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A List of Graphic Organizers I’ve Found Useful

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Here’s a list of graphic organizers I find useful. I ‘m always finding more and more ways to use them, and I’m sure you will too. Just let your imagination run wild!!! Visuals learners love them, and auditory and kinesthetic learners can learn to like them. I use graphic organizers all the time.

I’ll be adding more to this list as time goes on so be sure to come back to

1. Placemat

  • great for having students reflect, write and share ideas on a topic
  • great for determining what students know about a given topic
  • great for keeping kids accountable for key information while they are watching a video

2. Learning Plan

  • great for helping kids organize themselves to study for major tests or exams. I’ve had good feedback from former students who found this useful when they got to college.

3. It Says, I Say, So

  • Useful for helping kids improve comprehension when reading

4. Persuasion Map

  • useful for organizing opinion pieces

5. Fishbone Organizer

  • useful for organizing information. I’ve have my students use fishbone to take chapter jot notes. It helps them organize their note taking

6. Graphic Organizer for Opinion Essay

  • useful for helping students organize the opinion essay.

7. John’s Favourite Q-Chart

  • useful for helping kids write ISU, research papers etc.

8. Five Paragraphy Essay Graphic Organizer

  • useful for organizing the five paragraph essay

9. Simple Q-Chart

  • a less sophisticated version of John’s favourite Q-Chart found above

10. Frayer Graphic Organizer

  • useful for determining whether kids really understand a concept

UPDATE- really cool for visual learners

11. interactive graphic organizers Interactive graphic organizers

Comments

2 Responses to “A List of Graphic Organizers I’ve Found Useful”

  1. Sandra Adz on April 25th, 2007 9:25 pm

    This is really helpful, Elona. I have passed this on to my ‘mentee’, who is beginning his teaching career and feeling overwhelmed!

  2. Elona on April 26th, 2007 5:17 am

    Sandra,
    Thank you. I hope this will be useful to your “mentee”. I remember feeling overwhelmed at the beginning of my career too.

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