Graphic Organizers
 Teaching Above & Beyond Simple Recall

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Pam Lowe 
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http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/poplarbluff.k12.mo.us/lowe/

Treena Murray 
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 I.   The Teaching Classroom vs. The Learning Classroom

     A.  Moving Students From Dependent Learners To Independent Learners
         1. The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new 
               things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - men who 
               are creative, inventive and discoverers. - Piaget 
                                                                                                                                                                
     B.  The Use of GO's: Going Above And Beyond Simple Recall
           1.  Addition of details to information
           2.  Explaining and contrasting two or more concepts
           3.  Visualizing an image of material to be learned
           4.  Associating new material with past knowledge

II.   Implementing GO's 

      Step 1. Teacher Modeled Graphic Organizer

      Step 2. Class Completion Of An "Incomplete" Graphic Organizer

      Step 3. Cooperative group Completes  An "Incomplete" Graphic Organizer

      Step 4. Students To Complete An "Incomplete Graphic" Organizer Independently

      Step 5. Cooperative Group Or Independently, Students Complete Blank 
                  Graphic Organizer 

      Step 6. Students Design & Implement Graphic Organizers Independently
           1.  Teach Students When & How To Choose Graphic Organizers
                FlowChart: How To Choose A Graphic Organizer
             2. Labeling Graphic Organizers Appropriately
 
 

III.  Types of GO's 
 
 

Type of GO
Job
Bloom's
Examples
Blank:
Ready To Use
Spider Maps
Describing
Knowledge
SCORE
NCREL
abcteach 

Hougton-Mifflin

 

Timeline
Sequence of Events, 

Continuum, 

Storyboard, Cycle
 

Knowledge
Storyboard

Continuum Chart
LexIcon
Timeline
Teach-Nology
Timeline

Free-ology

 Scholastic

Houghton-Mifflin
 Cycle
Sequence of Events

 Continuum

 Storyboard

Cycle
 Knowledge
 NCREL
SCORE
Scholastic
Hierarchy Diagrams
 Classify
 Comprehension
 Network Tree
Organizational Chart

Branches

graphic.org
 Flow Charts
 Predict or Explain
 Application
  
Eduplace
Fish Bone
Analying
Analysis
 Teach-Nology

SCORE
LexIcon

Free-ology
Concept Map
Explain Relationships
Analysis
graphic.org
Teach-Nology

Education World

Education World
Idea Map or
Clustering
Solve or Plan
Synthesize
Clustering
LexIcon

Houghton-Mifflin
Double Cell Diagram/
Venn Diagram
Compare/Contrast Two Items
Evaluation
graphic.org

Venn Diagram
Venn Diagram

Create A Venn

3 Circle Venn
Comparison Matrix
Compare/Contrast Two Items
Evaluation
NCREL

SCORE
Matrix

IV.  Graphic Organizer Sites

   Interactive Graphic Organizers
   Teach-Nology
   S.C.O.R.E.: Graphic Organizers
   Region 15 Graphic Organizers
   WriteDesign
   4 Blocks Literacy Frameworks
   The Write Site
   Graphic Organizers Across The Curriculum
   Educational Technology Training Center
   Free-ology
   everythingESL.net
   Graphic Organizers: A Teacher and Student Tool
   ABC's of the Writing Process
   Scholastic
   Library of Graphic Organizers
   Education World
   EnchantedLearning.com
   Graphic Organizers for Writing
   Kidspiration & Inspiration Examples
   Graphic.org  (Inspiration: 30 Day Free Trial)