Graphic Organizers

Graphic organziers provide systematic scaffolding and enable students to make deeper connections to prior knowledge and new understandings. Graphic organizers help students to:

• Organize thoughts clearly

• Analyze concepts thoughtfully

• Reason, form opinions, make conclusions, and ask questions

• Make connections between prior knowledge and new learnings

• Independently read and research

• Use metacognitive strategies and develop complex thinking capacity as they think about what they are learning and doing

• Easily and effectively communicate and share ideas with others