ScaffoldingHigher Order Thinkingwith Graphic Organizers

Asha KancherlapalliFebruary 2015

Why Use Graphic Organizers?

help students with important thinking skills

require students to take ownership by paraphrase rather than copy text

provide logical visual cues to make relationships apparent

Graphic Organizer Evaluation

Is it based on process or product? Will the student begin with one understanding that expands to another?

Does it require the student to use his/her own words?

Is it useful in multiple contexts and subject areas?

Are the visual cues useful and necessary? Is it clear and logical?

Graphic Organizer 1 (p. 2)

Graphic Organizer 2 (p. 2)

Graphic Organizer 3 (p. 2)

Graphic Organizer 4 (p. 2)

Graphic Organizer 5 (p. 2)

Graphic Organizer 6 (p. 2)

Evaluate one of the graphic organizers you described and/

or drew on page i.

Odds pair up! Evens pair up!Complete EITHER the Circle Map or the Bubble Map with your partner.

Circle MapPossible Categories-Appearance-Diet-Behavior-Famous Examples

MOVE!

odds: find a pair of evens of a different color

evens: find a pair of odds of a different color

Compare and ContrastUse the Dubble Bubble to

compare and contrast your two topics.

Classify and Generate

Complete page five of your workbook.Use the markers provided to color-code your bubbles!

Don’t worry. I’ll let you talk with your friends.

Write a Thesis Statement

Based on what you’ve learned through the comparing and contrasting, as well as classifying activities, work with your table group to create an argument that you can support with the information you’ve accumulated.

Organize

Use the categories you determined while sorting and color-coding as headings to organize your

information in a Tree Map (page 6).

Share Out

What did you decide to write or talk about?

Cognitive Processes

2) Circle map = Recalling 1.2

4) Double-Bubble = Comparing 2.6

6) Labeling = Classifying 2.3 and Differentiating (HOT) 4.1

8) Tree Map = Organizing 4.2

Through this exercise, you used several thinking skills:

“Thinking” Terms and Your Curriculum

See page 7 of your workbook for a table that lists thinking skills, corresponding MYP terms, and graphic

organizers to help students practice those skills.

Share Out!

What graphic organizer (from this workshop or not)

would you like to use with your students, and why?