Tools for Thinking
Year 1
Graphic Organizers
Samples
Freeman G.
The Graphic organizer
.
http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
Kipperman D. & McKinstry M.
Write design online: Graphic organizers
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/
Schools of California Online Resource Education.
Graphic organizers
.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm
Somers Central School District .
Graphic Organizers that Support Specific Thinking Skills
. Lincolndale/Sommers, New York.
http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/skills/thinkmaps.html
Start up:
Brainstorm ways students can take notes and the possitives/negatives of each suggestion
Gr
Graphic Organizers to Support Learning
Example Lessons
http://resources.emints.org/modresources/examples/inquirybased/index.shtml
Review lessons and indicate what kind of organizer students might benifit from
Implementation Evaluation Cards
Higher level thinking? Does the activity on the card use the tools to promote higher level thinking
Introduction to SMART Ideas or Inspiration
Download trials of
SMART Ideas
or
Inspiration
Overview of basics (templates, connectors, graphics...)
Teachers practice by creating a generic web for writing a simple story
"What are the uses for this tool in the classroom?"
Creating a Template for your classroom
http://missouri.emints.org/central/ct1/images/DecisionTree.jpg