Reading Response for Fiction Graphic Organizers & Mini-Lessons Reading Response for Fiction Graphic Organizers & Mini-Lessons: 20 Graphic Organizers With Mini-Lessons to Help Students Respond Meaningfully to Any ... Skills
This practical, easy-to-read guide explains how to raise the rigor for students with special needs so they can achieve higher levels of learning. Learn how to • set clear goals and expectations • establish a climate of success • scaffold and model lessons • use graphic organizers and "think-alouds" • apply modifications and accommodations • use rigorous questioning strategies • differentiate instruction • increase family involvement
Visual Strategies for Active Learning This practical handbook shows you how to use graphic organizers across the curriculum, as well as for planning, instruction, and assessment. Includes webs, Venn diagrams, cause-and-effect maps, cyclical organizers, and more. It's all here: rationale, how to get started, cooperative learning suggestions, and ideas for developing graphic organizers to fit students' needs.
Creating Success in the Classroom!: Visual Organizers and How to Use Them
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then visual frameworks may be seen as being useful teaching tools. Teachers can use these graphic organizers to demonstrate how ideas and information about a specific problem, passage, text, or unit of study is related and organized. This work introduces 12 visual frameworks, and describes and demonstrates how they can be used with the whole class, small groups, or individuals. Practical tips and specific examples from several curriculum areas are provided - assessment techniques are also covered.
