Literature-based Experiences Using Graphic Organizers

Sequencing chart Venn

diagram

KWL
chart Web

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%20Organizers.pdf
List of examples

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Examples of graphic organizers -KWL chart

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Why use KWL chart?
üuseful before beginning an activity to activate
children’s background knowledge, and

üto learn their questions and interests

ücan be used as feedback to adjust plans and tailor

activities around children’s interests

üuseful also at the end of an activity to help

children remember what they learned

üone way to informally assess what children have learned

Examples of graphic organizers - Web
A large
circle
drawn on
chart
paper, with
a topic in
the center
and lines
branching
out from
the circle.

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Why use web?

ühelp children brainstorm everything

they know about the topic and adjust
the activity to build on their knowledge
üuseful tool for summarizing
what children have learned
Examples of graphic organizers
Venn
diagram

Two or
more
circles
that
partially
overlap
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Why use Venn diagram?

üa simple way to compare and contrast

two topics

üone way to check children’s understanding

of alike and different

üa way to informally assess what details

children recall from a story or about a topic
Examples of graphic organizers - Sequencing chart

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Why use sequencing chart ?

ühelps children recall the order of events

or the steps in a process, and in
connecting things children are interested
in, or events that they experienced such
as a field trip or birthday party
ü
ü sequencing chart is a tool helping children
organize their thoughts to tell a story –
children can complete story telling process
(telling a story with a beginning, middle, and
end) and feel confident about accomplishing
this task
 Take Note:
üvery young children who may not have the
confidence to write, organization of ideas can
be done through drawing

children who are not ready to write words

tell a story through pictures

sequencing chart is a strategy that can

foster children’s interest in writing their
own books. After children complete their
sequencing charts, they might like to cut
them into three pieces, put the pieces in
sequential order, and staple them together
at the corner to create a short book.
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%20Organizers.pdf