Graphic Organizers
The following section is a compilation of graphic organizers that are used for students who are visual learners. Graphic organizers are used to break down material in a way that students who learn visually can make meaning out of the material in a different way than auditory and kinesthetic learners make meaning.
Retelling Pyramid
Not only is this a great tool for students to use when questioning the text, but it is also a great summary tool that students can keep and refer back to later. This is a great strategy to use in any subject. The retelling pyramid helps students find the main subject of a paragraph/article and then restate it as concisely as possible. DS
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ReQuest Technique
ReQuest is a great partnership technique to teach students how to ask and answer questions about a certain text among themselves. One partner is the questioner while the other is the respondent, and then each partner switches roles 2-3 times to make sure both students get a chance practicing asking and answering. By interacting with the text in these different roles, students are more apt to understand the text in a deeper way.
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Student Questions for Purposeful Learning
Present a question provoking statement to the class based on the topic you are teaching. Have students generate questions based on the statement. Write questions on the board and put tallies next to questions that come up multiple times. If after the questions are generated you still need to add more to bring the class on topic then it would be best to do this before you jump into the lesson. This should generate curiosity about the topic so then as each question is answered pause and let the students talk about which question was answered. KE
Text Impressions
Text Impressions is a very fun technique! It involves students doing a quick write based only on vocabulary words given to them by the teacher. Students then share what they believe the focus of the day or unit will be about. It could work as an anticipatory set, or as the beginning of a unit. It builds excitement and gets students engaged with the material!
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Lower Order Questions
Higher Order Questions
It is important that educators are able to distinguish between lower and higher order questions as a means of raising the level of academic discourse in their classrooms. By first answering lower order questions students are able to then engage in higher order questions. Lower order questions usually fall under knowledge and comprehension. Higher oder questions usually fall under application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation, although there is often overlap. For my strategy I created a handout for students to engage in lower order questions. For the higher order questions students are broken up into pairs in which they are asked to work as a team to answer the assigned question. Below is the handout created for the class. KC
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