Graphic Organizers:
Graphic Organizers & Concept Maps
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Graphic Organizers can fit to a variety of purposes. Using tables & charts to display and organize information helps students to make sense of new concepts. There are a variety of ways to include graphic organizers in your instruction.
A Concept Map is a special form of a web diagram for exploring knowledge and gathering and sharing information. Concept mapping is the strategy employed to develop a concept map. A concept map consists of nodes or cells that contain a concept, item or question and links. The links are labeled and denote direction with an arrow symbol. The labeled links explain the relationship between the nodes. The arrow describes the direction of the relationship and reads like a sentence.
Related Strategies: Frayer Model, Vocabulary - Personal Dictionary, Math Journal/Learning Logs,
Good for: vocabulary development, connected ideas, review, group work,
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Graphic Organizers can fit to a variety of purposes. Using tables & charts to display and organize information helps students to make sense of new concepts. There are a variety of ways to include graphic organizers in your instruction.
A Concept Map is a special form of a web diagram for exploring knowledge and gathering and sharing information. Concept mapping is the strategy employed to develop a concept map. A concept map consists of nodes or cells that contain a concept, item or question and links. The links are labeled and denote direction with an arrow symbol. The labeled links explain the relationship between the nodes. The arrow describes the direction of the relationship and reads like a sentence.
Related Strategies: Frayer Model, Vocabulary - Personal Dictionary, Math Journal/Learning Logs,
Anchor Charts
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KWL
*Writing in Math StrategyThe know/want-to-know/learned (KWL) chart guides students’ thinking as they begin reading and involves them in each step of the learning process.
Related Strategies: Think-Pair-Share, Muddiest Point
Good for: identifying prior knowledge, recording learning, reflecting on learning
Frayer Model
*Writing in Math StrategyThe Frayer Model (Frayer, Frederick, & Klausmeier, 1969) is a strategy designed to help students understand a concept through the use of a graphic organizer. This graphic organizer displays the definition, characteristics, examples and no-examples in order to bring meaning to the concept.
Related Strategies: Backwards Frayer Model, Word Wall, Sentence Frames, Math Dictionary
Good for: understanding vocabulary, multiple representations of concepts, differeniated instruction.
Backwards Frayer Model
*Writing in Math StrategySimilar to the Frayer Model strategy, a graphic organizer would be filled in withall the information, except the word. Students would then have to “guess” what the word was based on the definition, characteristics, examples and non-examples.
Related Strategies: Frayer Model, Word Wall, Sentence Frames, Math Dictionary
Good for: understanding vocabulary, multiple representations of concepts, differeniated instruction, review
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Think-Pair-Share
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Good for: Partner Work, Groups, Discussions, Writing, Check for Understanding
Think-Write-Pair-Share
*Writing in Math StrategyThink-Write-Pair-Share is a similar strategy to Think-Pair-Share. This strategy not only gives students the opportunity to think about their answer to given question before engaging in meaningful conversation with other students, but also to write down thoughts, ideas, or solutions. Asking students to write and discuss ideas with a partner before sharing with the larger group builds confidence, encourages greater participation, and results in more thoughtful discussions
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Good for: Partner Work, Groups, Discussions, Writing, Check for Understanding
Sage and Scribe/Sage on the Stage
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Jigsaw
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Cooperative Groups
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3-2-1
*Writing in Math StrategyThe 3-2-1 strategy is used to summarize key information in a clear and concise way. Your creativity will determine how you want to present this chart - as a listed version, as a chart or as a table.
The 3-2-1 strategy is great to use because it summarizes key information in a clear and concise way. There will be a series of three prompts that you want students to respond to.
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Good for:Writing, Check for Understanding
Exit Tickets
*Writing in Math StrategyAt the end of your lesson, an Exit Ticket can be a single question or maybe a short sequence of problems to solve at the end of class. Usually the Exit Ticket is related to the lesson objective. Sometimes the Exit Ticket is related to a mitigation you are working on from a misconception on a recent quiz or test.
The teacher collects the Exit Ticket, sorts through student responses in order to check for understanding. Categorize the Exit Tickets to determine which students got it right, which students need some clarity, and which students need more support. For students that did not get it right, determine what mistakes were made. Are there any common mistakes that students made? What about your lesson might have led them to that mistake? How can you refine that lesson for the next time you teach it? How can you make adjustments to tomorrow’s class time to help students meet the learning objective?
Related Strategies: Muddiest Point,
Good for:Writing, Check for Understanding
Muddiest Point
The Muddiest Point is a simple way to help assess where students are having difficulties. The technique consists of asking students to jot down a quick response to one question: “What was the muddiest point in [the lecture, discussion, homework assignment, film, etc.]?” The term “muddiest” means “most unclear” or “most confusing.”Related Strategies: Muddiest Point, Exit Ticket, Math Journal, Learning Log, My Favorite No
Good for:Writing, Check for Understanding, mitigations, self-reflection, formative assessment
Math Journals & Learning Logs
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A journal, or math notebook, can be a record of student learning experiences over a period of time. This notebook can be used exclusively for discovery, or it can be used to include reflections or class discussions. It is more than a collection of observations, facts learned, and procedures conducted. The notebook can also document student reflections, questions, predictions and conclusions. A math notebook or learning long can also be used to record math problems and strategies being developed over time. Some teachers use math journals as a way to record number of the day strategies that are done on a regular basis. Students are able to review previous strategies and apply strategies to new problems. While other teachers use math notebooks use math notebooks as a way to record the daily application problem.
Variation: Learning Log
Students write regularly in their notebook. This can be done the first five minutes of class to review or raise questions, in the middle of a lesson to process ideas, or during the last five minutes of class to summarize the day's learning.
Related Strategies: Muddiest Point,
Good for: Writing, Check for Understanding, reflection, formative assessment
"My Favorite No"
This strategy has students solve a problem or answer a question. After the teacher sorts the right answers from the wrong answers, the teacher identifies one wrong answer as the “Favorite No”. The “Favorite No” is discussed as a class. First, identify all the things the student did correctly.Check out this video on The Teaching Channel:
Good for: Writing, Check for Understanding, mitigations, self-reflection, formative assessment
Vocabulary Strategies:
Sentence Frames
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A sentence frame is a question or sentence with words removed to provide a language or writing support for students.
A sentence frame is a question or sentence with words removed to provide a language or writing support for students.
Usually the sentence frame consists of a subject and a predicate. Examples of simple frames are I like___ or I can___.
Related Strategies: word walls, think-pair-share, think-write-pair-share
Good for: explaining ideas, using academic vocabulary, modeling academic conversations
Vocabulary - From Here to There
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From Here to There uses a bank of vocabulary words that are related. Students need to write a paragraph explaining the words and connections among the words. The paragraph should use all words.
Related Strategies: sentence frames, personal dictionary, word walls,
Good for: writing in math, vocabulary development, group work, review
Vocabulary - Vocabulary Match
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Vocabulary Match involves a math problem (or image) and a bank of vocabulary words. Students are asked to write down all the of vocabulary words that go with the math example and explain how each word matches the problem and explain.
Related Strategies: sentence frames, personal dictionary, word walls,
Good for: writing in math, vocabulary development, group work, review
Vocabulary - Personal Dictionary
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Vocabulary Match involves a math problem (or image) and a bank of vocabulary words. Students are asked to write down all the of vocabulary words that go with the math example and explain how each word matches the problem and explain.
Related Strategies: sentence frames, personal dictionary, word walls,
Good for: writing in math, vocabulary development, group work, review
Word Bank
*Writing in Math StrategyA Word Bank is a group of vocabulary words, both math content vocabulary and academic vocabulary, that you want students to use in their discussions or writing.
Related Strategies: sentence frames, personal dictionary, word walls, From Here to There, Vocabulary Match
Good for: scaffolding, ELLs, differentiated instruction, writing in math,
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Compare & Contrast
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Students collect information about two or more mathematical concepts or examples. Thekey attributes are recorded on a two-column graphic organizer/chart to clarify similarities and differences
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Warm-Ups
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Multiple Methods Mat
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Think Alouds
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Whip Around
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