Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers help to make abstract ideas and relationships clear.

• Graphic organizers show students how to think about the information they are learning.
• They make new information manageable by enabling students to chunk it to fit into their existing memory.
• They help students build connections and explore relationships to what they already know.
• Organizers also help students recall information more readily.

There are so many ways they can be used...here are just a few:  structure the note taking; generate ideas; record key text information; guide reading; select, sequence, restructure, and store information; organize ideas as a pre-writing tool; focus on what is important; and summarize  learning.

Hover your cursor over the the small circles within my Graphic Organizer ThingLink to discover many resources you can use.

Be sure there is an intended purpose for the graphic organizer you provide AND that the students understand that they will be using the completed organizer for a specific purpose.