1. Supporting Academic Excellence
Graphic Organizers
SMS CRISS Trainer
Heather Barone

2. Creating Independence Through Student Owned Stategies
CRISS
Creating Independence Through Student Owned Stategies

3. SMS CRISS Trainer Heather Barone
Learning Leads to a Lifetime of Opportunity
Introduction- Graphic Organizers
Group Work
Museum Walk
Create Your Own Graphic Organizer
Closing

4. Helping Students Build Their Own Metacognition
Graphic Organizers
Helping Students Build Their Own Metacognition

5. The Research The effectiveness of graphic organizers has been studied.
One study focused on three classifications of secondary students enrolled in content area classes:
students with learning disabilities
remedial students
students in regular education
The results of three separate experiments indicated that graphic organizers, whether teacher-directed, student-directed with text references, or student-directed with clues, produced significantly higher performance than self-study for each group of students.

6. Helpful + Free Websites
Houghton Mifflin Education Place (PDF Files)
S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts Website:
Region 15 Graphic Ogranizers
Scholastic Grahphic Ogranizers
Graphic Organizers Website

7. T-Chart
Concept
Concept

8. Responsibilities/Duties
President
Vice-President

9. Chronological Sequence
Topic:
Second
Third
First
Then
Next
Finally

10. Chronological Sequence
How to Determine the Hypotenuse of a Triangle
Second
Third
First
Then
Next
Finally

11. Compare/Contrast
Venn Diagram
Concept
Concept
DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT
SAME

12. Compare/Contrast Venn Diagram DIFFERENT DIFFERENT -ir Verbs -er Verbs
SAME

13. The Web
Idea
Idea
Idea
Central Concept
Idea
Idea
Idea
Idea
Idea

14. The Web
Idea
Idea
Idea
The Nervous
System
Idea
Idea
Idea
Idea
Idea

15. Generalization/Principle Pattern
Example
Example
Example

16. Generalization/Principle Pattern
Physical Fitness
Example
Example
Example

17. Flow Chart
Idea
Idea
Idea

18. Flow Chart
Technology
Computers
Communication

19. Hierarchy Chart Theme Supporting Idea Major Concept Detail(s)

20. Hierarchy Chart Theme Supporting Idea Overcoming Obstacles Detail(s)

21. Groupwork
Now, in a small group, please create a graphic organizer that can be used with students. Your group may decide on the type of diagram you use or create, as well as the content area being addressed.

22. Groupwork Math-Spider Map/Web Technology- Spider Map/Web
Social Studies-Hierarchy Chart
Foreign Language- Chronological Sequence
English- Flow Chart
Music- Flow Chart
Health, Home and Careers- Generalization/Principle Pattern
Physical Education- Venn Diagram
Science- Generalization
/Principle Pattern
Art- T-Chart

23. Time to show off your work with a museum walk!
Groupwork
Time to show off your work with a museum walk!

24. Final thoughts . . .
Students should be able to use metacognition to determine when they don’t know or understand a concept or idea and what to do to help themselves internalize the new knowledge.
Through learning various types of graphic organizers, students are able to have a “fix it” strategy to assist in clarifying their own thinking.

25. Final thoughts . . .
Teachers may expose students to additional graphic organizers.
examples shown are only some
Teachers can think “outside of the box” when choosing graphic organizers.
- The more a student connects with a graphic organizer, the easier it will be for them to internalize the information.

26. Keep up the fabulous work!
Thank you for your support!
Keep up the fabulous work!