach text structures for non-fiction text. As you can see it outlines the different types of text structures. Chronological is when the author uses dates and puts it in chronological order. Sequential is when the author puts steps in order. Descriptive is when the author describes or explains something. Cause and effect is when the author describes the effect that an event has on something else. Compare and contrast is when the author compares one event or thing to another.

Text Structures Power Point


The focus of this PowerPoint is for students to identify the five different types of text structures that are used for informational text: chronological, sequential, descriptive, cause/effect, and compare/contrast.

Our PowerPoints are all interactive, which means that your students are actively involved in the learning process! No more boring books that students don’t connect too!

Learning can be fun, so go ahead and try out our interactive PowerPoint to teach this important reading skill! Reading can take you anywhere! Click here to find it now!


Author’s Purpose: Anchor Chart and Interactive PowerPoint for Classroom Use

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Explaining the author’s purpose to students can be as easy as P.I.E! In this post, we will focus on author’s purpose.

Author’s Purpose Anchor Chart

 We created the anchor chart below to help students understand author’s purpose. As you can see, we used the acronym PIE to help students understand. The “p” is persuade. This is when the author tries to convince the reader to believe a certain way. The “i” is inform. To inform is to give information to the reader about a topic. The “e” is to entertain. Entertain is to provide the reader with enjoyment about a topic. Our anchor chart is a great visual for students to use to help remember the three parts of author’s purpose.

Author’s Purpose Power Point

Your class will understand the three different types of author’s purpose when writing: persuade, inform and entertain through our interactive Power Point.


Our PowerPoints are all interactive, which means that your students are actively involved in the learning process! No more boring books that students don’t connect too! The Power Point is ready to use right away. 

We like to include the strategy of think-pair-share to engage students in discussion. This allows everyone in class to participate and be involved. We also have students use a reading notebook to take notes. This would be a great place for students to write down the acronym PIE and to write down what each letter means. It also is a great tool for students to refer throughout the year.

Learning can be fun, so go ahead and try out our interactive PowerPoint to teach this important reading skill! Reading can take you anywhere! Click here to find it now!