Mnemonic Strategies & Graphic Organizers Day 4: 9am-12pm

Day 4 Agenda ● Welcome & Introduction (9:00-9:05) ● Goals & Objectives (9:05-9:10) ● Icebreaker (9:10-9:30) o Mnemonic Name Game ● K-W-L Chart (9:30-9:35) ● Introduction to mnemonic strategy instruction (9:35-10:25) ● Break (10:25-10:40) ● Introduction to graphic organizers (10:40-11:40) ● Wrap up/ Q&A (11:40-12:00)

Welcome & Introduction ● Welcome participants to day 4 ● Ask if anyone has anything they would like to share about what they’ve learned during the first 3 days of this Professional Development Program. ● Introduce self o education o career o family o personal interests

Goals & Objectives Goal: Participants will be able to incorporate mnemonic strategy instruction and graphic organizers in their daily lesson plans. Objectives: ● Participants will know what mnemonic strategy instruction is, and how it is used in the classroom. ● Participants will know what graphic organizers are and how to introduce them into the classroom. ● Participants will understand why mnemonic strategies and graphic organizers are helpful to all students, not only students with learning disabilities.

Mnemonic Name Game Everyone stand up and form a circle (2 tables together) One person starts by using an adjective starting with the same letter as his or her first name followed by his or her first name (Ex. Daring Darien or Nice Norm). The next person repeats the first person’s adjective and name and then adds his or her own. It goes around the circle, each person repeating all of the names that came before. Presenter starts with: Adaptable Amber

What do you already know? ● Hand out KWL chart ● Have participants complete the K & W sections of the chart. o what do you know about the topic? o what will you learn? or what do you want to learn? ● Participants will hold on to KWL charts until later in the session.

Mnemonic Strategy Instruction Mnemonic- ● instructional strategy created to help students improve their memory of information. ● connects new learning to prior knowledge through the use of visual and/or auditory cues. Mnemonic strategies use… ● key words ● rhyming words ● acronyms Strategies can be teacher or student created.

Types of Mnemonic Strategies Music Mnemonics- make a song or jingle using any type of music. Play: I’m Just a Bill. Name Mnemonics- use the first letter of each word in a list to make a name if a person or thing. ● Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet- ROY G. BIV Word or Expression Mnemonic- arrange the first letter of each item in a list to form a phrase or word. ● Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior-HOMES ● First 8 U.S. Presidents: Will A Jolly Man Make A Jolly Visitor? o George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren.

Types of Mnemonic Strategies cont... Ode or Rhyme Mnemonics- put information in the form of a poem. ● 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. ● 30 days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31 Except for February my dear son. It has 28 and that is fine But in Leap Year it has 29.

Who benefits from using mnemonic strategies? ● Hand out Venn diagram ● Participants will label one circle as ‘students without disabilities’ and the other as ‘students with disabilities’. ● Read off benefits to using mnemonic strategies… o participants will write in on one side or in the middle (which represents all students) ● Benefits: o enhances memory o promotes material retention o aids in information recall o helps you personalize information o faster memory retrieval

Graphic Organizers ● A visual and graphic display that shows the relationship between terms, facts, or ideas within a learning task. ● Guides the learner’s thinking as they fill in and build upon a visual map or diagram. ● A series of visual charts and tools used to show and organize a students ideas or knowledge.

Types of graphic organizers Sequencing or flow chart- allow students to organize information chronologically, linearly, or in a cyclical manner. ● Timeline (show picture of timeline) tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQN6sActKlPOlC5oryxBZHxCfqxYzoe MBZiZzv0B6WSLbspLCE3AhhURtk ● Flow chart (show picture of flow chart) tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRReDX3HBzRWogr2wSUvw9EsMLX ycATNIJJmB699pbK6Iki8mK7Jg

Types cont... Compare & Contrast- focus on similarities and differences in text, objects, characters, etc. ● Venn Diagrams-

Why should you use graphic organizers? ● Graphic organizers structure information into patterns and use labels to help make relationships among discrete pieces of information clear. ● One characteristic of many students who struggle academically is the inability to understand those relationships. ● These tools provide a concrete representation for structuring abstract ideas.

Pros and Cons... ● Hand out T Charts ● Participants will list pros and cons to using graphic organizers ● Read aloud some pros and cons o visual representation of information o students see as another thing to do o reminder of the sequence o too constricting/limiting o helps with fluency and transition o helps stay on topic o can be used incorrectly ● Ask participants to name pros and cons ● Are pros and cons the same for students with and without disabilities?

What did you learn? ● Participants will complete the ‘L’ section of the KWL chart. ● What did they learn about mnemonic strategies and graphic organizers. ● Group discussion o what did you learn that you did not already know? o have participants talk about it at their tables o each table will share with the large group what they learned about each tool.

Questions & Answers

Homework ● Include the use of at least one graphic organizer within your lesson plan. ● Be prepared to explain why you chose the graphic organizer you did, how to use it, and how it will be beneficial to the students. ● Create one (or use one already developed) mnemonic strategy within your lesson plan.

References Mnemonic Name Game. Teampedia Tools for Teams. (2011.) Mnemonics. all about Adolescent Literacy. I’m Just A Bill. You Tube. (2008). Congos, Dennis. 9 Types of Mnemonics for Better Memory. The Learning Center Exchange. (2005). Hall, T., Strangman, N. Graphic Organizers. National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials. (2013). Google Images. Kroll, Elizabeth. Graphic Organizers: Definition, Types, and Examples. study.com. (2013).