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Effective Framework for Primary Grades -Writing

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Effective Framework for Primary Grades -Writing

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This article is about the fact that students need explicit instruction and scaffolding when it comes to writing. They suggest having small guided writing groups, similar to how a reading group would be run. Groups would focus on a specific skill and support would gradually be released.

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This article is about struggling writers and strategies that will help them. Students who struggle need a strategic approaching. Say graphic organizers can help with focusing on story elements.

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Learners who have a special need to have a great deal of structure and organization to take in new facts. They suggest using graphic organizers as a manipulative for the students.

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This articles is about adult teachers at a conference learning about language. They used graphic organizers to express the information. Teachers said they felt the graphic organizers helped them stay organized through out the professional development.

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Graphic Organizers and Instructional Activities

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Graphic Organizers and Instructional Activities

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This articles explains that graphic organizers are tools that can help students understanding and increase knowledge especially abstract concepts.

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Help your students classify ideas and communicate more effectively with these free graphic organizer templates, available for download. They can be used to structure writing projects and help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research, and brainstorming.

Printable Graphic Organizers

Select a blank graphic organizer from the following categories depending on your curriculum needs.

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Main Topic and Key Details

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Free Downloadable Graphic Organizer Templates

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Help your students classify ideas and communicate more effectively with these free graphic organizer templates, available for download. They can be used to structure writing projects and help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research, and brainstorming. Select a blank graphic organizer from the following categories depending on your curriculum needs.

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This articles gives examples of the different graphic organizers. Expresses the importances of having the graphic organizers taught as a teaching process.

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Thinking Maps are similar to graphic organizers in the way that they use visual tools to organize information. This articles includes direct instruction with the map, and gradual release of support. Gives examples of various thinking maps

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Thinking Foundation supports quantitative and qualitative research on cognitive process development, creativity, dispositions/Habits of Mind, problem solving and critical thinking from early childhood and adult learning. When Thinking Foundation was established in 2004, our main focus was research and dissemination of Visual Learning/thinking tools and Thinking Maps® as a language for learning.

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This article is about the 3 C's when using graphic organizers. Coherent, consistent and creative. He used graphic organizers with special education students, gifted and at grade level. Saw improvements with all levels.