Liz Gregg Chapter 7 Picture This: Graphic Organizers in the Classroom Graphic Organizers promotes students understanding.

. P127PP2 Commonly found in secondary classrooms P127PP2 Only 59% of teachers use Graphic Organizers PP127P2 I think graphic organizers are a great way to help student learning. I only remember seeing GOs in high school but I could see the benefit of using them in elementary. Every teacher has their own way of teaching. Although GOs are useful, they are not the only way to successfully teach material. I could see how GOs could be useful for ELL students. GOs are great when used as a tool but students get discouraged when they know it is the end product. There are many types of graphic organizers which makes using one easier because there is a different one for all subjects.

Teaching and Learning with Graphic Organizer

Strategies at Work

Graphic organizers help ELLs because they allow for visual representations of complex ideas P129PP3 Many people view GOs as an end product not a tool to lead to something else. P130PP2 Many types of graphic organizers ~Concept Maps ~ Flow Diagrams ~Tree Diagrams ~Matrices P132PP3 Story grammer charts are one type of GO used in English P137PP1 A matrix is a good scaffolding tool. P138PP5 Word sort is a type of graphic organizers for science P144PP1

I remember using this graphic organizer in K12 I think matrixes are confusing Word sorts are useable in many classes.