ESOL STRATEGIES FOR SCIENCE!!! Strategy 44

Strategy 44: Graphic Organizers

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

SC.1.E.6.1

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Recognize that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms are found on Earth's surface. 

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3b 
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

ESOL Standards

9.  Develop experiential and interactive literacy activities for LEP/ELL students, using current information on linguistic and cognitive processes.



STEP BY STEP

1. Identify teaching purposes- Identify text to be used that can be supported with a graphic organizer.
2. Explain the purpose- Explain graphic organizer and its purpose to your students.
3. Involve students in constructing a graphic - Walk students through the building of a graphic, asking questions that lead them to place components into the proper places. 
4. Discuss the connections- Support students in discussing the connections shown, while using the vocabulary words included in the text. 
5. Provide additional practice in using graphic organizers- Encourage students to use graphic organizers to represent their understanding. 

Graphic organizers are meant to connect visuals or pictures with text. There are many different types of graphic organizer to fit any subject and almost any activity. Graphic organizer can also be custom created to fit an activity. As students create the graphic representation of a text, they will need to reread, discuss, and explore relationships within the text. Graphic organizers are a great way to brainstorm, plan, and organize writing. www.eduplace.com is a great website full of different type of graphic organizes. 

A great graphic organizer to use to integrate science is a Fact vs. Opinion chart. This will help explain the difference between scientific evidence, and theories. 

Graphic Organizer: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/factopin.pdf