Teaching Students to Be Better Annotators Poster and Infographic

Brought to you by Accelerated Reader 360

The biggest advancement ever in the nation’s most widely used K12 reading program, Accelerated Reader 360 helps teachers meet key educational shifts with new tools they can use within their existing literacy blocks. The program continues to do what educators love. It motivates students to grow as goal-focused readers and enables teachers to set and monitor personalized goals. Yet, it adds new capabilities by layering instructional skills practice into leveled nonfiction articles. Learn more here.

We asked teachers to share the hardest part of teaching good highlighting and annotation skills. They said:

• “Teaching kids that highlighting is not painting the barn.” —Patricia B.
• “Getting students to understand the different aspects of text worthy of notation—main idea, significant detail, theme, etc.” —Melissa W.
• “Convincing them it’s necessary.” —Amy S.

With these comments in mind, we’ve created a brand-new classroom poster to help you teach kids smart highlighting skills. Plus, don’t forget to save and pin the exclusive educator infographic, which has more ideas for teaching annotation in the classroom.

Student Posters

Teacher Infographic