By the time students are in grades 7 - 12, teachers should allow students to decide
which graphic organizer would be most helpful to them in understanding a text.
Not exact matches
Try to decide with your child
which type of
graphic organizer they think will be most helpful.
Communication Comparisons 06/20/2001 [World History, Language Arts Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8 Submitted by VaReane Heese] VaReane Heese, a teacher at Springfield (Nebraska) Elementary School submitted this week's lesson in
which students use online and print resources to research different methods of communication, use
graphic organizers to compare the methods, and share their findings with classmates.
This might involve a graffiti - like poster in the middle of the table on
which everyone records ideas, or a
graphic organizer that every student completes.
Not only do ELA teachers have great literacy lessons,
graphic organizers and the like, but they also know
which standards and literacy skills students are struggling with.
Graphic Organizers Next, introduce the activities below, in which students use the information they have collected to complete one or both graphic o
Organizers Next, introduce the activities below, in
which students use the information they have collected to complete one or both
graphic organizersorganizers.
Writing a Character Sketch Pauline Finlay, who teaches at Holy Trinity Elementary School in Torbay, Newfoundland (Canada), submitted this lesson, in
which students use a
graphic organizer to learn to write a character sketch about someone they know.
I give my ninth graders a
graphic organizer so they know
which slides they've taken notes on and
which they haven't.
Sadly, too many students rushed to take their AR tests thinking the tests would be easy,
which taught me a lesson about reminding the students to do repeated readings and even providing
graphic organizers for higher level books.
Try to decide with your child
which type of
graphic organizer they think will be most helpful.
I told him yes, provided he used the
graphic organizer the rest of the class was using,
which highlighted the important elements of a persuasive essay.
Prereading activities can include brainstorms,
graphic organizers of students» background knowledge (using concept maps, clusters, or webs), or cloze exercises (during
which students attempt to replace important vocabulary or concepts that the teacher has deleted from the text in order to draw attention to those points).
What experiences have you had using
graphic organizers in reading comprehension and
which new
graphic organizers will you now try?
Thinking processes are often enhanced with visual maps
which is exactly what a
graphic organizer is.
One of the most popular resources includes a set of common
graphic organizers from
which teachers can choose or modify.
Here are some common
graphic organizers,
which can be used in almost every subject at almost every grade level.