Description
What our Read Graphic Organizers lesson plan includes
Lesson Objectives and Overview: Read Graphic Organizers teaches students how to interpret and use graphic organizers to arrange information. There are many types, and students will be able to use several throughout the lesson. For instance, they will learn about Venn diagrams, prior knowledge charts, and text connections. They can also find more online if they want to explore other kinds.
There are three pages of content in this lesson. Initially, the lesson discusses how students have to read and learn new information from many sources. It describes how they may take notes or use other methods to keep track of all the data. Then it explains how using a graphic organizer of some kind can help them better recall and arrange information.
The lesson describes five different kinds of graphic organizers. The Venn diagram is among the most common, and students will first learn more about those. The lesson provides an example comparing cats and dogs, and it lists the common traits and distinct differences between the two animals. Then it describes four more organizers and provides an example for each.
CREATE AN ORGANIZER ACTIVITY
Students will work in pairs for the activity. They will create a graphic organizer that arranges information from the passage you provide. They can invent a new one or use one they learned about during the lesson. The main topic is sharks. Each pair of students will organize the information and share what they put together with the class.
READ GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS PRACTICE WORKSHEET
For the practice worksheet, students must read a passage about the bald eagle and fill in the organizer on the right of the passage. Then they will write a paragraph that summarizes information in the organizer about the three states of matter.
MAKE A SANDWICH HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
The homework assignment requires students to read a passage of text. Then they must create a graphic organizer to highlight the main ideas and key details from the passage. Finally, they will write a paragraph using the information from the graphic.
