EDU323: Week 4Dr. Jennifer C. Walts

Agenda Welcome & Sharing Let’s talk about Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers: How To… This Week Looking Ahead Questions? Food for Thought

Graphic Organizers Why bother? Let’s Discuss:

What does the research tell us? For which learning styles do graphic

organizers work best? How can graphic organizers keep kids

engaged? How do graphic organizers help teachers

share important information?

Graphic Organizers can… streamline information clarify concepts involve students with varying learning

styles increase retention develop organizational skills shift learning from ho-hum to FUN!

Samples…

Main Idea?

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Now, let’s do a couple… Check my website ~

Graphic Organizers Primary

Intermediate Beehive Chain of events Main idea Cluster

This Week FRIDAY: Reply to at least 3 classmates

in the Discussion board SATURDAY: Post your original Graphic

Organizer in the DropBox SUNDAY: Post your Week 4 Reflection in

the DropBox

Looking Ahead to Week 5

Read and Research Parent Involvement Meet in Elluminate on Thursday We will make a newsletter Think about teamwork

Q & A:

Food for Thought

"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less."--Lee Iacocca