The more often students interact with content, the more likely they are to remember and learn that content; which is why I design my Anchor Charts to be basic reminders of the material taught in class. When displayed on the wall these charts are easy to see (uncluttered), providing clues students have access to during independent practice. Though clues are provided, actual answers are generally not given...so YES, I leave them up during unit and semester exams also.

Ideally anchor charts are created with each class; however, this creates time constraints throughout a day in middle school, not to mention the excess use of chart paper. Because of this I started creating easy to read anchor charts and printing them with a poster maker in our library.