Supporting Academic Excellence Graphic Organizers SMS CRISS Trainer Heather Barone

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SMS CRISS Trainer Heather Barone Learning Leads to a Lifetime of Opportunity Introduction- Graphic Organizers Group Work Museum Walk Create Your Own Graphic Organizer Closing

Helping Students Build Their Own Metacognition Graphic Organizers Helping Students Build Their Own Metacognition

The Research The effectiveness of graphic organizers has been studied. One study focused on three classifications of secondary students enrolled in content area classes: students with learning disabilities remedial students students in regular education The results of three separate experiments indicated that graphic organizers, whether teacher-directed, student-directed with text references, or student-directed with clues, produced significantly higher performance than self-study for each group of students. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1688604&dopt=Citation

Helpful + Free Websites Houghton Mifflin Education Place (PDF Files) http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts Website: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/actbank/sorganiz.htm Region 15 Graphic Ogranizers http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html Scholastic Grahphic Ogranizers http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2983 Graphic Organizers Website http://www.graphicorganizers.com/downloads.htm

T-Chart Concept Concept

Responsibilities/Duties President Vice-President

Chronological Sequence Topic: Second Third First Then Next Finally

Chronological Sequence How to Determine the Hypotenuse of a Triangle Second Third First Then Next Finally

Compare/Contrast Venn Diagram Concept Concept DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SAME

Compare/Contrast Venn Diagram DIFFERENT DIFFERENT -ir Verbs -er Verbs SAME

The Web Idea Idea Idea Central Concept Idea Idea Idea Idea Idea

The Web Idea Idea Idea The Nervous System Idea Idea Idea Idea Idea

Generalization/Principle Pattern Example Example Example

Generalization/Principle Pattern Physical Fitness Example Example Example

Flow Chart Idea Idea Idea

Flow Chart Technology Computers Communication

Hierarchy Chart Theme Supporting Idea Major Concept Detail(s)

Hierarchy Chart Theme Supporting Idea Overcoming Obstacles Detail(s)

Groupwork Now, in a small group, please create a graphic organizer that can be used with students. Your group may decide on the type of diagram you use or create, as well as the content area being addressed.

Groupwork Math-Spider Map/Web Technology- Spider Map/Web Social Studies-Hierarchy Chart Foreign Language- Chronological Sequence English- Flow Chart Music- Flow Chart Health, Home and Careers- Generalization/Principle Pattern Physical Education- Venn Diagram Science- Generalization /Principle Pattern Art- T-Chart

Time to show off your work with a museum walk! Groupwork Time to show off your work with a museum walk!

Final thoughts . . . Students should be able to use metacognition to determine when they don’t know or understand a concept or idea and what to do to help themselves internalize the new knowledge. Through learning various types of graphic organizers, students are able to have a “fix it” strategy to assist in clarifying their own thinking.

Final thoughts . . . Teachers may expose students to additional graphic organizers. examples shown are only some Teachers can think “outside of the box” when choosing graphic organizers. - The more a student connects with a graphic organizer, the easier it will be for them to internalize the information.

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