Graphic Organizers

*Enhance recall

*Complements the way brain works

*Chunking ideas

*Organizes thoughts

*Interesting

Many types...

• Relational:Story board, fishbone,cause and effect web, chart

• Category/classification:concept mapping,KWL charts,mind mapping

• Sequence organizers:chain, ladder, cycle,time line

• Compare/contrast organizers:digital dashboard , venn diagrams

• Concept development : webs, circle chart• flow chrt

Graphic OrganizersVenn Diagram

Different DifferentSame

Graphic Organizers

Graphic OrganizersCompare/Contrast or How Ideas/Things Relate

Like. . .

Graphic Organizers

Character Study

How are the alike/different

Webbing

Diary of Anne Frank

Diary Writing

People Hiding

World War II

Teen-Agers

Webbing

Circular Type Web

If You Give a

Mouse a Cookie

cookie milk straw mirror scissors

Story Map

setting characters

problem

theme

beginning

middle

end

Story Map

*Keep it simple

*Use the same throughout a unit or topic, or story

*Interesting visual

*Visual can be related to story itself

Title: Arthur’s Mystery EnvelopeAuthor: Marc Brown

Story Map

Setting:

Title: Arthur’s Mystery EnvelopeAuthor: Marc Brown

Story Map

Setting:School and Home Characters:

Title: Arthur’s Mystery EnvelopeAuthor: Marc Brown

Story Map

Setting:School and Home

Characters: Arthur D.W.Buster Binky Francine Prunella Muffy The Brain

Problem:

Title: Arthur’s Mystery EnvelopeAuthor: Marc Brown

Story Map

Setting:School and Home

Characters: Arthur D.W.Buster Binky Francine Prunella Muffy The Brain

Problem: Mr. Haney, the principal, gave Arthur a sealed envelope to take to his mom. Arthur thinks the envelope has bad news about his school work.Events:

Title: Arthur’s Mystery EnvelopeAuthor: Marc Brown

Story Map

Setting:School and Home

Characters: Arthur D.W.Buster Binky Francine Prunella Muffy The Brain

Problem: Mr. Haney, the principal, gave Arthur a sealed envelope to take to his mom. Arthur thinks the envelope has bad news about his school work.Events: Friends suggest ways to get rid of the envelope.The envelope falls in the trash before Arthur’s mother sees it.D.W. teases Arthur about the envelope.Resolution/Conclusion:

Title: Arthur’s Mystery EnvelopeAuthor: Marc Brown

Story Map

Setting:School and Home

Characters: Arthur D.W.Buster Binky Francine Prunella Muffy The Brain

Problem: Mr. Haney, the principal, gave Arthur a sealed envelope to take to his mom. Arthur thinks the envelope has bad news about his school work.Events: Friends suggest ways to get rid of the envelope.The envelope falls in the trash before Arthur’s mother sees it.D.W. teases Arthur about the envelope.Resolution/Conclusion: Arthur gives the envelope to Mom, who opens it. Mr. Haney’s tax papers were in it. Arthur learns that putting off something doesn’t make it get any better and sometimes it makes it worse.

Time Lines

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Time Lines

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

1899

1999

22

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